Dr. Williams has been associated with the College since 1978, where he has taught courses in the following areas: government information sources; business information sources; records management; special libraries and information centers; and research methods. His research interests are information policy, government information systems, information infrastructures, and the history of information organizations. Bob has held positions as both a records manager and archivist for the Ford Foundation and the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History.

Bob's Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies is from the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison and he has Master's degrees in Latin American History from New York University and Library and Information Science from Florida State University.