UNIVERSITY SERVICE

 

University of Central Florida:

 

UCF Undergraduate Research Journal Editorial Board, member, 2008-.
            Judge for URJ Best Article Award, 2009.
Dissertation Committees: 

Co-chair:  Karen Serrell (Education), in progress

Member:  Ted Wygant (Education), in progress; Karrie Mosley, (Education), in progress; Julie Guidera (Education), in progress; William Phillips (Education), awarded 2008.

National Information Literacy Summit, invited attendee, Washington, DC, June 2006.

SACS Quality Enhancement Plan Information Fluency Implementation Team, 2005-.

                        Assessment Committee, member, 2005-.

            Faculty Senate, Library Senator (elected), 2000-2002.

                        Library Advisory Committee, ex-officio, 2000-2002.

                        Graduate Council, member, 2000-2002.

                                    Course Review and New Programs, member, 2000-2002.

University Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Advising Awards Committee, reviewer, 1999.

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Summer Institute, library representative, 1999.

 

Louisiana State University:

 

Division of Instructional Support and Development, 1996-1998:

Advisory Council, member, 1996-1998.

Most Effective Presentations at the Teaching in Higher Education Committee, reviewer, 1998.
Teaching Incentive Grants, reviewer, 1997.

Faculty Senate, 1996-1998:

          Committee for the Improvement of Instruction, member, 1996-1998.

Ad Hoc Committee on Writing Across the Curriculum, member, 1996-1998.

LIBRARY SERVICE
 

            University of Central Florida:

 
            Instruction Statistics Taskforce, member, 2009.
            Librarians’ Personnel Advisory Committee, member (elected) and Mentoring activity

co-ordinator, 2009-2011.
Strategic Planning Committee 2017, member, 2007 (became inactive at onset of sabbatical, August 
            2007.

Performance Evaluation Committee, bring library evaluation process into compliance

with bargaining agreement, member, 2005.

            Copyright Committee, execute university copyright policy, member, 2005.

            ALEPH Implementation Committee, implementation of library system, member, 2005.

                        Indexing Subcommittee, member, 2005.

          Quality Enhancement Plan, proposal development, member, 2004-2005.

            Mentoring Committee, chair, 2004-2005, member, 2005-2007.

            Frankenstein exhibit, docent, 2004.

Search Committees:

            Information Literacy Department Head, member, 2007.

                        Combined Reference and Curriculum Materials Center librarians, member, 2006.

                        Associate Dean for Technical Services, member, 2005.

                        Archivist, member, 2003.

            Collection Development Evaluation Criteria Taskforce, member, 2003.

            Copyright Taskforce, input on copyright compliance policy, member, 2003-2004.

            Cyber-terrorism Taskforce, member, 2003.

            Technology Advisory Group, member, 2001-2003.

          Library Dissertation Taskforce, to establish dissertation ILL loan policy, member, 2001.

Electronic Resources Group, to establish procedures, member, 1999-2000.

Promotion Task Force, to review criteria for promotion, member, 1998-1999.

Reference Editorial Committee, to update reference publications, member, 1998-2000.

                        Coordinator, 1998-1999.

UCF Libraries Faculty Day Committee, to hold a library open house, member, 1998.

Director’s Advisory Group, coordinator for fundraiser, 1998.

 

            Louisiana State University:

 

Taskforce on Reviewing PS-36 (Faculty Tenure), member, 1997.

Bibliographic Procedures Committee, Ad Hoc Vertical File, member, 1997.

Distance Education Committee, member, 1997-1998.

Library Staff Association (elected), member, 1997-1998.

                        Vice-president, 1997-1998.

Schwing Lecture Series Committee, member, 1997-1998.

Search Committees:

                         Science Reference Librarian, chair, 1996.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee, reporter, 1996.

Introduction of keynote speaker Dr. Daniel Devore, January 1996. 

Taskforce on Designing CARL Gateway, member, 1995.

Library Faculty Policy Committee (elected), member, 1994-1996.

                        Secretary, 1994-1995. 

 

Miami University:

 

Taskforce on Teaching Portfolios, member, 1993.

Search Committees

                        Electronic User Education Librarian, member, 1993.

                        Minority Resident/Librarian, member, 1992.

Taskforce on Designing WWW Front End, member, 1992-1993.

Taskforce for Beta Testing of FirstSearch Database, member, 1992-1993.

            
OTHER UNIVERSITY SERVICE

 

          University of Central Florida:

 

College of Education

            Morgridge International Reading Center, Planning Committee, member, 2008.

         College of Education, 40^th Anniversary Celebration, History Committee, chair, 2007 (replaced 
            by Jason Martin at onset of sabbatical, August 2007).

                        LiveText Implementation Committee, member, 2003-2004.

                        NCATE Standard 6 Committee, member, 2002-2005.

                   Innovation and Renovation Committee, member, 2000-2006.

                        Instructional Resources Committee, ex-officio, 2000-present.

            UCF Education Doctoral Students Association, founding member, 2002-2005. 

            Doctoral Student Colloquia, with Stacy DeZutter and Nehemiah Ichilov, hosted a four-

part series of discussion sessions between doctoral students and faculty. 

            Graduate Student Association, member, 2002-2005

                        Elections Committee, member, 2003, 2004.

                        Graduate Research Forum, volunteer, 2004.

                        Graduate Student Orientations, volunteer, 2003-2004.

 

           Louisiana State University:

 

"Get Hired!  How to Get the Job You Want," with Aimee Fifarek, presented to the

Louisiana State University American Library Association Student Chapter, May 1998.

"Creating a Resume and Enhancing your Interview Skills," with Megan M. Adams, presented to the 
            Louisiana State University Student Chapter of the American Library Association, March 1996     
            and April 1997.

"Strategies for Enhancing your Employment Opportunities," two-part workshop, with

Mike Somers, presented to the Louisiana State University American Library Association Student Chapter, September 1995 and November 1995.

        

Miami University:

 

"In a Nutshell," Baker Street Gazette.  Five columns presenting biographies of Miami University 
            employees appearing in issues April 9, April 23, June 25, September 10, and November 19,         
            1993.

"Electronic Resources for Gerontological Research and Assisted Living Design," brown bag 
            presentation to Scripps Gerontology Center, 1993.
Faculty liaison to Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, 1992-1993.

Co-hosted the Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale, 1992.            

 

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

  

American Library Association

            Meeting Effectiveness Taskforce, member, 2007-2009.

 

American Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries Division

            Section Council, member 2006-2009, Secretary 2007-2008.

            Section Leadership, member, 2006-2009.

 

American Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries Division/
Education and Behavioral Sciences Section 
            Research Committee, member, 2009-2011.

Section past chair (elected), 2008-2009; chair, 2007-2008; vice-chair/chair-elect, 2006-2007.

            Planned and hosted EBSS 40^th Anniversary Celebration, June 2008.

Conference 2008 Program Planning Committee, ex-officio, 2006-2008, program

“Knowledge wants to be Known:  Open Access in the Behavioral and Social Sciences.”

Research in Education and the Behavioral Sciences, chair, 2005-2006; 
            member, 2006-2007.

                        Conference 2007 Program Planning Committee, co-chair, 2005-2007, held 2007

program “Empowering Data:  Persuasion through Presentation.”

Advisory Council, chair, 2007-2008, member, 1998-2009.

                             Executive Committee, chair, 2007-2008, member, 1998-2007, 2008-2009.

                        Member-at-Large (elected), 2003-2005, held 2004 mid-winter program, “Update 
                                    on the ERIC reauthorization” and planned and facilitated 2005 midwinter Current 
                                    Topics Discussion program.

Nominating Committee, member, 2003-2005, juried vita and put forward

candidates for section slate.

                        Conference 2004 Program Planning Committee, member, 2002-2004,

coordinated “Pedagogy of the Online Learner” program.

                        Conference 2002 Program Planning Committee, co-chair, 2000-2002,"Games

Academics Play:  Mastering the Social Psychology of Librarian/Faculty Relationships."

                              Instruction for Educators Committee, member, 2001-2003.

Curriculum Materials Committee, member, 1997-1998, 1999-2001.

Completed survey of accrediting agencies for standards for curriculum materials centers, 1997-1998.

Created Web site for electronic journals designed for educators and curriculum materials centers, 1996-2001.

Curriculum Materials Committee, chair, 1998-1999.
                        Ran meetings, expanded committee web site, presented slate of members for ad hoc 
                        committee to update the directory, 1998.

Implemented ad hoc committee to create standards for the management of curriculum materials centers, 1999.

                        Curriculum Materials Directory Committee, member, 1999-2001, resulted in publication of 5th 
                                    edition.
                        EBSS Current Topics Discussion Forum, facilitator, 1999.

 

Library Research Round Table, member, 2004-.

            Southeastern Library Association

                   President's Committee, 2003-2005.  

                        Outstanding Southeastern Author Award Committee, nominated and juried submissions for 
                                    award, 1998-2002. 

Created official Web site for 1996 Southeastern Library Association Biennial Conference for Local Arrangements Committee, with Steven Harris, 1995-1996.

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 

           
Information Processing and Management, information architecture journal, invited reviewer, 2007.

            
          Resources for College Libraries, reviewer for rural and urban education and research in     
                                education, 2005.  

            
            American Educational Research Association

        Graduate Student Liaison to UCF College of Education, 2002-2006.

            
            Reviewer for promotion and tenure, University of Nevada – Las Vegas library faculty

        member, 2004; University of Nebraska – Omaha, 2004; University of North Carolina –        Charlotte, 2006; Rutgers University, 2008; University of Wyoming, 2008; East Carolina     
        University, 2008; University of California – Irvine, 2008.