University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Information and Library Science
 
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Affilations


National and International Professional Activities

  • U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; Commissioner, 1996-2002.
  • U.S. Secretary of Defense’s Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History, 1995 – ongoing.
  • President’s White House Y2K Roundtable for Higher Education, Washington, D.C., 1999.
  • National Commission on Software Issues in the 80s , 1982-1989.
  • National Research Council (NRC) Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress January through July 1999.
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services, 21st Century Learner Steering Committee, 2000-2002.
  • U.S. Department of Energy’s Blue Ribbon Panel on the Next-Generation Information Infrastructure for the Physical Sciences, 2001.
  • National Information Standards Organization, Board of Directors, 2000 – ongoing.
  • National Advisory Panel for the Assessment of the Role of School and Public Libraries in Support of the National Education Goals, 1994-1997.
  • National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes, External Advisory Board, 1999-date.
  • IBM Higher Education Advisory Board, 1996 - present.
  • Apple Higher Education Advisory Board, 1996 – 2001.
  • Dell Higher Education Advisory Board and Dell Platinum Council 1996 - 2001.
  • Xerox Executive Advisory Forum, 1997-1999.
  • Chair, Alliance for Education and Training for Knowledge Work, 1995-1996.
  • U.S. delegate to the U.S./U.K./Canada meetings on Information in the Economy, 1986-1987.
  • Technology Advisor to Division of the General Information Programme, UNESCO, Paris, 1978-1989.
  • Member of UNISIST (U.N .) International Working Group on Systems Interconnection of the UNIBID Advisory Committee, 1978-1986.
  • Member of FID Task Force on Systems Design and Networking, 1981.
  • Member of Scientific Advisory Committee of COSTI (Scientific and Technical Information), Israel, 1983.

State, Local and Corporate Initiatives

  • Three Rivers Connect, Board of Directors, 2003-present
  • City Charter High School , Pittsburgh, Board of Directors, 2003-present
  • NASA Goddard Library , External Advisory Board, 2002-present
  • MedSMART, Inc. Board of Trustees, 2001-present
  • Michigan Economic Development Corporation, IT Advisory Committee, 2000—2001
  • NYSTAR Program (New York System of Technology to Achieve Results), Senior Research Consulting Scientist, 2000-present
  • Assistive Media, Inc. Board of Directors, Chair, 1999—2001, Director 1999-present
  • Ann Arbor “IT Zone” Board of Directors,Founding Chair1999—2001
  • Merit Networking, Inc. Board of Directors,1996—2001; Executive Committee, 1998– 2001.
  • Focus Health Inc. Board of Directors, 2000--2001
  • Ann Arbor Girls School Board of Directors, 1999—2001
  • External Advisory Board/Global Program on Youth, 1999—present
  • Michigan Virtual University Board of Directors, 1996—2001
  • Michigan Information Technology Commission, 1997-1999.
  • Tennessee Information Infrastructure, Chair, Committee on State, National and International Telecommunications, 1995-1996.
  • Knoxville Regional Oak Ridge Network (KORRNet ), Steering Committee of the Member, 1994-96.
  • Lockheed Martin Energy Systems : Senior Technical Advisory Committee to Data Systems Research and Development Division, 1989-1994, Chair 1992-1994.

Professional Associations

  • Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001-date
  • American Society for Information Science (ASIS) – Chair, Program Advisory Committee, 2002-ongoing; President 1993; Board Member 1992-1994; Chair, Program Committee for ASIS Mid-Year 1996; Chair, Nominations Committee 1993, Chair, Professionalism Committee 1987-1988; Research Committee 1982-1986; Education Committee 1983-1986; Networking Committee 1981-1987; Awards and Honors Committee 1993-95; Accreditation Task Force 1993-1995; representative on the ALISE/ASIS Cooperative Activities Committee, 1993-1995; representative on the National Commission on Software Issues in the 80's 1982-1989.

Other Memberships

  • Institute of Information Scientists,
  • ACM SIGIR,
  • British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group,
  • American Library Association,
  • Library and Information Technology Association.
  • Association of Women in Computing
  • Educause Awards and Recognition Committee

Publishing

  • Editorial Board for Multiversity, 1998-present.
  • Editor, Perspectives on Information Management Series, 1987-1990.
  • Regular contributor to Library Hi-Tech's "Consultants Corner," 1987-1988.
  • Advisory Committee for the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1987-1990.
  • Editorial Board of Microcomputers for Information Management, 1984-1986.
  • Chapter reviewer, Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1985-present.
  • Reviewer, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1981-present.