Wm. Joseph Thomas is an accomplished librarian with extensive experience at East Carolina University, currently serving as the Assistant Director for Collections and Scholarly Communication since July 2013. Previous roles at the university include Assistant Director for Research and Scholarly Communication and Head of Collection Development. Earlier professional experiences include working as an Electronic Resources Librarian at Cornell University and various positions at East Carolina University, such as Collection Development Librarian and Reference and Instruction Librarian. Wm. Joseph Thomas holds a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.