• American Library Association
  • ALA Councilor for the Hawaii Library Association
  • Intellectual Freedom Round Table
  • Library History Round Table (LHRT)
    • Chair, 2006-07; Call for Papers: LHRT Research Forum (ALA 2006 Conference, New Orleans)
    • Phyllis Dain Dissertation Award Committee, 2007-2009; Education Committee ; Nominations Committee (Webmaster)
    • Committee to Select an institutional host for Library History Seminar XII (2010); Site Selection Wiki
    • Liaison to ALISE, 2009-
  • Presidential Oral History Task Force, Advisor
  • Library Research Round Table
  • University of Hawaii LIS Program ALA Student Chapter, Faculty Advisor, 2003-.
• Amnesty International -- University of Hawaii at Manoa Student Chapter, Faculty Advisor, 2005-2008.
• Association for Library & Information Science Education, 1998-.
  • Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group, 2001-2, 2007-2008 Convenor; New Faculty Special Interest Group, 2008-2009 Convenor; Assistant/Associate Deans & Directors; Centennial History Committee, 2010-.
  • ALISE Director (SIG) (Board of Directors), 2009-2013.
• Association of Hawaii Archivists:
  • President, 2008-09; Vice President, 2004-5, 2006-2007; Board Member, 2005-09; webmaster, 2004-.
• Beta Phi Mu -- Xi Chapter (University of Hawaii LIS Program)
  • Faculty Advisor, 2004-; Bylaws Revision Ad Hoc Committee, 2007.
• Democratic Party of Hawai'i
  • Convention Delegate, 2010; National and International Affairs Convention Committee, 2010; Pollwatcher, 2004
• Friends of the Manoa Public Library, Secretary, 2004-.
• Hawaii Book Publishers Association - Hawaii Book Academy Member
  • Ka Palapala Po'okela book awards judge, 2005-.
• Hawaii Library Association, 2003-.
  • ALA Councilor, 2010-2014.
  • 2004 Silent Auction Coordinator; 2005 Audit Committee Member; Mentoring Inititaive Task Force Member; Constitution Revision Ad Hoc Committee, 2007.
  • Social Responsibilities Round Table (HLA-SRRT), Co-Chair, 2007-.
• Japan Society of Library & Information Science, 2005-.
• Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii - Resource Center Advisory Board Member, 2004-2007.
• Library History (Library & Information History Group, [UK] Library Association/ Maney Publishing), Editorial Board Member, 2005-2008.
• Society of American Archivists, 2005-2007.
• Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing, 1998-2006.
• University of Hawaii ICS Department
  • Curriculum Committee (Member), 2006-2008; Fred & Annie Chan Scholarship Committee (Member), 2004-2006.
• University of Hawaii Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Communication & Information Sciences
  • Admissions Committee (Member), 2006-2008; Executive Board, 2008-2009.
• University of Hawaii LIS Program
  • Program Chair, 2008-2009.
  • Internship & Job Fair Committee (Chair), 2004-.
  • Curriculum & Professional Development Committee (Member), 2004-2007; (Chair), Fall 2006-2007.
  University of Hawaii System
  • Remembering & Reconsidering: The 60th Anniversary of the End of World War II in Europe and Asia - UHM/ HPU Conference, Organizing Committee & Webmaster, 2005.
  • University Research Council (Member), 2006-2009.

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