Professional Committees

Select List of Professional Committee Service

(Listed alphabetically. Current committee service highlighted in red)

ALA (American Library Association) RUSA (Reference & User Services Association)  AFL-CIO/ALA  Joint  Committee  on  Service  to  Labor  Groups   Committee  Member,  Co-Chair, 2011-2013, re-appointed Co-Chair 2013-2014; appointed to committee 2009

ALA (American Library Association) RUSA  (Reference  &  User  Services  Association)  RSS  (Reference  Services  Section)  Executive  Board Member,  appointed 2009-2015

ALA (American Library Association) RUSA  (Reference & User Services  Association)  RSS  (Reference  Services  Section) Representative to the RUSA  Access  to  Information  Committee  (AIC),  Three-­‐year  appointment,  appointed 2009;  Re-­‐appointed for  an  additional  year, 2010  (term  extended  through 2013)

ALA (American Library Association) RUSA (Reference & User Services Association) Liaison to the Recruitment Assembly, One-­year appointment,  appointed 2009; re-­appointed for two years, 2010; re-appointed 2012-2014

ALA (American Library Association) Chapter Relations Committee, appointed, 2014-2015

ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) Chapters Council, representative; Secretary of Chapters Council; Chair Elect, 2013-2014; Chair, 2014-2015; Past Chair, 2015-2016

ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards Committee, Member, appointed 2015-2017

ACRL/ULS (Association of College & Research Libraries/University Libraries  Section) Academic Outreach Committee, Member,  appointed 2010, re-appointed 2011, two-year term

ACRL/NY (Association of College & Research Libraries, Greater Metropolitan New York Chapter) Executive Board Member, 2009; Legislative Liaison, appointed 2009; Symposium Planning Committee, 2009-2015; 2011 Symposium Planning Committee, Chair; Vice President/President Elect, 2011; President, 2012; Immediate Past President 2013; Co-chair First Year Experience Discussion Group, since 2013; Recording Secretary, elected,  since 2014

Metropolitan  New  York  Library  Council  (METRO) Library Advocacy Special Interest Group, Co-founder and co-convener, 2011-2015

Metropolitan  New  York  Library  Council  (METRO) Library 2.0 Special Interest Group, Co-convener, 2008 – 2013

Metropolitan  New  York  Library  Council  (METRO) Digital HumanitiesPlus (DH+), Co-convener, 2013-2015

Metropolitan  New  York  Library  Council  (METRO)  Documentary  Heritage Program  (DHP) Advisory  Council,  appointed  2005

Select List of Committee Service, St. John’s University

SJU AAUP (Association of University Professors) St. John’s Chapter, Recording Secretary, elected 2015-

SJU Center for Teaching & Learning, Faculty Technology Associates, ongoing since 2014

SJU Digital Humanities/Digital Pedagogy Interest Group, co-founder and co-leader with Prof. Jen Travis, since 2013

SJU Freshman Read Book Planning Group, since 2010

SJU Graduate Student Advisory Council, member, 2011-2013

SJU Italian Cultural Center, Advisory Board, appointed member, ongoing since 2011

SJU Libraries Focus Group, Planning Group, 2010-2014

SJU Libraries Personnel Committee, elected member 2011-2013

SJU Libraries Web Usability Testing Group, 2011-2014

SJU Libraries Web Working Group (WAC), Chair, 2008-2014

SJU Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee, Co-Chair Working Group 3 (Standards 14 and 15, Governance, Leadership and Administration), appointed 2014

SJU Senate, elected member, 2011, ongoing; elected Chair, Educational Policy and Development Committee, 2013-; elected member and chair, Bylaws Committee, 2013-2014

SJU Student and Faculty Engagement (SAFE), member, 2011-2012

SJU Student Research Week Planning Coalition, 2010=2013