Charles Thomas

Charles Thomas currently serves as the Dean of Hunter Library at Western Carolina University, a position held since July 2021, with responsibilities including reporting to the WCU Provost and participating in the Provost's Council. Previously, Charles was the Executive Director for the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions Library Consortium from March 2013 to June 2021, where duties included strategic planning and coordination among member libraries. Additional experience encompasses roles such as Senior Program Officer at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Digital and Scholarly Communication Initiatives Librarian at the Florida Center for Library Automation, and various positions at Florida State University Libraries, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Louisiana State University Libraries. Educational accomplishments include doctoral coursework in Information Studies from Florida State University, a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Loyola University New Orleans.