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• American Library Association
  • ALA Treasurer, 2010-13
  • ALA Website and Links Task Force, 1999-2000
  • Budget Analysis and Review Committee, 2008-13, Chair, 2008-10
  • Conference Program Committee, 1992-93
  • Congress on Professional Education (Continuing Professional Development, COPE-2) Steering Committee, Chair 2000-02
  • Council, 1994-2001, 2010-13, 2013-16
  • Endowment Trustees, 2010-13
  • Executive Board, 1997-2001, 2010-13, 2013-16
    • Board Effectiveness Committee, 2013-16
    • Executive Committee, 2010-13
    • Finance and Audit Committee, 2008-13, Chair 2010-13, 2013-2016
    • Partnership and Sponsorship Committee, 2010-13
  • Executive Director Search Committee, 1993-94, 2000-01
  • Fundraising Advisory Committee 2011-13
  • Google Settlement Task Force, 2010-11
  • International Relations Committee, 1990-96, 2005-07
    • East Asia/Pacific Subcommittee, 2005-07
  • Office for Information Technology Policy, Copyright Advisory Committee, 1998-2002, Chair 2001-02
  • Office for Information Technology Policy, Task Force on Digitization Policy, 2006-07
  • President Advisory Committee, 1994-95, 2005-07
  • Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) Task Force, 2000-03

• Association of American Universities, Intellectual Property/Information Technology Committee, 1997-12

• Association of College and Research Libraries (ALA)
  • College and Research Libraries Editorial Board, 1990-96
  • Heads of Public/Reader Services Steering Committee, 1983-86
  • National Conference Fundraising Committee, 2003-05, 2005-07, 2007-09, 2009-11
  • President's Program Planning Committee, 2004-06
  • Program Planning Committee, 1988-89
  • Scholarly Communications Committee, 2002-06
  • Task Force on Positioning the 21st Century Library in the Competitive Academy, 2007-08
  • University Libraries Section, Policy and Planning Committee, 1988-90
  • Value of Academic Libraries Committee, 2011-12

• Association of Research Libraries
  • Advisory Committee on the Office of Management Services, 1991-92
  • Board of Directors, 1994-99, 2006-09, President 1997-98
  • Executive Committee, 1996-99
  • Executive Director Search Committee, 2007
  • Influencing Public Policies Steering Committee, 2013-16
  • Information Policies Committee, 1992-96, Chair 1993-96
  • Intellectual Property and Copyright Committee, 1994-2005, Chair 1994-99
  • Leadership and Career Development Program, 1997-99, 2007-09, 2009-11
  • Leadership Development Task Force, 2006-07
  • Membership Committee, Chair 2000-01
  • Nominations Committee, Chair 1997, 2000, 2011
  • Research Library Leadership Fellows Program, 2005-06
  • Scholarly Communication Committee, 2002-04
  • Scholarly Communication Steering Committee, 2005-09, Chair 2007-09
  • SPARC Working Group, 1997-98
  • Strategic Plan Review Task Force, 2008-09
  • Task Force on Governance, 2004
  • Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices, 2011
  • Transforming Research Libraries Steering Committee, 2009-12

• Baltimore Community Foundation, Commission on the Current State and Future Development of Finances for the Pratt Library, 1996-97

• Berkeley Law Digital Library Copyright Project, Advisory Board, 2011-13

• Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, Editorial Advisory Board, 1993-98

• College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Committee on Library, Museum, and Wood Institute, 2010-11

• Center for Research Libraries
  • Global Resources Network Committee, 2008-12
  • Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors, 2002

• Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC/Big 10)
  • Director of Center for Library Initiatives Search Committee, 1993-94
  • Library Directors Council, 1989-95
  • Planning Taskforce, 1991-95
  • Virtual Electronic Library Project Steering Committee, 1993-95

• Council on Library and Information Resources
  • DLF Program Advisory Committee, 2010-12
  • DLF Senior Program Officer Search Committee, 2010
  • Preservation Committee, 2006
    

• Council of Pennsylvania Library Networks, Chair 1985-87

• CrossRef, Library Advisory Board, 2002-06

• Digital Library Federation
  • Board of Trustees, 2005-09
  • Membership Committee, 2008-09
  • Organizational Review Committee, 2008-09
  • Steering Committee, 2001-05
  • Task Force on Organization and Governance, Chair, 2004-05
  • Transition to CLIR Committee, 2009

• Digital Preservation Network
  • Board of Trustees, 2013-
  • Succession Rights Working Group, Chair 2012-13

• Digital Public Library of America, Legal Workstream, Co-Chair 2011-13, 2013-15

• Elsevier North American Library Advisory Board, 2006-10

• Evergreen Historical House and Museum, Baltimore, Board of Directors, 1997-2001

• Freedom to Read Foundation
  • Board of Directors, 2005-09, 2010-12, 2013-15
  • Executive Committee, 2007-09
  • Membership Committee, 2005-09, 2010-12
  • Nominating Committee, 2010, Chair 2011
  • Treasurer, 2007-09

• HathiTrust Research Center, Board of Advisors, 2011-14

• Indiana Council on Library Automation, 1991-93

• Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA), Board of Directors, 1989-92

• Indiana State Library Advisory Committee, 1993-95

• Indiana State Network Study Committee, 1993-94

• Indiana Statewide Library Automation Planning Task Force, Chair 1989-90

• Indiana State University Library Automation Network (SULAN), Board, 1989-95, Chair 1990-91 and 1994-95

• International Federation of Library Associations
  • Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters, 1998-2009
  • Corporate Partners Council, Chair 2004-07
  • IFLA 2001 National Organizing Committee, 1996-2002
  • IFLA 2001 Resource Development Subcommittee, Chair 1996-2002
  • Section Committee on Academic and Research Libraries, 2013-2017
  • Section Committee on Interlending and Document Delivery, 1992-2001
  • Section Committee on University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries, 2003-07, 2007-11

• Ivy-Plus Chief Information Officers Group, 2001-05

• Ivy-Plus Library Directors Group, 2001-

• Journal of Library Administration, Editorial Board, 1995-2013

• Library Administration and Management Association (ALA)
  • Assistants to the Director Discussion Group, Chair 1983-84
  • Board of Directors, 1990-94, President 1992-93
  • Budget and Finance Committee, Chair 1990-91
  • Editorial Advisory Committee, 1990-94
  • Executive Committee, 1991-94
  • Middle Management Discussion Group, Chair 1984-85
  • National Conference Planning Committee, 1987-89
  • Personnel Administration Section, Executive Committee, 1985-88, Chair 1986-87
  • Personnel Administration Section, Publications Committee, 1987-89
  • Personnel Administration Section, Staff Utilization and Economic Status Committee, Chair 1985-88
  • Program Committee, 1984-88, Chair 1986-88

• Library Information Technology Association/Library Administration and Management Association National Conference, Pittsburgh, 13-16 October 1996
  • Networking/Technology Committee, Chair 1994-97
  • Steering Committee, 1994-97

• Library of Congress
  • Bernstein Digital Library Project Committee, 1994-95
  • National Coordinated Cataloging Project Committee, 1990-93

• Maryland Advisory Board of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1996-2001

• Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO), Board of Trustees, 2011-14.

• Mount Vernon Cultural District, Baltimore, Board of Directors, 1999-2001

• National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  • Board of Directors, 2004-09, Chair 2007-08
  • Executive Committee, 2006-09

• National Institutes of Health, PubMed Central National Advisory Committee, 2000-02

• New York Center for the Book, Board of Directors, 2002-07

• New York Historical Society, Vice President and Library Director Search Committee, 2004

• New York Times, Academic Librarian Awards Jury, 2006-07

• OCLC
  • Board of Trustees, 2010-13
    • Board Audit Committee, 2013
    • Board Committee on Finance, 2010-12
    • Board Committee on Nominating and Board Development, 2010
    • Board Committee on Personnel and Compensation, 2011-13, Chair 2013
    • Board Committee on RLG Programs, 2006-11, Chair 2010-11
    • Board Executive Committee, 2013
  • CEO Search Committee, 2011-12
  • Research Libraries Advisory Committee, 1992-98, Chair 1996-97
  • RLG Program Council, 2006-10

• Open Knowledge Commons, Board of Directors, 2009-12

• Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Council on Library Development, 1987-89

• Pennsylvania Library Association
  • Elections and Nominations Committee, 1985-86
  • Library Administration and Management Roundtable, Chair 1987-89
  • Publications and Research Materials Committee, 1985-87

• Pennsylvania Preservation Planning Task Force, 1987-88

• Pennsylvania Regional Library Resource Centers Board, 1983-88

• Pittsburgh Regional Library Center
  • Board of Trustees, 1983-88
  • Executive Committee, 1984-85
  • Executive Director Search Committee, 1985
  • Personnel Policies Review Committee, Chair 1986-87
  • Strategic Planning Committee, 1986-87

• Portal: Libraries and the Academy, Editorial Board, 2000-13

• Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP)
  • Board of Governors, 2001-
  • President, 2004-13

• Research Libraries Group
  • Board of Directors, 2003-06, Chair 2003-06
  • Public Services Committee, 1986-88

• Research Libraries Group/Commission on Preservation and Access, Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information, 1994-95

• Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
  • Nominating Committee, Chair 2007
  • Steering Committee, 2000-05, Chair 2002-05

• United States Copyright Office, Copyright Act Section 108 Study Group, 2005-08