Affirmative Action Advocate, MSU Libraries U.S. History Search Committee, 2017.
Reviewed application packets received by external candidates for the U.S. History Librarian postion. Helped select presentation topic and interview questions for candidates and participated in interview process. Provided recommendations to chair of this committee.
Member, Digital Scholarship Collaborative, 2014-2016.
A discussion and working group within the MSU Libraries that focuses on issues and topics related to digital scholarship.
Member, MSU Libraries Link Resolver, Discovery Tool Implementation Team, 2014
As member of this team, I help test the link resolvers 360Link and Web Bridge in the discovery tool environment. I provide feedback and recommendations about which link resolver we should use when we implement our discovery tool, Summon.
Member, MSU Libraries Head of Reference Search Committee, 2014
Reviewed application packets received by internal candidates for position of Head of Reference. Helped select presentation topic and interview questions for candidates and participated in interview process. Provided recommendations to chair of this committee.
Chair, Bylaws Committee, 2013-2014
As chair of the Bylaws Committee, I work with the other two members of this committee to update text in the Bylaws section of the Librarian Handbook. I also present any recommended changes at LFAs.
Member, Steering Committee, 2012-2014
As a member of Steering, I attend bi-weekly meetings to discuss issues and concerns related to the library. I also participated in the Library Director’s five-year review process and meet with the CIO to discuss the Director’s performance.
Treasurer, Library Staff Association (LSA), 2012-2014
As treasurer of LSA, I assisted with planning, setting up, and cleaning up for all LSA social events. I also kept tracking of donations received in cash and via PayPal, deposited donations to the LSA bank account, and issues reimbursements for items purchased for socials by other LSA members.
Member, Research Data Management Guidance (RDMG) team, February 2012-January 2014
The RDMG team works with MSU researchers to help understand best practices for research data management and also assists with creating data management plans for grant applications.
In August 2013, I worked at the Faculty Resource Fair to promote the services offered by RDMG and hand out the promotional material that we created.
Leader, Research Data Management (RDM) Community for Advising, Facilitating, and Enabling (CAFÉ), May 2012-October 2013
In March 2012, RDMG hosted a meeting of research data service providers on campus to begin a conversation about services that are available to researchers. It became evident based on the comments that an ongoing forum for such conversations needed to be created. The members of RDMG created a proposal for the creation of the RDM CAFÉ and I sent our proposal to David Gift, who was CIO at the time. Mr. Gift supported our proposal and the RDM CAFÉ was formed. In collaboration with the rest of the RDMG team, we hosted quarterly CAFÉ meetings which usually consisted of either a service provider of research data support presenting on what their unit provides or a campus researcher talking about their experience with managing their research data. These CAFEs generally had about 20-30 individuals in attendance from units all over campus. Minutes from previous meetings can be found at http://forums.msu.edu/forumdisplay.php?f=61