2024 Core Forum

Dr. Scott Walter is Dean of the San Diego State University Library. With more than 20 years of experience in academic libraries, Dr. Walter is a library leader, scholar, educator, and consultant who joined SDSU in July 2020. Prior to coming to SDSU, Walter served as University Librarian, Copyright Officer, and Co-Interim Chief Technology Officer at Illinois Wesleyan University; University Librarian at DePaul University; and Associate University Librarian for Services and Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A teacher as well as a librarian, Dr. Walter has also served on the faculty of DePaul University, Washington State University, the University of Kansas, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he held the rank of Professor of Library Administration and Library and Information Science. Dr. Walter is currently serving as Chair of the California State University Council of Library Deans, which spearheads state-wide initiatives around open educational resources, digital tools and technologies, and research data services. Current initiatives at San Diego State include the Center for Comics Studies, Center for Mesoamerican Studies, and Ethnic Studies collections and services.