Lilly L. Ramin
University of North Texas
Library - PS - Library Learning Services
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Education

MLS, Texas Woman's University, 2006.
Major: Library Science (Academic)
BA, University of Houston, 2003.
Major: English

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
First Year Experience & Instructional Technologies Librarian, UNT. (January 1, 2015 – August 31, 2018).
Instructional Technologies Librarian (Librarian II), UNT. (January 2009 – December 31, 2014).
(Interim) Online Education Unit Head & Instructional Technologies Librarian, UNT. (January 1, 2012 – July 29, 2013).
Librarian I (Virtual Reference Coordinator), UNT. (January 2007 – December 31, 2008).
Professional
Librarian, First Year Experience Coordinator and Sociology Librarian, University of North Texas. (September 1, 2018 – Present).

Licensures and Certifications

Inclusion, Equity, and Community Building Series (Certificate), Division of Institutional Equity & Diversity, UNT. (October 6, 2019 – Present).

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Training Certificate, U.S Department of Education. (June 6, 2019 – Present).

ACRL Immersion (Teacher Track), Association of College and Research Libraries. (July 2012 – July 2012).

ALA Emerging Leaders, American Library Association (National). (July 2010 – July 2010).

Professional Memberships

Association of College and Research Libraries. (January 2008 – Present).

Beta Lambda Chapter Secretary and Webmaster, Beta Phi Mu (Beta Lambda Chapter). (May 2006 – Present).

American Library Association. (January 2006 – Present).

Library and Information Technology Association. (January 2011 – July 31, 2020).

Member, Conference Planner, Chair of DELRT, Texas Library Association. (January 2005 – August 2015).

Development Activities Attended

Conference Attendance,"ACRL/NY 2023 Symposium: Embracing Slow Librarianship (Virtual)," Association of College and Research Libraries, New York Chapter., United States of America. (December 1, 2023 – December 1, 2023).

Seminar,"New Kids on the Block: An Exploration of Gen Z's Identity Development through Mass Media," NCORE Webinar Series, United States of America. (November 29, 2023 – November 29, 2023).

Conference Attendance,"LOEX Fall Focus (Virtual)," Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX), United States of America. (November 13, 2023 – November 15, 2023).

Seminar,"FERPA training," UNT, United States of America. (October 24, 2023 – October 24, 2023).

Workshop,"Assisting Students in Distress (Online)," Counseling and Testing Services, University of North Texas, United States of America. (October 11, 2023 – October 11, 2023).

Workshop,"Insights 2.0 training," UNT, United States of America. (September 15, 2023 – September 15, 2023).

Seminar,"Anti-Racism is Not a Self-Help Movement: Moving from Individual Analysis to Systemic Change," Office of Faculty Sucess, Denton, TX, United States of America. (November 11, 2022 – November 11, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"LILi: Lifelong Information Literacy 2022 Conference (Virtual)," LILi: Lifelong Information Literacy organization, United States of America. (July 8, 2022 – July 8, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE)," NCORE, Portland, OR, United States of America. (May 31, 2022 – June 4, 2022).

Workshop,"Community of Respect Workshop for Faculty," International Affairs, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 11, 2022 – April 11, 2022).

Conference Attendance,"2022 Equity and Diversity Conference (Virtual)," UNT Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA), Denton, TX, United States of America. (March 23, 2022 – March 23, 2022).

Workshop,"Creating Inclusive and Accessible Environments for Students with Visual Impairments," UNT, Office of Disability Access and Multicultural Center, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (January 19, 2022 – January 19, 2022).

Seminar,"Assessing Servingness at HSIs (Online)," UNT, Office of Faculty Success, United States of America. (November 5, 2021 – November 5, 2021).

Seminar,"The Inevitability of Racial Bias and Exclusion: Implications for Identity-Based Education and Practice (Online)," American Educational Research Association, United States of America. (September 30, 2021 – September 30, 2021).

Workshop,"d/Deaf Connect Faculty/Staff Training (Online)," UNT, Office of Disability Access and Multicultural Center, Denton, TX, United States of America. (September 29, 2021 – September 29, 2021).

Seminar,"2021 Inaugural North Texas Men of Color Summit (Virtual)," UNT, United States of America. (September 16, 2021 – September 16, 2021).

Conference Attendance,"2021 Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference (Moved Online)," ALA ACRL, United States of America. (April 13, 2021 – April 16, 2021).

Conference Attendance,"2021 Equity and Diversity Conference (Virtual)," UNT Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA), Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 23, 2021 – March 23, 2021).

Seminar,"ACRL Presents: Let’s Keep Doing This! Found UX Opportunities in the Midst of the Pandemic (Online)," Association of College and Research Libraries, United States of America. (February 8, 2021 – February 8, 2021).

Seminar,"Equitable Hiring Practices and Retention of Diverse Library Employees (Online)," Association of College and Research Libraries, United States of America. (February 3, 2021 – February 3, 2021).

Workshop,"Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program Speaker Series: Using an Equity Framework to Engage Students with Minoritized Identities by Stephen Quaye," UNT, Office for Faculty Success, Online - UNT World, TX, United States of America. (November 16, 2020 – November 16, 2020).

Other,"Cybersecurity Awareness Training 3 modules including FERPA," ITTS (UNT World), Online/ Denton, TX, United States of America. (November 13, 2020 – November 13, 2020).

Workshop,"Introduction to Inclusion in Higher Educational Settings with Dr. Amer Ahmed," Office of Faculty Success (UNT), Denton, TX, United States of America. (November 6, 2020 – November 6, 2020).

Conference Attendance,"2020 Equity and Diversity Conference," Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA), Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 20, 2020 – February 20, 2020).

Conference Attendance,"2019 American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA (National), Online / Chicago, IL, United States of America. (June 20, 2019 – June 25, 2019).

Workshop,"Pride Alliance interactive training by UNT Libraries Career Development Committee," Pride Alliance (Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity), Denton, Texas, United States of America. (June 11, 2019 – June 11, 2019).

Workshop,"Insights training & FERPA training," Insights Team and DAIR (UNT), Denton, TX, United States of America. (June 6, 2019 – June 6, 2019).

Conference Attendance,"Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference "Recasting the Narrative"," ACRL, Cleveland, OH, United States of America. (April 10, 2019 – April 13, 2019).

Seminar,"Men of Color Success Summit," University of North Texas, United States of America. (September 28, 2018 – September 28, 2018).

Conference Attendance,"American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (June 21, 2018 – June 26, 2018).

Conference Attendance,"American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (June 22, 2017 – June 27, 2017).

Conference Attendance,"Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference," ACRL, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (March 22, 2017 – March 25, 2017).

Conference Attendance,"2016 American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA (ALA (Specifically ACRL, LITA, LearnRT programs), Orlando, Fl, United States of America. (June 23, 2016 – June 28, 2016).

Conference Attendance,"Library Expo," PISD and RISD, Plano, TX, United States of America. (October 12, 2015 – October 12, 2015).

Conference Attendance,"2015 American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA (Specifically ACRL, LITA, LearnRT programs), San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (June 25, 2015 – June 30, 2015).

Conference Attendance,"Association of College and Research Libraries," ACRL, Portland, Oregon, United States of America. (March 25, 2015 – March 28, 2015).

Conference Attendance,"2014 American Library Association Midwinter Conference," ALA, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (January 24, 2014 – January 28, 2014).

Conference Attendance,"2013 American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (June 27, 2013 – July 2, 2013).

Conference Attendance,"2013 American Library Association Midwinter Conference," ALA, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (January 25, 2013 – January 29, 2013).

Conference Attendance,"2012 American Library Association Annual Conference," ALA, Anaheim, CA, United States of America. (June 21, 2012 – June 26, 2012).

Conference Attendance,"2012 American Library Association Midwinter Conference," ALA, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (January 20, 2012 – January 24, 2012).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: Big D Reads Librarian of the Year Award (Nominee), D Magazine. (March 2013 – March 2013).

ALA Emerging Leader (training and honor), American Library Association. (January 2012 – December 2012).

BPM Beta Lambda Chapter International Honor Society Member, Beta Phi Mu - Beta Lambda Chapter. (May 2006 – May 2006).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
UCRS 1000, Freshman Seminar, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Texas Woman's University, Information Sources and Services, LS5263 Fall 2012.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Barham, R., Keshmiripour, S., Ramin, L., Venner, M. (2018). Student library advisory boards: Engaging students in the library experience and communicating the library’s value. Successful Campus Outreach Programs and Activities for Academic Libraries. 185-202. Rowman & Littlefield.
Grant report
Outhier, S., Ramin, L. (2018). Call and response: Engaging with African American male students through culturally relevant music resources: Final Report. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1310123/
Journal Article
Fuller, C., Kearley, D., Byerly, G., Ramin, L. L. (2014). Community Collaboration for Inquiry Success. Knowledge Quest.
Hoffman, S., Ramin, L. L. (2010). Best Practices for Librarians Embedded in Online Courses. Public Services Quarterly. 6(2-3), 292-305. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67620/
Downey, A., Ramin, L. L., Byerly, G. (2008). (Invited) Simple Ways to Add Active Learning to Your Library Instruction. 84(2), 52-54. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32992/
Byerly, G., Downey, A., Ramin, L. L. (2006). Foothold and Foundations: Setting Freshman on the Path of Lifelong Learning. Reference Services Review. 34(2), 589-598.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Kirsch, B. (Presenter), American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Instructional Technologies IG and LITA Guides: A discussion, Library Information and Technology Association (ALA-LITA), New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Guerrero, S. (Presenter), Ramin, L. (Presenter), Day of DH (Digital Humanities), Reel to Real Classics Film Group, University of North Texas Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Keynote/Plenary Address

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT) Summit, (invited) E-portfolios: Demonstrating professional activities online and asserting what it really means to be a librarian to your community & profession, Texas Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2012 – 2012).

Oral Presentation

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), 7th "Memory, Forgetting and Creating" International Interdisciplinary Conference, (Upcoming) Nostalgia without direct memories: Exploring social themes with classic cinema programming, In Mind Support - Conference Series, Online, Norway. (2024 – 2024).

Ramin, L. (Panelist), Joint FYE Virtual Program First-Year Experience Practices during Covid-19, Virtually There for You: Adapting to the Virtual First Year, ACRL-FYE and ALA-RUSA (Two divisions in American Library Association), Online, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Ramin, L. L. (Author & Presenter), American Library Association, Making Mentoring Matter, LearnRT, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Library Expo 2015, Students in Transition: Perspectives from High School, First Year Experience and Information Literacy Librarians ​(High School), (RISD & PISD), Plano, TX, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Ramin, L. L. (Author & Presenter), American Library Association Annual Conference 2015, Strategies on training and development using existing resources and multiple formats., ALA-LearnRT ( Sponsor), Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Dallas Community College District (DCCD) Libraries' Staff Development Day (for texas community colleges), E-Portfolios for Libraries, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Ramin, L. L. (Moderator), Wilson, G. W. (Author & Presenter), Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Conference Book Club (The “Community” Read): The Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow Wilson, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Ramin, L. L. (Moderator), Downey, A. (Moderator), Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Exploring ACRL’s Draft Framework for IL as Applied to Undergraduate Social Science Research and Instruction, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Ramin, L. L., Denton Inquiry 4 Lifelong Learning (DI4LL), CLTC 2014, Dallas, TX. (2014 – 2014).

Ramin, L. L. (Panelist), American Library Association Annual Conference 2014, (invited, panel) Embedding Librarians in Virtual Communities, The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) ALA, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Ramin, L. L., Tech Tools and Platforms for Instruction: Pros and Cons (LITA Instructional Technologies IG presentation), American Library Association (ALA), Philadelphia, PA. (2014 – 2014).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), American Library Association, Developing Technology Instruction Sessions: The 5 P Model, with poster, American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference 2013 June 30 2013, Chicago, IL., Learning RoundTable (LearnRT), Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2013 – 2013).

Ramin, L. L. (Panelist), American Library Association Annual Conference, (invited, panel) "Working Towards Transliteracy", New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), TechNet Conference, E-Portfolios: The What, Why & How.It's Not as Hard as You Think, Decatur, TX., United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Hardin, G. G. (Presenter), Texas Library Association District 7 Conference, (invited) Terrific Tech Tools, Denton, TX., United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Hardin, G. G. (Presenter), Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association District 7 Conference, (invited) Your Guide to Guides, Denton, TX., United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association District 7 Conference, (invited) Beyond Lecture Style: Using Active Learning Techniques in Academic Libraries, Denton, TX., United States of America. (2009 – 2009).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Breaching the Distance: Using Wimba and Blackboard as Collaborative Tools, Houston, TX., United States of America. (2009 – 2009).

Ramin, L. L. (Author & Presenter), Leuzinger, J. A. (Author & Presenter), Texas Library Association, The E-Quality Service Model: Collaboration Between the Reference and Circulation Departments as a Means to Improve the Library Experience for Distance Education Patrons in an Academic Library, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2008 – 2008).

Panel Presentation

Bassett, C. (Presenter), Ramin, L. (Presenter), 2022 Equity and Diversity Conference, Beyond the Box: Navigating the Asian American Identity, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Ramin, L. (Moderator), Salvador, J. (Moderator), Carey, M. (Panelist), Espinoza, J. (Panelist), Miller, W. (Panelist), Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Presents, Supported to Stay: A Discussion of Retention Experiences and EDI-informed Approaches, Association of College and Research Libraries, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Ramin, L. (Panelist), Reed, R. (Panelist), Downey, A. (Panelist), Association of College And Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Conference, Open the silos: Examining hierarchy and power for an inclusive library future, ALA-ACRL, Online (was Seattle), United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Newman, B. (Presenter), Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Kirsch, B. (Presenter), American Library Association Annual Conference, Instructional Technologies tool share and LITA guide on Privacy, Library Information and Technology Association (ALA-LITA), Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Ramin, L. L. (Panelist), Cunningham, M. (Panelist), Silva, J. (Panelist), Downey, A. (Panelist), Sanders, C. (Panelist), Association of Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Conference, Getting Uncomfortable is Good for You: Turning Narrative into Action with Allyship and Advocacy, Association of Research Libraries (ALA-ACRL), Cleveland, OH, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Guerrero, S. (Panelist), Ramin, L. L. (Panelist), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Promoting Classic Films and Cultural Dialog through Collaboration, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), First Flight: Collaborating across campus to establish FYE Librarian led sessions for incoming freshman and transfer students, American Library Association, Reference and User Services Association- First Year Experience (RUSA-FYE), Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Ramin, L. L. (Panelist), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Chat and You: Virtual Reference Best Practices Applied, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2009 – 2009).

Poster

Ramin, L. (Author & Presenter), Torres, D. (Author & Presenter), Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education Annual Conference-, Libraries Reimagined: Embedding Diversity and Inclusion into Traditional Spaces and Services Through Collaboration, NCORE - CANCELLED, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Hardin, G. G. (Author & Presenter), Monahan, J. A. (Author), Ramin, L. L. (Author & Presenter), American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Teamwork, Communication, and Critical Thinking: Librarian/University Collaboration for Student E-Portfolios (Poster Presentation), United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Dooley, Y. D. (Author & Presenter), Ramin, L. L. (Author & Presenter), Cross-Timbers Library Consortia (CTLC) Conference, Bridging Connections: Mentoring and Being Mentored, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Ramin, L. L., ALA Annual 2014, Training, Mentoring and Technology, (LearnRT, sponsor), Las Vegas, NV. (2014 – 2014).

Poster presentation and Report

Ramin, L. (Author & Presenter), American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, Expert Profile System: Connecting Collaborators"-Emerging Leaders Poster Presentation and Report, ALA - LITA/ Emerging Leaders, Anaheim, CA, United States of America. (2012 – 2012).

Presentation and Contributed paper

Ramin, L. (Author & Presenter), Hoffman, S. (Author & Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Best Practices for Librarian Embedded in Online Courses (w/contributed paper), Austin, TX., United States of America. (2010 – 2010).

Presentation with Training element

Ramin, L. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association 2011 Annual Conference, Free Tech Tools to Help Librarians Cross Boundaries, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2011 – 2011).

Project

Ramin, L. L., (Presenter), Texas Association of School Library Administrators Conference, Presentation on the Denton Inquiry 4 LifeLong Project and Texas Archives & Library Commission Cooperation Grant, Austin, TX. (2014 – 2014).

Webinar

Ramin, L. L. (Moderator), Jackson, J. (Moderator), CORE Management IG March session, Guest co-facitator March session (Topics: Library employee retention, belonging and support), ALA CORE, United States of America. (2024 – 2024).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

Other. Ramin, L. L., "Billy Wilder Magic Time! Author J.R. Jordan and Lilly discuss," Lilly Ramin/Reel to Real Classics, , United States of America. (November 5, 2023 – January 10, 2024).

Other. Ramin, L. L., "The Best Of The Best - On The Air," . (June 14, 2022 – June 14, 2022).

Other. Ramin, L., "Attaboy, Adam: A chat with Adam Roche," Lilly Ramin and Adam Roche, United States of America. (December 12, 2021 – December 12, 2021).

Other. Guerrero, S., Ramin, L., "Sunset Boulevard by Steven and Lilly from Reel to Real Classics," Reel to Real: Classics, United States of America. (January 21, 2021 – January 21, 2021).

Other. Ramin, L., Guerrero, S., "Wise Up: A Reel to Real Classics chat with J.R. Jordan," Reel to Real: Classics, United States of America. (August 16, 2020 – August 16, 2020).

Other. Ramin, L., "Be Part of Something Classic NTTV Promo," Reel to Real Classics (Lilly Ramin) & NTTV Promo students (Merilyn, Maya, Jessica, and Caroline), , United States of America. (November 19, 2019 – November 19, 2019).

Other. Ramin, L., "ntTV promo behind the scenes by Lilly Ramin," , United States of America. (November 5, 2019 – November 5, 2019).

Other. Ramin, L., Guerrero, S., "Scarlet Street Mixdown by Reel to Real Classics & DKA board," Reel to Real Classics with DKA, , United States of America. (May 22, 2019 – May 22, 2019).

Other. Ramin, L., Guerrero, S., "Chaplin's The Immigrant by Reel to Real Classics," United States of America. (March 16, 2017).

Media Contributions

Internet
"MARTIAL Eagles Recognition 2020 Video," MARTIAL Eagles Recognition 2020 Video (Aume Motion Arts). (August 19, 2020).
"FYE Spotlight UNT Libraries/Lilly Ramin," Credo Reference FYE Spotlight UNT Libraries/Lilly Ramin. (December 11, 2017).
"You Are Welcome Here, Libraries segment, UNT-International Video," You Are Welcome Here, Library segment, for UNT International. (March 2017).
"Chapter News Beta Phi Mu Newsletter," Beta Phi Mu. (July 1, 2016).
Magazine
"Recasting, Research, and Rock & Roll: ACRL 2019," Library Journal - Online. (April 18, 2019).
"North Texan: Global Connection," North Texan. (November 30, 2017).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Outhier, S. (Principal), Smith, S. (Supporting), Ramin, L. L. (Supporting), "Dean's Innovation Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018).
Ramin, L. L. (Principal), "Denton Inquiry for Lifelong Learning (DI4LL)," Sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $75000 Funded. (August 2013 – August 2014).

Service

University Service

Member, Faculty Mental Health Commitee (For Students). (February 1, 2024 – Present).

Member, Eligibility Appeals (Student Activities). (January 11, 2024 – Present).

Co-Director, Asian Pacific Islander (API) Network (UNT Employee Resource Group). (January 15, 2021 – Present).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Assistant Director of APIDA Initiatives, UNT Multicultural Center, Division of Institutional Diversity Equity and Access (IDEA). (September 23, 2022 – November 11, 2022).

Committee Member, LibApps Administration Team. (May 1, 2018 – July 31, 2022).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Assistant Vice President of Division of Institutional Diversity Equity and Access (IDEA). (October 12, 2021 – March 7, 2022).

Committee Member, Library Council on Diversity & Inclusion. (October 23, 2020 – December 31, 2021).

Faculty Advisor, Student Library Advisory Board (uSLAB undergraduate section). (August 1, 2014 – December 1, 2021).

Task Force Member, Student Equity (Additional Task Force of Library Diversity Inclusion Council). (March 24, 2021 – August 31, 2021).

Committee Member, Student Support Task Force (Invited/University Level). (March 2017 – August 2018).

Committee Member, Secretary and Reviewer, Public Services Division Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC). (June 2015 – June 2017).

Task Force Member, Click to Count (appointed). (May 2015 – September 2015).

Committee Member, Library Assembly (District 2, Public Services). (September 2014 – August 2015).

Committee Member, Web Content Group. (January 2008 – October 2013).

Professional Service

Officer, Secretary, Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society for Library and Information Studies, Beta Lambda Chapter, Denton, Texas. (May 2006 – Present).

Chairperson, Association of College and Research Libraries: New Roles and Changing Landscapes Committee (Chair of Diversity Pipeline Subcommitee), Online/Chicago, IL. (June 1, 2019 – June 30, 2022).

Chairperson, ACRL New Roles and Changing Landscapes Committee Member, Diversity Pipeline Co-Chair, Online/Chicago, IL. (June 1, 2019 – June 30, 2021).

Committee Chair, Instructional Technologies Interest Group (LITA ITIG), Online/ Chicago, IL. (January 2012 – June 2020).

Other, (Invited) Association of College and Research Libraries Innovations Committee. (October 2013 – April 2015).

Committee Chair, Distributed E-Learning Roundtable, Texas Library Association, Texas. (2010 – 2011).

Other, Texas Library Association. (August 2008 – April 2009).

Other, Texas Library Association. (2007 – 2008).

Public Service

Program Coordinator, Real to Reel Classics Film Discussion Group, Denton, TX. (September 1, 2016 – Present).

Board Member, Denton Inquiry for Lifelong Learning. (October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2018).

Other, Denton Reads 2009: Gregory Maguire. (January 2009 – November 2009).

Other, Denton Reads 2008: Orson Scott Card. (January 2008 – October 2008).

Other, Denton Reads 2007 Committee: Julia Butterfly Hill. (January 2007 – April 2007).

Consulting

Academic, University of Michigan Libraries Representative, Virtual, United States of America. (March 2, 2018).

Awards and Honors

George and Ruth Christy Award (Nominated by 3 campus partners), UNT Libraries (2023 Awardee). (May 25, 2023 – May 25, 2023).

Support Staff of the Year, Women's History Month Gala, Nominated by UNT Strategic Retention Initiatives / Awarded by Multicultural Center. (March 29, 2021 – March 29, 2021).

The Dr. Bertina H. Combes Inclusive Excellence Award to UNT Libraries / Special Acknowledgment, Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Access. (March 23, 2021 – March 23, 2021).