National
Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Workshop, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Program Committee, Chicago, IL, 2025
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Green Library Award Committee, 2025
United States Federal Depository Library Council, June 1, 2023 – March 31, 2026
- Inaugural National Collection Service Area Steering Committee, June 1, 2024 – July 1, 2025
- FDLP Metric & Statistics Working Group, April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2026
- Elected co-chair, July 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026
National Institute of Standards and Technology Generative AI Working Group, August 2023 – present
Duke University Press Library Advisory Board, 2022- present
MIT Technology Review: Global Insights Panel, 2022 – present
The Data Discovery Collaboration, Advisory Board, 2022-2024
Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Workshop, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Program Committee, Cologne, Germany, 2022
Digital Library Forum (DLF), Program Planning Committee, Baltimore, 2022
Oberlin Group of Libraries, Open and Equitable Scholarship Working Group, 2021 – present.
Microsoft Azure Data Design Advisors Panel, 2020
Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Workshop, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Program Committee, University of Illinois, 2019
Open Science Initiative (OSI), 2019-present
Library Pipeline, Advisory Board, 2019
Emerald Library Advisory Network, 2018-2019
Digital Library Forum (DLF), Scholarship Committee, Las Vegas, 2018
Web Archiving and Digital Libraries Workshop, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Program Committee, University of North Texas, 2018
Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit, Planning Committee, Chicago, 2018
Figshare Institutional Repository Advisory Group, 2018
Digital Library Forum (DLF), Scholarship Committee, Pittsburgh, 2017
DMPTool, Steering Committee, University of California Curation Center, 2017-present
Open Science Framework, Thesis Commons Steering Committee, 2017-18
Center for Research Libraries, Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) Member, 2017-present
Web Archiving and Digital Libraries, Program Committee, 2017
Library Pipeline, Innovation and Startups Committee Member, 2016-present
Library Pipeline, Strategic Problem Solving Co-Chair, 2015-2016
Institute of Museum and Library Services, American Heritage Preservation Grants Review Committee, 2007 – present
Association of College and Research Libraries, LES Publications Committee Literatures in English Section, 2008 – 2012
American Library Association, New Member Round Table Committee: Scholarship, Writing, and Research, 2006-2008
American Library Association, Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums, 2008-2009
WorldBook Advisory Panel for Digital Products 2008- 2010
State/Regional
OhioLink, Cooperative Information Resources Management Committee, Citation Database Task Force, 2013
Ohio5, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant: Digital Collections: From Projects to Pedagogy and Scholarship, Digital Scholar Hiring Committee, 2013
Ohio5, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant: Digital Collections: From Projects to Pedagogy and Scholarship, Faculty Guidelines Committee, 2013
Miami University of Ohio, External Library Faculty Tenure Review Committee, 2015
Ohio5, Reference and Instruction Subcommittee, 2012-2015
Ohio5, Library Affinity Group, Humanities Librarian Committee, 2010 – 2015
Ohio5, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant: Next Steps in the Next-Generation Library: Integrating Digital Collections into the Liberal Arts Curriculum, Professional Development Committee, 2010 – 2012
Ohio5, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant: Next Steps in the Next-Generation Library: Integrating Digital Collections into the Liberal Arts Curriculum, Digital Specialist Hiring Committee, 2010
Association of College and Research Libraries – Louisiana, Publicity Committee Chair, 2007-2008
Association of College and Research Libraries – Louisiana, Co-Chair of Environmental Scan Task Force for State-Wide Mentorship Program, 2008
Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium, Digital Reference and Users Services Task Force, 2007-2009
Institutional
Colgate University
Colgate University Rhodes Scholarship Committee, 2025
Colgate University Upstate Institute Executive Board, 2024-2027
Colgate University AAUP Chapter Executive Board, 2024-2025
Colgate University Marshall Scholarship Committee, 2024 – Present
University Libraries Cluster Hire Committee, 2024
Community Reads Selection Committee, 2024
Community Reads Selection Committee, 2023
Working Group for Faculty Research Support, 2023
Systems and Security Operations Engineer Search Committee, 2023
University Libraries Cluster Hire Committee, 2022
Center for Learning, Teaching, and Research Advisory Board, 2022 – 2025
Community Reads Selection Committee, 2022
Colgate University Live Music Collective, co-founder, 2021 – present
Alumni Memorial Scholars Mentor, 2021-2025
Tableau Users Group, 2020 – 2022
Faculty Affairs Committee, Library Faculty (elected), 2018-2021
Men’s and Women’s Diving and Swimming Head Coach Search Committee, 2019
Data Working Group, 2018-2021
EdTech Advisory Group, 2018-2022
Research Computing Group, 2018-present
University Benefits Committee, 2018-2021
Libraries Digital Strategy Cooperative, 2018-2021
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Committee, 2018 – present
Instructional Designer & Maker Education Search Committee, 2018
University Librarian Search Committee, 2018
Libraries Sustainability Committee, 2017-2020
Research & Reference Committee, Chair, 2017-2023
Instruction Committee, Chair, 2017-2023
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Data Management Working Group, 2015- 2017
Library Competencies Taskforce, 2015-2016
Los Alamos National Laboratory History Group, Bradbury Science Museum, 2016-2017
Public Access Committee, 2015 – 2017
Technical Reports Team, 2015 – 2017
Denison University
Denison Writing Center, Multilingual Learning Hiring Committee, 2015
Denison Museum Advisory Board, 2012 – 2014
Experiential Learning Committee, 2013 – 2015
Homestead Advisory Committee, 2009 – 2015
Library Franklin Fund Committee, Chair, 2011 – 2015
Library Franklin Fund Committee, 2009 – 2015
Library Disaster and Emergency Response Committee, 2009 – 2015
Library Reference Committee, 2009 – 2015
Library Instruction Committee, 2009 – 2015
Library Collection Development Committee, 2009 – 2015
McNeese State University
Faculty Senate, Library Representative, 2008 – 2009
Library Reference Committee, 2007-2009
Library Instruction Committee, 2007-2009
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