Mita Williams
Law Librarian at University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMita Williams is an experienced academic librarian and information professional with over two decades at the University of Windsor, recently appointed Law Librarian after serving as Acting Law Librarian from 2022–2024. She brings a multidisciplinary background—an Honours B.Sc in Geography and Environmental Science and an M.L.I.S. from McGill—and a broad portfolio spanning science liaison, user experience, scholarly communications, and library systems leadership. Mita has supported medical education as a Schulich School of Medicine preceptor and helped steer community tech and maker culture as a former director of Hackforge. Comfortable bridging academia, public service, and community tech, she maintains an active public-facing practice through her blog, newsletter, and community portfolio. Her career shows a pattern of stepping into acting leadership roles and converting them into sustained appointments, signaling reliable operational leadership and adaptability.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Geography and Environmental Science, Bachelor of Geography and Environmental Science at McMaster UniversityMasters of Library and Information Studies, Masters of Library and Information Studies at McGill University
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Github Skills (53)
editors10
digital-humanities10
linked-open-data10
api10
network-analysis9
monitor9
historian9
website-hosting9
data-management9
docker9
ckan9
hosting9
python8
mastodon8
ecology8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
copystar/bibliomancy
Sep 2012 - May 2017
Contributions:60 commits, 39 pushes in 4 years 8 months
selectingpickstrategyrandomlycall-number
copystar/do15
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:29 commits, 2 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 month
workshopopen-datasupportingodyssey
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