Ms. Watson comes to this position from the University of Virginia, where since 1990 she was the Associate Dean and Director of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library in Charlottesville. Prior to her work in Virginia, Ms. Watson served in management positions at the Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center Library and at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Ms. Watson’s record of professional service includes chairing the committee on scholarly communication for the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, and service on the PubMed Central National Advisory Committee. She is also a recent former president of the Medical Library Association. She publishes and presents on a wide variety of topics including scholarly communication, open access publishing, and library outreach projects that enhance access to health information.