David Owings

Education and Certifications

Biography

David Owings serves as Associate Dean of Libraries and Head of Archives and Special Collections for Columbus State University.

In addition to his duties at CSU, David is a recognized leader in his field serving on several state, local, and national boards including the University System of Georgia Regents Advisory Council on Libraries and the Regents Advisory Council on Records Management. He is also currently serving on the Society of America Archivists Archival Facilities Guidelines Committee and serves on the executive board of the Georgia Association of Historians as well as the editorial board for Muscogiana: Journal of the Muscogee Genealogical Society. He also recently accepted a nomination to serve on the Friends of the Georgia Archives Board of Trustees.

David is also an accomplished scholar and published author. His latest project is coauthoring new guidelines for Archival and Special Collections Facilities with the Society of American Archivist. Previous publications include two books: Cartographic America: Selections from the J. Kyle Spencer Map Collection that charts three hundred years of American historical geography from the late 1500s to the late 1800s and Columbus a pictorial history that chronicles the city's past through vintage images. He has also published several scholarly articles including "The Orphans of G. Gunby Jordan" in Muscogiana, “A Journey in Georgia’s History Through Vintage Maps” in Muscogiana, and "European Political Agendas Running Amuck in a New World South" in The South Writ Large.

David holds a BA in History from Columbus State University as well as an MA in History with specialization in archival and museum studies from Auburn University and an MLIS from Valdosta State University. Prior to coming to CSU, he served as archivist at the Alabama Labor Archives in Montgomery, Alabama and worked briefly as a project archivist for the Town of Loachapoka.

Academic Areas