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Service

Professional Service

       Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society for Library and Information Studies                                             

  • President of Executive Board (2023 - Present).

  • Vice President, President-Elect of Executive Board (2022 - 2023).

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       Association for Library and Information Science Education         

  • ALISE Membership Committee (Chair: 2020 – 2022)

  • ALISE Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults Committee (Chair: 2019 – 2020; Member: 2017 – 2019)

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       American Library Association

  • ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT Treasurer: 2021 – 2023; IFRT Coalition Building Committee Member: 2021 – 2023; IFRT John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award Committee Member: 2021 – 2023; IFRT Nominating Committee Member: 2021 – 2023; IFRT Program Committee Chair: 2020 – 2021; IFRT Education Advisory Special Committee Member: 2020 – 2021; IFRT Executive Committee Member: 2020 – Present; Intellectual Freedom Roundtable Member: 2019 – Present)

  • ALA Committee on Education (Member: 2022 – Present) 

  • ALA Resolutions Committee (Member: 2019 – 2021)

  • ALA Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds Committee (Committee Associate: 2018 – 2020)

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       Association of College & Research Libraries                              

  • ACRL Value of Academic Libraries Committee (Member: 2021 – 2023) 

  • ACRL Professional Values Committee (Member: 2018 – 2023) 

  • ACRL Instruction Section (Information Gathering and Exchange Committee Member: 2020 – 2022; Instruction Section Member: 2018 – Present)

  • ACRL Standards Committee (Chair: 2020 – 2021; Vice-Chair: 2019 – 2020; Member: 2018 – 2019) 

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       Alabama Library Association                                               

  • College, University, and Special Library (CUS) Division Member-at-Large for Planning (2019 – 2021)

  • College, University, and Special Library (CUS) Division Liaison for The University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies (2017 – 2019)

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       Other Professional Service                                    

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy. (August 2022 - Present).

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University Service at The University of Southern Mississippi 

  • Member, Professional Education Council. (August 2022 - Present).

  • Chair, School of Library and Information Science Scholarship and Awards Committee. (January 2022 - Present).

  • Member, Graduate Council. (August 2021 - Present).

  • Faculty Advisor, Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA). (August 2020 - Present).

  • Member, School of Library and Information Science Scholarship and Awards Committee. (August 2019 - Present).

  • Member, SOAR Awards Committee. (January 2023 – May 2023).

  • Chair, Graduate Council Bylaws Committee. (August 2022 - May 2023).

  • Member, College of Education and Human Sciences Dean's Advisory Council. (January 2021 – May 2022).

  • Member, School of Library and Information Science Faculty Search Committee. (January 2020 – August 2021).

  • Review Chair of Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Breakout Sessions. (August 2019 – December 2020).

       

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