Academic Library Association of Ohio 2009-2015
American Library Association 2006 – present
- ALA Emerging Leaders Interest Group 2008 – 2015
- New Member Round Table Committee: Scholarship, Writing, and Research 2006-2008
- Selected as a member of the Emerging Leaders Class 2008-2009
- Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums (CALM) 2008-2009
Association of College & Research Libraries 2006 – present
- ACRL LES Publications Committee Literatures in English Section (LES) 2008 – 2010
- ACRL Instruction Section (IS)
- Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Discussion Group Western European Studies Section (WESS)
- LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table)
- MLA International Bibliography in Academic Libraries Discussion Group
- Philosophical, Religious, and Theological Studies Discussion Group
- Special Topics Discussion Group Western European Studies Section (WESS)
- Sports and Recreation Discussion Group
Association for Information Science and Technology 2015-2017
- Arts & Humanities Special Interest Group
- Digital Libraries Special Interest Group
- Education for Information Science Special Interest Group
- Information Ethics and Policy Special Interest Group
- Knowledge Management Special Interest Group
- Scientific and Technical Information Special Interest Group
- Visualization Images & Sound Special Interest Group
Association of College & Research Libraries – Louisiana 2007 – 2008
- Webmaster
- Chair of Publicity Committee
- Co-Chair of Environmental Scan Task Force for State-Wide Mentorship Program
DataONE Users Group 2015-present
Eastern New York ACRL Chapter, 2017-present
Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory 2011 – present
- HASTAC Scholar Mentor 2013
- HASTAC Scholar Mentor 2012
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2017-present
- Designated Representative, Colgate University
Institute of Museum and Library Services 2007-2018
- Serve as member of the IMLS American Heritage Preservation Grants (AHPG) grant review committee (2009 – present)
Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt, 2016-present
iSchool Professional Mentoring Program, University of Illinois,(2016 – present)
- Serve as mentor for graduate students in the LIS program
Louisiana Library Association 2007- 2008
Louisiana Library Network Consortium 2007-2008
- Member of the Digital Reference Committee
National Book Critics Circle 2011- 2014
- Associate Member
Open Knowledge, 2015-present
Progressive Librarians Guild, 2017-present
Research Data Alliance 2015-present
- Active Data Management Plans Interest Group
- Big Data Interest Group
- Repository Platforms for Research Data Interest Group
- Libraries for Research Data Interest Group
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