MEMBERSHIPS

    American Library Association

        Association for Library Services to Children

        Library Administration and Management Association        

        Public Library Association 

        Young Adult Library Services Association

    Michigan Library Association

        Children’s Services Division

        Management and Administration Division

        Public Library Division

        Reference Division 

        Teen Services Division

   

COMMITTEES AND PRESENTATIONS

    American Library Association

        ALSC Membership Committee member, 2006-2008

        Grolier Foundation Jury member, 2005-2006

        Mary V. Gaver Scholarship Jury member, 2004-2005, 2007-2008 

        Randolph Caldecott Award Committee member, 2005

        Scholastic Publishing Jury member, 2006-2007, 2007-2008

        YALSA & IFRT – “We’ve Got Your Back: Librarians and Teens Speak Out on Intellectual Freedom” panelist, ALA Annual Conference, 2005

        YALSA Division and Membership Promotion Committee Chair, 2005-2006

        YALSA Division and Membership Promotion Committee Member-at-Large, 2003-2005

        YALSA Outreach to Young Adults with Special Needs Committee member, 2007-2009

    Central Michigan University Park Library – Arthur Rackham special exhibition and program, 2006 

    Michigan Library Association

        “ALA Media Awards Committees: How to Get on them!” panelist, Fall Conference, 2004

        Annual Conference Program Planning Committee member, 2003

        Annual Conference Program Committee member, 2007

        Children’s & Teen Services Divisions workshop – “Children’s & Young Adult Programming on a Shoestring Budget” presenter, 2002

        A Fistful of Ideas: Summer Reading Program Ideas contributor, 2001         

        Frances H. Pletz Award Committee chair, 2005       

        “Graphic Novel Core Collections” panelist, Fall Conference 2005

        Literature, the Child, and the Teen workshop planning committee member, 2007

        “Popular Media Resources: Collection Development & Research” panelist, Fall Conference, 2004

        Spring Institute Planning Committee member, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

        Teen Services Division Chair-elect/Chair/past-Chair, 2005-2007

        Teen Services Division Member-at-Large, 2002-2004

        Thumbs Up Committee chair, 2007

        Thumbs Up Committee member, 2000, 2003, 2006

    Michigan Library Consortium – “Teens & the Internet” presenter, 2000

    Michigan Story Festival

        “The Randolph Caldecott Award: Recognizing Outstanding Stories Told Through Illustration” lecturer, 2005
        Michigan Story Festival Planning Committee member, 2003, 2004    

    Michigan Summer Reading Program Workshop 

        Workshop planning committee member, 2004

        Workshop presenter, 2001 

    Mid-Michigan Library League – “Planning Programs for Your Library” presenter, 2006    

    White Pine Library Cooperative – “Public Library Services to Teens” presenter, 2004