Benjamin Williams, MSLS

Mr. Benjamin Williams is the administrative head of a multi-university library system serving three institutions and more than 20,000 students. He has over thirty-five years of experience in academic libraries that includes library operations in the United States, China, Moldova, and Nicaragua. Mr. Williams is the Associate Vice Chancellor of the Kiser University Library system, a role he has held for 31 years.

In addition to his academic library experience, Mr. Williams also has extensive experience with programmatic accreditation agencies such as:

ACBSP — Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs
ACEN — Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
ACEND — Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics
ACF — American Culinary Federation
ACOTE — Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy
CAAHEP — Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
CAHIIM — Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education
CAPTE — Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
CCE — The Council on Chiropractic Education
CCNE — Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
COA — Council on Accreditation
COARC — Commission on accreditation for Respiratory Care
JRCERT — Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology
JRCNMT — Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology
NAACLS — National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Mr. Williams has a BA in Russian Language and Culture, a BA in Humanities and a MS in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Mr. Williams has served as both an on-site and off-site evaluator for The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), an educational accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Mr. Williams has been a LIRN Board member since 1998 and served as the Chair of LIRN’s Board of Directors from 2015 to 2024. He counts contributions to the re-writing of LIRN’s Bylaws, and the inception of LIRN’s On-line Librarian Service among his contributions to the organization and is a tireless advocate of LIRN. In his spare time, Mr Williams is a collector of antique victrolas, gramophones and phonographs and the cylinder and 78 RP disc records these wind-up machines play.