Professional Organizations and Activities
Board of Directors, COUNTER Online Metrics, 2008-2011
Member, IMLS Library Statistics Working Group, December 2008-2009
Editorial Board, JELIS, 2009-2013
Member, Research Oversight Group, Publishing & Ecology of European Research PEER
Publications Advisory Board for ACM, 2006-2008
External Assessor, Board of Assessors for Professorship of Library and Information Studies, University College Dublin, 2008-2009
Advisory Board for ProQuest, 2005
Management Team, NSF DataNetONE, 2008-
Reviewer for CoLIS Conference, Boras, Sweden, 2007 and EBRF Conference in Jyväskylä,Finland, 2007 and 2008
Editorial Board, “Information Science and Knowledge Management” book series. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004-
Advisory Board for Information Science and Technology Abstracts, 2002 – 2004
Advisory Board, Ingenta, Inc., 2002 – 2003
Information Pro Advisory Board for Factiva/Dow Jones Interactive Publishing, 1999-2002
Editorial Board, Library Computing, 2000
Judge for Online, Inc. best article award, 1997; UMI Excellence in Writing Award, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2001; OCLC "On the Front Line" award, 1991.
Organizing/Review Committee, Integrated Online Library Services Meeting, 1996; National Online Meeting, 1987 and 1991.
Appointed Delegate, Hawaii Governor's Conference for Library and Information Services, 1990, and facilitator for California Conference, 1977.
Editor, Database Searching Series, Libraries Unlimited, 1988-
American Society for Information Science & Technology
Member, Task Forces on electronic publishing, 2003-
Juror, Research Award, 2003
Chair, Best JASIS paper Award, 2000
Mentor, Doctoral Student Mentoring Program, 2000 Annual Meeting
Juror, Best JASIS paper Award, 1999
Board of Directors (Elected), 1994 - 1997
Juror, ASIS/ISI Citation Analysis Research Award, 1998
Co-Chairman, Awards and Honors Committee, 1997 - 1998
Juror, ASIS/ISI Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1992
Member, Standards Committee 1991 - 1994
Chairman, Special Interest Group on Education 1985 1986
Chairman, Contributed Papers, ASIS Annual Meeting 1985
Chairman Elect, Special Interest Group on Education 1984 1985
Chairman, Education Committee 1982 1984
Member, Conference Theme Issues Task Force 1984
Newsletter Editor, Special Interest Group on Library Automation and Networking, 1981 1983
Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Hawaii Chapter
Chairperson, Professional Development Committee, 1984 1985
Tennessee Library Association
Member 1994 – present
Publications Committee, 2000-2002
Founded and organized SIS student forum at TLA Annual Meeting, 1999 – present
Professional Development Committee, 1997 - 2000
Hawaii Library Association
Director, 1990-1992
Chairperson, College and University Section, 1980 1981
Member, Executive Board, 1980 1981
Special Libraries Association
Research Committee, 2004-
Student Chapter Advisor, 2001- 2002
Chairman, H.W. Wilson Publication Award, 1987
Juror, H.W. Wilson Publication Award, 1986
Director, Hawaii Pacific Chapter, 1984 1986
Advisor, University of Hawaii Student Chapter, 1983 to 1994
Referee manuscripts for: (2003)
Journal
of the American Society for Information Science
Information
Processing and Management
Journal for Education of Library and Information Science
Annual Review
of Information Science and Technology
Online
National Research Council
Review proposals for American Association for the Advancement of Science.
University of Tennessee Campus-Wide or Interdisciplinary Committees
Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Research, 2008
Chancellor’s Synchronous Learning Task Force, 2007-2008
Institutional Review Board, Alternate, 2004-2007
Search Committee for Dean of College of Communication and Information, 2003-2004
Chancellor's Task Force for Review and Redirection, 2003-
Research Council, 2003 -
Vice-President for Budget and Finance’s Research Hiring Task Force, 2002-2003
Search Committee for Interim Dean for College of Communication and Information, 2002
Reallocation Task Force, 2001-2002
CIS/Mathematics Honors Committee, 2000-2001
Provost’s Council for Computational and Informational Sciences, 2000-2001
Program Review for the College of Education, Department of Instructional Technology, Research and Curriculum, 2000
College of Communications Graduate Studies Committee, 2000-2002
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Computational and Informational Sciences, 1998-1999
Vice-Chancellor’s Task Force for Continuing Studies and Distance Education, 1997-1998
Research Awards Review Panel, Graduate School, 1997
General Education Requirements Committee 1995-1996
SIS/Communications Merger Committee, 1997-1998
Search Committee, SIS Director, 1998
College of Communications Doctoral/Graduate Studies Committee, 1995-present
University of Hawaii Campus-Wide Committees
Manoa Library Committee, 1992 - 1994
Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, 1991 - 1992, 1993 - 1994
Information Technology Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Access, 1991 - 1992
Mentoring Project, 1990 - 1994
Core Curriculum Committee, 1988 - 1990
Faculty Senate (Elected), 1987 – 1989
University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences and College of Communication and Information Committees
SIS Director Search Chair, 2004-2005
SIS Faculty Search Committees, Chair, 1995, 1999; Member, 1996, 2003
SIS Faculty Affairs Committee, Chair, 1999-2002
SIS Curriculum Committee/ SIS Core Curriculum Committee, 1995-2000, 2002-
SIS Student Affairs Committee, 2002-
College Horizontal Structure Task Force, 2003-
College Tenure and Promotion Committees, 2002-2005
ADVISORY BOARDS, CONSULTANCIES (1989 to 1993)
and THINK TANKS (1999 to present)
NOTE: As of 1993 I no longer accept personal consultancies.
Editorial Board, “Information Science and Knowledge Management” book series. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004-
Advisory Board for Information Science Abstracts, 2002 – present
Advisory Board, Ingenta, Inc., 2002 – 2003
Information Professionals Advisory Board for Factiva/Dow Jones Interactive Publishing, 1999-2002
Editorial Board, Library and Information Science Abstracts, 1990-present
Editorial Board, Library Computing, 2000
Editorial Board, Online Inc., 1986-1997
Editorial Board, Bowker-Saur Publishers, 1994-1996
Editorial Board, “Gale Directory of Databases,” Gale Research Publications, Inc., 1992-present
InfoPro Technologies (Maxwell Online), 1990-1993
LITA Leaders, Top Technology Trends Committee, 1999
SilverPlatter Forum on Knowledge Management, October 1999, Newport, Rhode Island
DIALOG Information Services Inc., 1992 - 1993. Inform and instruct Hawaii teachers about DIALOG's Classmate instructional program.
Japan-America Institute for Management Science. February 1991. Present overview and options for online databases.
Hawaii, Department of Education, School Library Services. 1989 - 1990. Help librarians and teachers choose options for starting online and CD-ROM searching in Hawaii's public schools.
Hawaii, Department of Education, Public Library System. 1989 - 1990. Serve as technical expert to help public librarians choose options for starting online and CD-ROM searching in Hawaii's public libraries.
Kraft Foods, Chicago. 1990 - 1991. Review specifications of in-house document automation.
H.W. Wilson Company, New York. 1990. Present options for full text databases.