Professional Activities > Scholarly & Professional Societies

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Library Association

American Society for Information Science and Technology

Association for Computing Machinery

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Professional Offices Held

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Chair, Section T, Information, Computing, and Communication, 2003-04 (Chair-elect, 2003-04; past Chair 2005-6). (elected office).

Member, 1998-99 Electorate Nominating Committee, Section T, Information, Computing, and Communication, 1998-2001 (elected office)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Steering Committee, Joint Conferences on Digital Libraries. Representative of the ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, 2003-2006

Program Committee, Sixth Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE. June, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC

Program Committee, Fifth Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE. June, 2005, Denver, Colorado.

Program Committee, Fourth Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE. June, 2004, Tucson, Arizona.

Program Committee, Third Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE. May, 2003, Houston, Texas.

Program Committee, Fifth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (COLIS 5). Glasgow, June, 2005. In cooperation with: Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, Association for Computing Machinery (SIGIR/ACM); American Society for Information Science, European Chapter (ASIS/EC).

Program Committee, Fourth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (COLIS 4). Seattle, July, 2002. Organized By: University of Washington, University of Zagreb, Croatia; University of Tampere, Finland; and Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark. In cooperation with: Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, Association for Computing Machinery (SIGIR/ACM); American Society for Information Science, European Chapter (ASIS/EC); and International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID)

Program Committee, Second Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE. July, 2002, Portland, OR.

Program Chair, First Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Roanoke, VA. Co-sponsored by ACM and IEEE. June 24-28, 2001, Roanoke, VA.

Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, Special Liasion to Russian Conference on Digital Libraries, 2000-2001.

Program Committee, Third International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (COLIS 3). Digital Libraries: Interdisciplinary Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities, Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (IUC), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 23 - 26 May 1999. Organized By: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, University of Zagreb, Croatia; University of Tampere, Finland; and Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark. In cooperation with: Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval, Association for Computing Machinery (SIGIR/ACM); American Society for Information Science, European Chapter (ASIS/EC); and International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID)

Program Committee, DL (Digital Libraries)’ 99.

Program Committee, 21st International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Berkeley, 1999.

United States Policy Committee (USACM), 1995-

Program Committee, DL (Digital Libraries)’ 96. Baltimore, March, 1996.

Program Committee, 17th International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Seattle, July, 1995.

Program Committee, 16th International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Dublin, Ireland, July, 1994.

Program Committee, 15th International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Pittsburgh, PA, June-July, 1993.

Program Committee, 14th International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Chicago, October, 1991.

Program Committee, 12th International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Boston, June, 1989.

Program Committee, 6th International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Washington, DC; June, 1983.

Program Chairman, 2nd International Conference on Information Retrieval; Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval; Dallas, Texas; September, 1979.

Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)

Technical Committee on Digital Libraries, 2001-

Program Committee, Advances in Digital Libraries, Santa Barbara, April, 1998.

American Society for Information Science & Technology

Mentor, PhD Forum, 2002, 2003

Member, Research Award Committee, 1991

Member, Conferences and Meetings Committee, 1989-1992

Member, Publications Committee, 1989-1993Chair, ASIS 2000 Committee on Cognitive Science.

ASIS Liaison to Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), 1989-

Member, Technical Program Committee and Chair, Contributed Papers, 1988 Annual Meeting, Atlanta.

Member, Research Committee, 1984-1986; 1986-1988.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Best Dissertation Award Jury, 1987.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee, ISI Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Jury, 1987.

Member, Education Committee, 1984-1986.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Best Information Science Teacher Award, 1986.

Chair, Best JASIS (Journal of the American Society for Information Science) Paper Award Committee, 1986.

Special Interest Group Coordinator, Technical Program Committee, 1985 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.

Member, Best JASIS Paper Award Committee, 1985.

Special Interest Group Cabinet Representative, Special Interest Group on User Online Interaction, 1984-85

Chairman-Elect/Chairman, Special Interest Group on User Online Interaction, 1982-1984.

Secretary/Treasurer, Special Interest Group on User Online Interaction, 1980-1982.

Chairman-Elect/Chairman, Texas Chapter, 1977-1979.

Secretary/Treasurer, Texas Chapter, 1976-1977.

Membership Chairman, Texas Chapter, 1975-1976.

Association for Library and Information Science Education

Awards and Honors Committee, 1988-91.

Regional Conferences

Program Committee, European Conference on Digital Libraries, alicante, Spain, September, 2006.

Program Committee, European Conference on Digital Libraries, Vienna, Austria, September, 2005.

Program Chair, Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik (IUC), Dubrovnik, Croatia, June, 2005. In cooperation with U.S. Embassy.

Panels co-chair, European Conference on Digital Libraries, Bath, England, September, 2004.

Workshops co-chair, European Conference on Digital Libraries, Trondheim, Norway, August, 2003.

Program Committee, International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries, 1998 Hong Kong; 1999 Seoul; 2000 Taipei; 2001 Mysore; 2002 Singapore; 2003 Kuala Lumpur; 2004, Shanghai; 2005 Bangkok; 2006 Kyoto.

Program Committee, Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA). Inter-University Centre

Dubrovnik (IUC), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Other conferences:

Member, Organizing/Reviewing Committee, 1985 National Online Meeting.