Editorial Boards
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Children & Libraries, Association for Library Service to Children (2006-present)
- Chair, American Libraries Advisory Board (2003/04)
- CRITICAS: An English Speaker's Guide to the Latest Spanish Language Titles, Cahners (2001)
- Founding Editorial Board Member, School Library Media Research (1998-2000)
The electronic research journal of the American Association of School Librarians
School of Information Service and Committees
- Graduate Advisor (1991-1999)
- Assistant Graduate Advisor (1998-2004, 2008-present)
- Chair, Graduate Studies Committee (2008-2010)
- Member, Admissions and Awards (2008/09)
- Member, Curriculum Committee (2008)
- Member, Faculty Search & Speakers Committee (2006/07)
- Chair, Recruitment and Alumni Outreach Committee (2005/06) Committee Report in Annual Report.
- Minority Liaison Officer (2006)
- Member, Doctoral Studies (2005-2007)
- iSchool Booth, ALA Annual Conference (2005)
- Chair, Careers and Placement (2003-2005)
- Member, Graduate Studies Committee (1980-present)
- Member, Ad hoc Relocation and Space (2004)
- Member, Presidential Management Intern Faculty Election Panel, Career Services Committee (2003-2005)
- Chair, Admissions Committee (1991/97)
- Sponsor, American Library Association Student Chapter (1992-present)
- Sponsor, Texas Library Association Student Chapter (1994-present)
- Chair, Commons Lectureship in Children's Librarianship (1984)
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University Service and Committees
- Member, UT General Faculty's Faculty Advisory Committee on Budgets (2009-2012)
- Member, Children & Society Panel, Bridging Disciplines Program, School of Undergraduate Studies (2007-present)
- Member, Division of Instructional Innovation & Assessment Faculty Advisory Committee (2005-present)
- Faculty Fellow, Jester Upper East, (2003-2006)
- Member, Blanton Museum Faculty Advisory Committee (2005)
- School of Information Donations Orange Santa Organizer, University of Texas (2003-2004)
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Advise the President
Selection of the Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (1996-1999)
- Member, President Berdahl's Initiative, University of Texas at Austin Steering Committee for the Year of the Child (1996/97)
- Member, University Library Committee (1990/92)
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Professional Service and Committees
American Library Association
- Member, American Library Association Accreditation External Review Panel, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (2010)
- Member, Public & Cultural Program Committee IMLS Grant Advisory Committee (2007-2009)
- Member, Sara Jaffarian Award Committee, National School Library Award (2008)
- Member, ALA Accreditation External Review Panel, School of Library & Information Management, Emporia State University (2008)
- Member, Public & Cultural Program Committee (2004-2008)
- Member, ALA Accreditation External Review Panel, School of Library & Information Science, Louisiana State University (2005)
- Invited Attendee, President's Diversity Pre-Conference, Orlando, FL (6/25/2004)
- Councilor at large (1983/87, 1992-1996, 2000-2004)
- ALSC Councilor (1987/88)
- International Relations Committee (1998-2000)
- 2nd Congress on Professional Education, Steering Committee member (2000)
- Chair, Nominating Committee (1998, ballot; 1997/98)
- Representative to the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE) Board of Examiners (1995-1998)
- Chair, Committee on Research and Statistics (1991-1995)
- Vice-President, Freedom to Read Foundation (1994-1995)
- FTRF Trustee (1991-1995)
- Committee on Appointments (1989-1990)
- Chicago Conference Program (1989-1990)
- Intellectual Freedom Committee (1978-1982)
- Intellectual Freedom Roundtable
- Library Research Round Table
American Library Association - Divisions
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
- ALA Representative, School Libraries & Resource Centers section (2001-2009)
- Secretary, School Libraries & Resource Centers section (2007-2009)
- Member, Conference Program Committee, School Libraries & Resource Centers section (2004)
- ALA Representative Children's Libraries Section Standing Committee (1993-1999)
Association for Library Service to Children
- Member, Notable Books for Children Committee (2007-2009)
- Caldecott Committee
- Representative to Advisory Board for the Committee on Accreditation project to
recruit and train qualified individuals to serve as external evaluators
for graduate programs in library and information studies (1994)
- Member, International Relations Committee (1990-1993)
- President (1989-1990)
- Newbery-Caldecott Committee (1979)
Association for Library and Information Science Education
(formerly Association of American Library Schools)
- Faculty Development Committee (1994/95)
Beta Phi Mu
- Chair, Scholarship Committee (2001-2004)
- Chair, Nominating Committee (2001/02)
- National President (1999-2001)
- Board Member (1997-2003)
Texas Library Association
- Presidential Appointed Member, School Library Summit Planning/Program Committee (Spring 2002-2005)
- Volunteer Recruiter, Texas Book Festival (2004-2006)
- Member, Children's RT Nominating Committee (2004)
- Member, Woll Award Committee (2001-2005)
- Chair, Scholarship and Research Committee (1999-2000)
- Expert Witness for ACLU-TX in a suit in the federal district court against
the city of Wichita Fall, TX challenging the constitutionality of
the city council's censorship ordinance, deposition given 8/4/99
- President (1997-98)
- Board Member (1996-1999)
- Texas Conference on Libraries and Information Services (2001)
- Monitor, Texas Education Agency Board of Education (1991-1993)
- Executive Committee, Texas Association of School Librarians (1991/92)
Texas Education Agency
- Member, Advisory Committee to Revise the State School Library Standards (2004-2005)
Texas State Board for Educator Certification
- Monitor, School Library Certification (2005)
U.S. Department of Education
- Grant Reviewer, Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (2004)
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Other Service
- Member, Medallion Winner Selection Committee for Children's Book Festival, University of Southern Mississippi (2006-2009)
- Chair, June Franklin Naylor Award for the Best Book for Children on Texas History, Daughters of the Republic (2006-2009)
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