Service

Service at Kent State University:
Department
  • Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee (Fall 2017-Spring 2019)
  • Co-Director of the Reinberger Children’s Library Center (Fall 2012-Spring 2017)
  • Member of the Youth Services Working Group (Fall 2012-present)
  • Committee Member, Director Search Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (Fall 2015)
  • Committee Member, Online Education Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (2014-Present)
  • Committee Member, Director Search Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (Fall, 2014)
  • Member, Diversity Working Group, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science, 2013-Present
  • Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, Kent State University’s School of Library & Information Science (2012-2014)
 
Campus
  • Member, Diversity Task Force, College of Communication and Information, Kent State University (Spring 2015-Present)
  • Board Member, Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Young People (2014-2016)
 

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​Service on National and International Organizations: 
Committee Chair and Board Member Positions
  • Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) Representative to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ (IFLA) Standing Committee: Section on Libraries for Children and Young Adults (2017-2021) 
  • Co-Chair (2017-2018), Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Youth SIG
  • Co-Chair (2017-2019), Association for Library Service to Children, Notable Children’s Digital Media[1]
  • Committee Member (2016-2017), Association for Library Service to Children, Nominating Committee
  • Chair (2015-2017), Association for Library Service to Children, Notable Children’s Recordings​ [1] NB: This is a brand-new committee established to evaluate emerging media formats for children. 
  • Incoming Co-Chair (2017-2018), Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Youth SIG
  • Chair (2015-2016), Association for Library Service to Children, Notable Children’s Recordings.
  • Founding Board Member, Diversity in Apps (http://diversityinapps.com/our-team/). (2015-present)
  • Co-Chair (2014-2015) of “Evolving Carnegie Task Force” for the Association for Library Service to Children, which provided recommendations to the field around children, reading, and new media. Two reports delivered: January 2015, and June 2015.
  • Board Member, Little eLit Advisory Board (2014-2015) 
  • Board Member, Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Young People (2014-present)
  • Chair, (2012-2013) Association for Library Service to Children, The Scholarships: Melcher and Bound to Stay Bound Committee
  • Co-Chair (2010-2011) and Committee Member (2009-2010) The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Special Collections and Louise Seamen Bechtel Committee
  • Executive Board Member, United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) (2007-2009)
 
Committee Member and Consultant
  • July 2016, NEH Planning Grant lead by Dr. Christine Jenkins: “International Directory of Special Collections in Children's and Young Adult Literature.” Advisory Board Member.
  • Consultant, (2014-Present), Digital Reading Network, University of Bournemouth, UK (http://www.digitalreadingnetwork.com/people/)
  • Committee Member (2013-2015) Association for Library Service to Children, Children and Technology Committee
  • Committee Member, The Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) “working group to assist with the ‘for librarians’ redesign of the Reading Rockets website” (2012-2013)
  • Committee Member, United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Special Projects Committee (2012-2014)
 
Prior Service
  • Doctoral Student representative, ALISE Membership Advisory Committee (2009-2011)
  • TA/GA Liason (2009-2010) for the School of Communication & Information to The Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters
  • Committee Member, The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) International Relations Committee. Responsible for updating the Americas (Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada) section of the Growing Up Around the World Bibliography (2006-2009)
  • Nominating Committee Member (2006), United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
 
Judge
  • April 2013—Judge for doctoral students’ interactive practicum displays. Rutgers, School of Communication and Information.
  • January 2013—Judge for the ALISE/Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Student Research Poster Competition
 
Juror
  • US Juror for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (2002 and 2004)