Julie White Walker is an American librarian and currently the state librarian of

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. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

. In 1982, she earned her master's in

library science Library and information science (LIS)Library and Information Sciences is the name used in the Dewey Decimal Classification for class 20 from the 18th edition (1971) to the 22nd edition (2003). are two interconnected disciplines that deal with info ...

from the same university.

Career

Following her graduation, she worked for different libraries across

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. In 1990, she became the assistant director of the

Athens Regional Library System The Athens Regional Library System (ARLS) is a consortium of 11 public library, public libraries across five counties, comprising the Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area as well as Franklin County, Georgia, Franklin County in northeast Geo ...

. She then served as the first director for the

Public Information Network for Electronic Services The Public Information Network for Electronic Services (or PINES) is the nearly statewide library consortium and its online library catalog of the Georgia Public Library Service. By June 2017, the catalog consisted of books from 284 library faci ...

(PINES) from 2003 to 2006. From 2006 to 2008, she was the assistant state librarian for support services and strategic initiatives. She became the deputy state librarian of

Georgia Public Library Service The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) is the state agency for libraries in the U.S. State of Georgia and a unit of the University System of Georgia. The service was initially founded in 1996 after the inception of the Library Services and Te ...

(GPLS) in 2008, serving until her appointment as state librarian in 2014. Alongside her position as state librarian, Walker also serves as the vice chancellor for libraries and archives

University System of Georgia The University System of Georgia (USG) is the government agency that includes 26 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. The system is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. It sets goals and dictates gener ...

, and served on the board of directors of the

Chief Officers of State Library Agencies The Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) was established November 29, 1973, by a committee of the State Library Agency Division (SLAD) with the purpose of providing a continuing mechanism for dealing with the problems faced by the heads ...

(COSLA) 2018–2022. On September 23, 2020, she was elected vice president and president elect of COSLA. Walker took office as president of COSLA on October 27, 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Julie White Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni People from North Carolina People from Athens, Georgia UNC School of Information and Library Science alumni 21st-century American librarians 21st-century American women librarians