Office of the President

William W. Wells, Jr.

Chief Information Officer

Experience

January 2005 - Present: Chief Information Officer and Professor of Law, Division of Information and Technology, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine. The CIO is responsible for all IT related user services, database applications and support, information reporting, technology infrastructure, and telecommunications.
September 1996 - December 2004: Associate Provost for Technology, Information Systems and Libraries, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine. The Associate Provost is responsible for all University computing networking, software support, instructional media services, distance education and libraries.
July 1992 - December 2004: Law Library Director and Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine. Granted tenure and promoted to Professor.
October 1986 - June 1992: Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law, Portland, Maine. Responsible for the operation of the Donald L. Garbrecht Law Library. The Library has over 340,000 volumes and equivalents, 14 staff (7 Librarians and 7 Support Staff) and an annual budget of over $1,000,000.
January 1983 - September 1986: Deputy Law Library Director, Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C. Responsible for the day to day management of the Law Library; supervision of 23 staff members; assisted the Law Librarian in designing and supervising the renovation and addition to the Law Library; participated in development of policy, budgeting and personnel decisions.
September 1979 - December 1982: Senior Reference Librarian, Arthur J. Morris Law Library, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia. Responsibilities included planning and developing research, reference and other library services.

Education

Master of Law Librarianship, University of Washington School of Librarianship, Seattle, Washington.
Juris Doctor, University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington (now Seattle University School of Law, Seattle Washington).
Bachelor of Science, Sociology/Anthropology, Eastern Oregon College, La Grande, Oregon (now Eastern Oregon University).

Military

Sergeant, U.S. Army, 1972 - 1974.

Bar Admissions

Washington (State), 1978; Federal District Court, Western District of Washington, 1978; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1978; United States Supreme Court, 1981

Committee Work

University of Maine System: UMS ERP Steering Committee, 2004 - Present; UMS/AFUM Contract Negotiation Team, 2003; UMS/AFUM Distance Education Committee, 2002 - Present; Information Technology Council, 1999 - 2001; UMS Y2K Preparedness Committee, 1998 - 2001; UNET Executive Director Search Committee, 1997; UNET Steering Committee, 1996 - 1999; Council of System Library Directors, 1986 - Present
University of Southern Maine: President's Senior Staff, 2005 - Present; University Review and Improvement Committee, 2003 - Present, Chair, 2004 - Present; ERP/PeopleSoft Implementation Committee, 2002 - Present; Dean Search, School of Applied Science, 1999 - 2000; Y2K Preparedness Committee, Chair, 1998 - 2001; UPBAC, 1998 - Present; University Librarian Search Committee, Chair, 1997 - 1998; USM Technology Task Force, Co-Chair, 1995; Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 1991 - 1993; Provost's Staff Development Committee, 1986 - 199
Law School: Admissions Committee, 1992 - 1995, Chair 1994 - 1995; 2000 - 2002, Chair 2001 - 2002; Dean Search Committee, 1989, 1995 - 1997; Student Conduct Committee, 1998 - 2000; 2002 - 2005; Law Library Building Committee, Chair, 1988 - 1992

Professional Organizations

American Association of Law Libraries
Placement Committee, 1993 - 1996; 1987 Annual Program Committee, 1986 - 1987; Copyright Committee, 1984 - 1986
Law Librarians of New England
President, 1995 - 1996; Vice President/President Elect, 1994 - 1995; Program Chair, Fall 1990 Meeting
New England Law Library Consortium
President, 1988 - 1990; Board of Directors, 1986 - 2005

Public Service

Maine State Court Library Committee, 1993 - 2004; Volunteer Lawyers Project, Lawyer For The Day, 1986 - Present; Information and Technology Task Force of the Maine Justice Action Group, 1997 - 1999; Chair, ITTF Inventory Subcommittee, 1997 - 1999; Falmouth Public Library Trustee, 1996 - 1999

Publications

Editorial Review Board, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Journal: International Forum on Information Technology in Education (AACEJ) (a quarterly on-line Journal) (2002 - present).
A Square Peg to Fit a Round Hole, 5 AALL Spectrum 6 (May 2001).
Assisting with Information Technology in East Africa. 18 Legal Reference Service Quarterly 119, Number 3 (2000). Published simultaneously in Janet Sinder, Editor, Law Librarians Abroad (Haworth: New York 2000) 119.
Judge John Appleton: a View Through His Own Words. 31 Maine Historical Society Quarterly 205 (Summer 1991).
Avoiding the Dragon in Library Cooperation, 83 Law Library Journal 333 (June 1991).
Maine Legal Research Guide. Butterworth/Tower: Portland, Me., 1989.
LEXIS and WESTLAW: The Strengths and Weaknesses. 2 Legal Reference Service Quarterly 51 (1982).

Presentations

"The Challenge of Making Legal Information Available to Promote Democracy," Ugandan Library Association, Kampala, Uganda, September 9, 1999.
"The Unsustainable Library: Does the Internet Help in Africa?" East African School of Library and Information Science, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, September 8, 1999.
"Guaranteed Access to Information: Pushing the Envelope in an Electronic Environment," Ugandan Parliamentary Library, Kampala, Uganda, September 6, 1999.
"Africa: A Role For American Law Librarians in Developing Library Services in Africa," American Association of Law Libraries, July 22, 1997.
"Using the Internet in the Practice of Law," Maine State Bar Association, January 21, 1994.
"Hard Times: Enduring Economic Adversity in Academic and Public Libraries," American Association of Law Libraries, July 21, 1992.
Moderator for a panel on the need for a federal legislative policy for the American Association of Law Libraries, July 9, 1986.
"How to Move a Law Library," D.C. Society of Law Librarians, October 2, 1984.

Consultancies

Information Technology Consultant for USIA Information Resource Center, Kampala, Uganda, September 1999.
Library Automation and Administrative Automation Consultant for University of Asmara, Eritrea, July - August 1995.
Evaluator for Maine Administrative Office of the Courts "Superior Court Law Clerk Automation Project", 1990 - 1991.
Serve as an appraiser evaluating value of library collections for law firm libraries, 1986 - Present.

Staff

Rebecca Reid Brainerd

Administrative Associate
(207) 780-4995
rreid@usm.maine.edu

Web Site

www.usm.maine.edu/doit

Mailing Address

Office of the CIO
University of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300

Office Address

732 Law Building
University of Southern Maine, Portland