Carol A. Watson is no stranger to the University of Georgia. She earned three of her four tertiary degrees at the university, including a J.D. from the School of Law. In 1987, Watson began her professional career at the university's law library. Twenty-three years later, she was named its director. Previously, she served as the associate director for information technology, supervised the law school's IT Team and provided legal reference services.

Watson has written extensively and presented frequently on the topic of institutional repositories. She also coordinates and speaks on Internet legal research topics at many Institute of Continuing Legal Education seminars. In addition, she has given several presentations at the American Association of Law Libraries annual meetings and the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries annual meetings as well as at The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction conferences for law school computing.

As prefaced earlier, Watson holds four tertiary degrees, three of which she earned from UGA. Her first degree, a Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature, was earned in 1981. She earned her Master of Education two years later. In July 1990, she completed her master's in library service at Atlanta University. Her fourth and final degree, a Juris Doctor cum laude from the School of Law, was obtained in 1987.

Watson is a member of the Georgia Bar Association and American Bar Association, and she is active in the AALL at the national level and in the southeastern chapter. She is the current chair of the 2014-15 AALL Annual Meeting Program Committee, the vice-chair of the AALL Continuing Professional Education Committee, and the editor of the SEAALL Handbook in addition to being a member of SEAALL's placement committee. For the 2011-12 year, Watson was the president of SEAALL.