Committee Service
To Conference Organization and Program Management
- Workshop Co-Chair, 16th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL), 2013-2014
- Advisor, 2014 Society for Textual Studies Conference, 2013-2014
- Co-Chair, SIG/CR 2012 Workshop, 2011-2012
- Co-Chair, SIG/CR 2011 Workshop, 2010-2011
- Co-Chair, Publications Committee, iConference 2011, 2010-2011
- Co-Chair, Knowledge Organization and Metadata Track, ASIST 2010, 2009-2010
- Chair, Programme Committee, Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization, the Tenth Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, 2006-2008
- Co-Chair, ASIST SIG/CR 2006 Workshop, 2005-2006
- Chair, ASIST SIG-History and Foundations of Information Science, 2004-2005
- Chair-Elect, ASIST SIG-History and Foundations of Information Science, 2003-2004
- Chair, Proceedings Committee, 2003 Dublin Core Conference: Supporting Discourse and Practice: Metadata and Applications, Fall 2003
- Member, Organizing Committee, 2003 Dublin Core Conference: Supporting Discourse and Practice: Metadata and Applications, 2002-2003
To Associations
- Chair, Governing Board of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, September 2015-2016
- Member, Libraries for Research Data (L4RD), Research Data Alliance, March 2015-Present
- Chair-Elect, Governing Board of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, July 2014-September 2015
- President, International Society for Knowledge Organization, May 2014-2018
- Member, Governing Board of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, May 2014-Present
- Member, Nominations and By-Laws Committee, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, May 2014-Present
- Member, Oversight Committee of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, May 2013 – Present
- Member, Metadata Task Force for Dissemination Information Packages, ALA, July 2010-July 2011
- Writer, Letter of Support for NWDA/Orbis Cascade Alliance, IMLS Planning Grant, January 2008
- Reviewer, criteria evaluation form of the ALISE-Bohdan S. Wynar research paper competition, September 2007
- Member, Dublin Core Education Application Profile Working Group, August 2007-2010
- Member, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Usage Board, March 2006 – Present
- Member, Advisory Board to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, September 2005 – Present
- Member, ASIST Memorial Committee, 2005
- Workshop Member, National Science Digital Library Vocabulary Workshop, Summer 2004
TO the ischool movement
- Member, Advisory Board for Linnaeus University’s iSchool Proposal, 2016-Present
To the University of Washington
- Lead, Mid-Career Mentoring Leadership Excellence Project, 2016-2017
- Member, Provost’s Ad Hoc Review Committee to Review the Dean of the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, 2016-2017
- Member, Faculty Council on Tri-Campus Policy, 2014-2018
- Member, Diversity Council, 2011-2012
To The Information School of the University of Washington
- Member, Schmitz Hall Executive Steering Committee, 2017-2018
- Member, Administrative Specialist for Faculty Affairs and Elected Faculty Council, 2017
- Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, 2016-Present
- Member, Faculty Support Coordinator Search Committee, 2016
- Member, Assistant Director of Human Resources Search Committee, 2016
- Member, Teaching Schedule Analyst Search Committee, 2016
- Member, Future of Libraries Search Committee, 2015-2016
- Director, Faculty Affairs, 2014-2016
- Chair, Ed Mignon Distinguished Lecture in Information Science Selection Committee, 2014
- Chair, Data Curation Faculty Search Committee, 2013-2014
- Coordinator, Faculty Renewal, Integration, and Mentorship, 2013-2014
- Member, ALA Accreditation Committee, 2012-2014
- Member, Data Curation Faculty Search Committee, 2012-2013
- Member, Elected Faculty Council, 2009-2012
- Judge, iBall Edible Book Contest, 2009
- Member, PhD Admissions Committee, 2008-2009
- Member, Lewis Hall Planning Committee, 2008-2009
- Member, Informatics Program Committee, 2007- 2008
- Member, iFlourish Action Strategy F3-Part A “Shared Resources Tool” Committee, 2008-2010
- Coordinator of Knowledge Organization Get-Together (KOG) with students and faculty, 2007-2011
To The Museology Program of the University of Washington
- Museology Director Selection Committee, 2015
- Museology Interdisciplinary Faculty Group, 2012-Present
TO THE Textual studies PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- Textual Studies Interdisciplinary Committee, 2014-Present
To The Professional Master Degree in Computational Linguistics
- Member, Advisory Board, 2013-Present
To The University of British Columbia
- Member, Graduate Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, 2006-2007
- Member, Search Committee for Head of Humanities and Social Sciences Division, UBC Library, 2006-2007
To The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
- Judge, Essay Contest for “Our Professional Identities in a World Gone Digital” UBC-ACA and InterPARES Symposium, 2009
- Member, Unit Plan Drafting Committee, 2007
- Member, Faculty Search Committee, 2006-2007
- Coordinator, MAS and MLIS First Nations Curriculum Concentration, 2006-2007
- Member, Comprehensive Examination Committee, 2006 (3 exams)
- Reviewer, Rick Hansen Scholarship 2006
- Co-Chair, Colloquium Committee, 2005-2007
- Member, Faculty Search Committee, 2005-2006
- Member, Communications Committee, 2005-2007
- Member, Doctoral Studies Committee, 2005-2007