PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• US Committee of the Blue Shield, Board of Directors: 2017-2023.

• The American Library Association: 2001-present.

  • Member, ALCTS President’s Program Committee: 2015-2016.

  • PARS Nominating Committee, Member and Chair (2014): 2011, 2014 (as Chair), 2017.

  • Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS): 2011-2013

  • Member: PARS Policy, Planning and Research Committee: 2008-2010.

  • Co-chair: Preservation Administration Interest Group: 2007-2009

  • Co-chair: Definitions of Digital Preservation Working Group: 2007.

  • Co-Chair: Audio-Visual Media Discussion Group 2004-2006 .

  • Member: PARS Reformatting Committee 2003-2005.

  • Chair: Reformatting Discussion Group: 2003-2005.

  • Co-chair: Preservation Outreach, Training and Education Discussion Group: 2002-2004.

  • Member: PARS Preservation Management Committee 2002-2003.

• California Preservation Program Steering Committee: April 2009-present.

• iPres: The International Conference on Digital Preservation. Referee for annual conference paper submissions: 2009-2011.

• Library Digitization Partners, Member. The LDP is a common interest group of librarians involved in large-scale digitization projects in the US and UK: August 2008-present

• Los Angeles Preservation Network, Steering Committee and Past Chair: August 2008-2011.

• New York State Library (2010-present) Statutory Library Preservation Grants, External Reviewer.

• Conservation OnLine (CoOL): Disaster and Emergency Response Editor: 2007-2011.

• Forecasting the Future of California Museums. (May 25, 2010) Center for the Future of Museums and California Association of Museums. Los Angeles, CA.

• On the Record: A Global Resources Forum on Electronic Media and the Preservation of News. (October 23-24, 2008) Center for Research Libraries/Global Resources Network and The New York Public Library. New York, NY.

• Pre-conference on Disaster Response in the Gulf Coast and Regional Disasters. (June 16, 2006) American Institute for Conservation: Providence, RI.

• National Endowment for the Humanities. Preservation and Access Division, Grant Review Panelist: 2006-present.

• The Liberian Collections Project. (2003-present) Led preservation efforts for a salvage expedition to recover President W.V.S. Tubman’s personal papers, the personal papers and field recordings of Bai. T. Moore, and the personal papers of E. Reginald and Evelyn Diggs Townsend; performed condition surveys for the Liberian National and Presidential Archives; provided training in preservation and archival methods to Liberian archivists (2005); Worked with LCP staff to develop successful grant proposals to the British Library Endangered Archives Programme and the Africana Librarians Council (2004-7); Provide ongoing guidance on preservation and archival management issues facing the LCP.

• Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (DPOE): Baseline Curriculum Workshops. (2012-2017) Served as curriculum developer and advisory board member for DPOE, which provides training cohorts of regional experts, who in turn train librarians and archivists in their area and act as a mutually supporting national expert network; lead regional “train-the-trainer” workshops under the auspices of the Library of Congress’ DPOE program. 

• National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR). (2012-2017) Served on the curriculum development panels and advisory board, and lead training sections for Residents. NDSR pairs recent graduates with institutions in a highly selective work-study program that creates a regional cohort of young professionals.

• Institute of Museum and Library Services. (2005) Consulted on and classroom tested the Masters-level curricula and teaching materials created by NEDCC, Simmons College and other research partners as part of a Librarians for the 21st Century grant.

• American Industrial Hygiene Association & Czech Republic. Videoconference: Prague and Bloomington, IN. (October 16, 2003) Consulted with conservators and disaster responders on salvage of cultural heritage collections in the wake of flooding of the Vltava River.