Professional Service to Local, National, and International Communities

  • 2007

Member, Learning Standards Indicators and Assessment Task Force, American Association of School Librarians.
  • 2007

Member, Advisory Board, School Library Media Activities Monthly.
  • 2006

Member, UHM Campus Tenure and Promotion Committee.
  • 2006

Member, External Accreditation Review Panel for the Information School, University of Washington, ALA Office for Accreditation.
  • 2005

Member, PRAXIS Review Board, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board/Educational Testing Service.
  • 2004

Member, Advisory Board, Linworth Publishing.
  • 2004

Member, Advisory Board, The Children’s Partnership.
  • 2003

Member, Leadership Forum Planning Committee, American Association of School Librarians.
  • 2003

Member, Editorial Board, School Library Media Review.
  • 2003

Member, International Advisory Panel,

Student Learning Through Ohio School Libraries.

  • 2002

Member, Vision Expansion Special Committee,

American Association of School Librarians.

  • 2002

Member, Teaching and Instruction Special Committee, American Association of School Librarians.

  • 2002

Member, School Library Services Advisory Board,

Hawaii Department of Education.

  • 2002

Reviewer, testing for national standards, Educational Testing Service.

  • 2002

Member, External Review Panel to the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, ALA Office for Accreditation.

  • 1999-2002

Member, International Advisory Board, Teacher Librarian.

  • 2001

Member, Highsmith Research Award Screening Committee, American Association of School Librarians.

  • 1999-2000

Member, National Nominating Committee, American Association of School Librarians.

  • 1998-1999

Cohort member, Hawaii Leadership Associates Program.

  • 1998-pres

Member, Teaching for Learning National Task Force, American Association of School Librarians.

  • 1998

Guest Editor, Knowledge Quest, March/April 1998 issue.

  • 1998-1999

Member, Task Force, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board.

  • 1998

Judge, Hawaii Book Academy.

  • 1997-pres

Reviewer, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

  • 1997-pres

Member, National Editorial Board, Knowledge Quest.

  • 1997

Reviewer, School Library Media Research.

  • 1997-2001

Curriculum Advisory Board Member, Follett Software Company.

  • 1997

Invited participant, U. S. Department of Education "America Reads Challenge" Round Table.

  • 1996-1998

Chair, Learning Through Libraries National Task Force, American Association of School Librarians.

  • 1995-1997

Commissioner, Oahu Public Library Advisory Commission, Hawaii State Public Library System

  • 1993-pres

Executive Board Member, Hawaii Association of School Librarians.

  • 1993-1994

State Library Materials Evaluation Committee Member, Hawaii Department of Education.

  • 1992-1994

Member, LSCA Title III Interlibrary Cooperation Council.

  • 1992-1993

Steering Committee Member, "Read to Me" literacy campaign, Rotary Clubs of Hawaii and Governor's Council on Literacy.

  • 1992

School Library Representative, Western Council of State Librarians Seminar, Colorado Spring, CO.

  • 1991-pres

Member, HELP (HASL Encourages Librarian Power) Committee, Hawaii Association of School Librarians.

  • 1991-1993

State Coordinator, Chevron/School Library Project.

  • 1991-1992

School Library Representative, Sesame Street PEP Project for Early Education.

  • 1990

Delegate, Governor's Conference on Libraries and Information Services.

  • 1988-1989

Joint Coordinator, Statewide Year of the Young Reader Campaign.

  • 1987-1988

Coordinator, Blessings of Liberty Project, Hawaii Committee for the Humanities.

  • 1987

Judge, Scholarship Committee, Miss Hawaii Pageant.

  • 1986-1989

Director, Ka Hui Heluhelu-International Reading Association Executive Board.

  • 1986-1989

Editor, Reading Circle, Ka Hui Heluhelu-International Reading Association.

  • 1986

Program Committee Co-chair, Spring Conference, Hawaii Library                         Association.

  • 1995-1986

Corresponding Secretary, Hawaii Association of School Librarians.

  • 1984-1985

Editor, Golden Key Journal, Hawaii Association of School Librarians.

  • 1982-1987

State Coordinator, Children as Authors Project.