2015-2017 Board of Directors (Chapter Assembly Director), 2014-2015: member of the ASIST Nominations Committee. 2012-2014: Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee and Student Chapter Representative. 2011-2012 Chair of Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III), The Association for Information Science and Technology. (2001 – 2072).
I served as reviewer both for the annual conference ( https://www.alise.org/past-conferences ) and The Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS): https://www.alise.org/jelis-2, Association for Library and Information Science Education. (2004 – 2020).
2013-2014 TLA-14 Program Committee, Texas Library Association. (2001 – 2015).
Member, America Library Association. (2001 – 2012).
Member, The Society for Imaging Science and Technology. (2006 – 2010).
Faculty Development Leave,"Fulbright Scholar," The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. government. The US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with the the Institute of International Education's Council for International Exchange of Scholars (IIE/CIES) oversee program operations., Pretoria, South Africa. (November 2021 – August 2022).
Faculty Development Leave,"Fulbright Scholar," The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. government. The US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in collaboration with the the Institute of International Education's Council for International Exchange of Scholars (IIE/CIES) oversee program operations., Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (September 2019 – March 2020).
University of Pretoria, Experiential Learning Project (Co-taught a module in September 2022), INL 370, Fall 2022.
University of Pretoria, Information and Knowledge Management (Co-taught a module in August 2022), INL 320, Fall 2022.
University of Pretoria, Information organization and Representation (Co-taught 2 modules, August/September 2022), INL 220, Fall 2022.
Jimma University, Advanced Topics in Information Science, INSC 702, Spring 2022.
University of Pretoria, Information Organization (Co-taught 3 modules, March/April 2022), INL 310, Spring 2022.
University of Pretoria, Social and Ethical Impact (Co-taught 2 modules, April/May 2022), INL 240, Spring 2022.
Jimma University, Advanced Topics in Information Science, INSC 702, Fall 2020.
Addis Ababa University, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, CIT 844, Spring 2020.
Workshop, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), 80. (May 2018 – May 2018).
Workshop, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), 20. (May 2016 – May 2016).
Workshop, State Department via US Embassy in Ethiopia, 50. (July 2015 – July 2015).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Analyzing the MARC 21 Metadata and Subject Headings at Kuwait University for Representing Education Dissertations," Information Science. (November 2022 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Exploring Readiness of Open Government Data Implementation in Libraries: A Case Study in Indonesia," Information Science. (2022 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Research Data Management Services' policy within academic institutions," Information Science. (2015 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Life Coaches, Communities of Practice, and Everyday Life Information Seeking and Practices: An Exploratory Case Study," Information Science. (2016 – March 21, 2022).
Dissertation Committee Member,"The Status of the Organization of Knowledge in Cultural Heritage Institutions in Arabian Gulf Countries," Information Science. (2016 – 2021).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Where are the women in the Ebola crisis? An analysis of gendered reporting and the information behavior patterns of journalists covering a health outbreak," Mayborn School of Journalism. (2014 – December 2018).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Investigating Information Seeking Behavior of College Age Students in Vlore, Albania," Information Science. (2008 – December 2018).
Other,"Practicum Experience at Digital Libraries Division," Intensive English Language Institute. (June 4, 2018 – August 10, 2018).
Other,"Practicum Experience at UNT Digital Curation Unit," International Studies. (January 2018 – April 2018).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Social Media as a tool of influence: perspectives from decision making points," Information Science. (2013 – December 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member,"INVESTIGANTING FACTORS THAT AFFECT FACULTY ATTITUDES TOWARDS PARTICIPATION IN OPEN ACCESS INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES (OA IR)," Information Science. (2012 – December 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Factors Affecting Faculty Acceptance and Use of Institutional Repositories in Thailand," Information Science. (2013 – May 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Impetuses for First, Second, and Third Year Law Student Information Seeking Behavior, and Perception of Common Knowledge and Citation," Information Science. (2012 – May 2016).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Readiness of Indonesian Academic Libraries for Open Access and Open Access Repositories Implementation: a Study on Indonesian Open Access Repositories Registered in OpenDOAR," Information Science. (2012 – August 2015).
Other,"Practicum," Information Science. (January 2014 – August 2014).
Other,"Practicum," Information Science. (2012 – 2013).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Factors Related to the Selection of Information Sources: A Study of Ramkhamhaeng University Regional Campuses Graduate Students," Information Science. (2006 – 2011).
Other,"Contributed to the Environmental Policy Collection development activities," Libraries. (September 2009 – March 2010).
Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Creating the COMRs Metadata Guide and Input Rules," Information Science. (2007 – 2007).
Other,"Practicum," Libraries. (2005 – 2006).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Andrews, P. (Author), Helge, K. (Author & Presenter), Zerangue, A. (Author & Presenter), 14th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Data, Information, and Knowledge Management: University Of North Texas and Texas Woman's University Institutional Repositories Initiatives / Experiences, The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and The Knowledge & Information Professional Association (KIPA), Vancouver, Canada, Canada. (2018 – 2018).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Ford, A. (Author), International Society for Educational Planning (ISEP-2020), Open Access Increases Educators Ability to Plan Equitable Curriculum: Global Context, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), The 2016 Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management Conference, Developing an Outreach Plan for UNT Scholarly Works, Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management, Online, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), U.S.-Ethiopian Universities Innovative Partnerships Program, Sponsored by US Embassy in Ethiopia, Digital Repository: Promoting Scholarship via the convergence of (local/global and digital/analogue) contents, Jimma University and US Embassy in Ethiopia, Jimma, Ethiopia, Ethiopia. (2015 – 2015).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Web-Archiving: Collecting and Preserving Important Web-based National Resources, National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia. (2015 – 2015).
Alemneh, D. G. (Panelist), Hawkins, K. S. (Panelist), University Partnerships Workshop, The Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Communication: Stakeholders' Roles in a Global Ecosystem, the U. S. Department of State and the U. S. Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan., Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).
Helge, K. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), 16th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2020), Development of Micro and Pilot Projects: Case of Academic institutions, Virtual (Durham, NC, USA), United States of America. (2020 – 2020).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), the 2017 International Digital Preservation Day., Every Day is Digital Preservation Day @ the UNT Libraries, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Alemneh, D. G. (Coordinator/Organizer), International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2017), Big Data and Government Information, The Knowledge & Information Professional Association (KIPA), Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Helge, K. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative. Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation Affinity Group Fall-2016 Meeting, Revisiting Copyright and Scholarly Communication Issues while Promoting Open Educational Resources (OER), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative. Scholarly Communications and Digital Curation Affinity Group, Stephenville, TX., United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Scholarly Communication and Data Curation Affinity Group Summer Meeting, UNT Faculty Analysis of Scholarly Works, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Fort Worth, TX, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Alemneh, D. G. (Presenter), Digital Libraries Interest Group meeting at TLA-2014 Conference, Ensuring Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Local vs. Global Lifecycle Management, Texas Library Association (TLA), San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).
Alemneh, D. G. (Coordinator/Organizer), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Panelist), Fourie, I. (Panelist), Rorissa, A. (Panelist), Ford, A. (Panelist), Assefa, S. (Panelist), International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2022), Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications: Open Access, International Council of Knowledge Management (ICKM), Potsdam, Germany, Germany. (2022 – 2024).
Zeltner, A. (Panelist), Alemneh, D. . (Discussant), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Panelist), I. F. (Panelist), Rorissa, A. (Panelist), Ford, A. (Panelist), Assefa, S. (Panelist), The 17th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communications: Open Access, International Conference on Knowledge Management, Potsdam, Germany, Germany. (2022 – 2022).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Chang, H. (Author & Presenter), Rorissa, A. (Author & Presenter), Assefa, S. (Author & Presenter), Swen Helge, K. (Author & Presenter), Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Open Access in the Age of a Pandemic, Association for Information Science & Technology, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Chang, H. (Author & Presenter), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Author), Rorissa, A. (Author & Presenter), Assefa, S. (Author), Special Interest Group - Social Informatics (SIG-SI) Research Symposium (Practical Social Informatics: Collaboration Across Fields, Sectors, and Borders), American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T 2019) Annual Meeting, Cybersecurity Challenges in the Era of Open Access and BIG Data: Issues and Considerations, Melbourne, Australia. (2019).
Alemneh, D. G. (Moderator), Zavalina, O. L. (Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Presenter), Baker, R. M. (Presenter), Palmer, A. M. (Presenter), UNT College of Information Multidisciplinary Research Symposium 2019, Promoting Partnership and Interdisciplinarity for LIS Education, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Panelist), Rorissa, A. (Author & Presenter), Assefa, S. (Panelist), Helge, K. (Panelist), Lewise, E. (Moderator), Hastings, S. (Panelist), 14th International Conference on Knowledge Management, Open Science and Open Data for Sustainable Development: A Global View, The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and The Knowledge & Information Professional Association (KIPA), Vancouver, Canada, Canada. (2018 – 2018).
Alemneh, D. G. (Panelist), Rorissa, A. (Panelist), Assefa, S. (Panelist), Helge, K. (Panelist), Hawamdeh, S. M. (Panelist), Lewis, E. (Panelist), The 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, Revisiting the Evolving Landscape of Open Access and Scholarly Communication, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Denver, CO, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Andrews, P. (Presenter), Klein, J. (Presenter), Harker, K. R. (Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Presenter), 20th International Symposium of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, Tracing our Global Connections: A Bibliographic Analysis of UNT Digital Library Item Usage Among Global ETDs, USETDA and NDLTD, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Abate, S. T. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on E-Learning Africa, Partnership for Building Institutional/National Capacity: Addis Ababa University and University of North Texas Initiatives, United Nation, Ethiopia. (2015 – 2015).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Helge, K. (Author & Presenter), Tmava, A. M. (Author & Presenter), Priyanto, I. F. (Author & Presenter), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL-2015)., Emerging Trends and Evolving Issues in Open Access and Scholarly Communications, Texas Digital Libraries (TDL)., Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).
Woldemariam, M. T. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2022), Application of Big Data Analytics in Precision Medicine: Lesson for Ethiopia, International Council of Knowledge Management (ICKM), Potsdam, Germany, Germany. (2022 – 2022).
Gichila, R. M. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2022), Extractive Automatic Text Summarization Techniques for Afaan Oromoo – Afroasiatic Language in Ethiopia, International Council of Knowledge Management (ICKM), Potsdam, Germany, Germany. (2022 – 2022).
Hartsock, R. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture Conference, Access to Geographical Information in Library Catalogs: a Case Study, International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America. (2014).
Hartsock, R. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Texas Music Library Association, Unity in Diversity, ETDs at UNT : and a look towards BibFrame, Texas Music Library Association, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2014).
Hartsock, R. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Justice, A. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Facilitating Discovery and Long-term Access to Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Notes about Those in Music, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2013).
Hartsock, R. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Pioneer America Society Conference, later known as International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Sheet Music as an Indicator of Material Culture, in Heritage Preservation in Appalachia, Pioneer America Society, later known as International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Pipestem, West Virginia, United States of America. (2009).
Hartsock, R. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Pioneer America Society Conference, later known as International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Whistle at Your Own Risk: The Changing Landscape of Music in New Orleans During the Civil War, in Landscapes at Risk, Pioneer America Society, later known as International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America. (2008).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Hussen, T. (Author & Presenter), Beyene, M. (Author), 16th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2020), An Ontology Approach to Tourism Destinations in Ethiopia, Virtual (Durham, NC, USA), United States of America. (2020 – 2020).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Asfaw, Z. (Author & Presenter), 16th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2020), Speaker independent, Continuous Speech Recognizer for Kafi Noonoo, Afro-Asiatic language in Ethiopia, Virtual (Durham, NC, USA), United States of America. (2020 – 2020).
Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), 2018 United States Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association Annual Conference, Understanding the Current Landscape of ETDs at the University of North Texas, United States Electronic Theses and Dissertations Association, Denver, COlorado, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Tmava, A. M. (Author & Presenter), The 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, (ALISE-2018), Attitudes of Scholars Towards Open Access (OA) Repositories, The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Denver, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Phillips, M. E. (Author), 2016 Annual Meeting of The Association for Information Science and Technology. (ASIS&T-2016), Indexing Quality and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Analysis of Electronic Theses and Dissertations Representation, The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)., Copenhagen, Denmark., Denmark. (2016 – 2016).
Hartsock, R. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Beyond Text: Best Practices for Cataloging Music-ETDs and Associated Audio-Visual Materials, Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2016).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Rorissa, A. (Author & Presenter), Assefa, S. (Author), iConference 2016, Harnessing Social Media for Promoting Tourism in Africa: An Exploratory Analysis of Tweets, iConference, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Waugh, L. (Author & Presenter), Tarver, H. M. (Author), Phillips, M. E. (Author & Presenter), Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Krahmer, A. J. (Author), CTLC Annual Conference, A Collaborative Approach to the Trusted Repository Audit Checklist [poster], Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Commerce, Texas, United States of America. (2015).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), 13th Annual Meeting of the Document Academy (DOCAM'-2016), Bringing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) to the Point of Use: Metadata vs. Full-Text Controversy, Document Academy, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Alemneh, D. G. (Presenter), Tarver, H. M. (Presenter), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Metadata Quality Assurance: The University of North Texas Libraries' Experience, Texas Digital Libraries, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2009).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Phillips, M. E. (Author), iConference 2018, Metadata versus Full-Text: Tracking Users’ Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) Seeking Behavior, iConference, Sheffield, UK, United Kingdom. (2018 – 2018).
Alemneh, D. G. (Coordinator/Organizer), King, S. (Author & Presenter), The 2018 UNT's College of Information Multidisciplinary Information Research Symposium (MIRS), Revisiting Indexing & Abstracting in the Digital Era, College of Information and UNT's ASIS&T Student Chapter, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author), Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K. R. (Author), Klein, J. (Author), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL-2017), UNT Libraries ETD Citation Analysis Project, Texas Digital Libraries (TDL), Austin, Texas., United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), Africa Research Symposium, Enhancing UNT's Presence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Building Partnerships with Ethiopian Higher Education Institutions, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).
Alemneh, D. G. (Author & Presenter), LEAP II Institute, LEAP II Institute: Digital Curation and Lifecycle Management Workshop, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Fulbright, The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in collaboration with the Institute of International Education’s Council for International Exchange of Scholars (IIE/CIES). (November 1, 2021 – October 31, 2022).
Fulbright, The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in collaboration with the Institute of International Education’s Council for International Exchange of Scholars (IIE/CIES). (September 01, 2019 – July 01, 2020).
Nominated for: Most Interesting Preliminary Results Paper, iConference-2018 (The iSchools organization is a consortium of Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field. And The iConference is an international gathering of scholars and researchers concerned with critical information issues in contemporary society. ). (March 25, 2018 – March 28, 2018).
Green Light to Greatness Award, UNT Libraries. (September 2014 – August 2015).
Best Poster Presentation of the US-ETDA-2014 Conference, The United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (US ETD) Association, at the 4th annual conference held in Orlando, Florida, from September 24-26, 2014.. (September 25, 2014 – September 27, 2014).
SIG Publication of the Year Award, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). (October 2013 – 2013).
Best Peer-Reviewed Paper award at the ETD-2011 International Conference, 14th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations. (September 15, 2011 – 2011).
Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society, Beta Lambda Chapter. (2009 – 2009).
ALISE Outstanding Doctoral Students Research Poster Competition - Honorable Mention, International Association for Library and Information Science Education. (2006 – 2006).
Multicultural Scholastic Award, University of North Texas. (2001 – 2001).
Fellowship for Digital Imaging Post-Master Program, University of North Texas. (1999 – 1999).
Member, Reviewer for the UNT Information Science PhD Program applications for admissions to the program. (2014 – Present).
Faculty Advisor, The UNT Student Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). (2014 – Present).
Faculty Advisor, UNT's African Student's Organization (UNT ASO). (2014 – Present).
Other, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. (2012 – Present).
Member, Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum (OCCC). (2014 – 2021).
Member, Library Wide - Personnel Affairs Committee (LW-PAC). (2014 – 2018).
Member, The University Scholarship Committee. (2012 – 2018).
Committee Chair, Digital Libraries and External Relations Division - Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC). (2014 – 2016).
Other, Digital Scholarship Co-Operative Advisory Board. (2013 – 2014).
Member, LibPas Working Group. (2012 – 2014).
Member, Grievance Committee. (2011 – 2014).
Other, Liaison for UNT Graduate School. (2010 – 2013).
Other, Government Documents Department's Head Search Committee. (2012 – 2012).
Other, Repository Librarian for Scholarly Works Search Committee. (2011 – 2011).
Other, Metadata Librarian Search Committee. (2009 – 2009).
Other, Metadata Interest Group. (2005 – 2009).
Other, UNT Library and Information Science Student Association! (LISSA). (2007 – 2007).
Other, Content Liaisons. (2006 – 2007).
Member, Cataloging Work Group. (2005 – 2007).
Member, Library Assembly. (2005 – 2007).
Other, UNT's Pan African Student Associations (PASA). (2005 – 2005).
Officer, President/Elect/Past, Knowledge and Information Professional Association (KIPA), Denton, TX. (2021 – Present).
Board of Directors, International Council on Knowledge Management, Vienna, Vienna. (2018 – Present).
Committee Chair, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASI&ST), Silver Spring, Maryland. (October 2019 – November 2023).
Committee Chair, The International Conference on Knowledge Management - ICKM 2022, Potsdam, Brandenburg. (June 23, 2022 – June 24, 2023).
Conference-Related, Association for Information Science and Technology: 2023 Mid-Year Conference, Leesburg, Virginia. (April 11, 2023 – April 14, 2023).
Reviewer, Conference Paper, iConference: 2023, Barcelona, Catalonia. (March 2023 – March 2023).
Committee Member, 14th International Conference on Knowledge Management - ICKM 2018, Vancouver, BC. (2017 – 2018).
Conference-Related, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL-2018), Fort Worth, TX. (2016 – 2017).
Board of Directors, American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASI&ST), Silver Spring, Maryland. (October 2015 – October 2017).
Chairperson, 13th International Conference on Knowledge Management - ICKM 2017, Dallas, TX. (September 2016 – September 2017).
Committee Member, iConference-2016, Philadelphia, PA. (2015 – 2016).
Member, 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2014) Conference Program Committee. (2014 – 2014).
Member, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Nominations Committee. (2014 – 2014).
Member, Association for Information Science and Technology, ASIS&T New Leaders Award Selection Committee. (2014 – 2014).
Program Organizer, TLA-14 Program Committee, Texas. (2013 – 2014).
Member, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Chapter Assembly Advisory Committee. (2012 – 2014).
Other, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Student Chapter Representatives. (2012 – 2014).
Chairperson, Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III). (2011 – 2012).
Other, Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III). (2009 – 2010).
Other, Speech and debate league (NCFCA). (2014 – Present).
Other, Boy Scouts of America, Denton. (2014 – 2015).
Other, Africa Unbound. (2013 – 2013).
Other, National Portal to Historic Collections (Managed by the American Heritage Society). (2012 – 2012).
Other, Denton Soccer Association. (2007 – 2007).
Academic, Jimma University, Ethiopia, Aba Jiffar Avenue, Jimma, Ethiopia, Ethiopia. (July 7, 2015 – July 10, 2015).
Academic, Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois., Urbana-Champaign, Illinois., United States of America. (2003 – 2003).
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Cabinet Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.. (1998 – 1999).
United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.. (1995 – 1996).
Urban Planning College Library, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.. (1994 – 1995).
ASIS&T Distinguished Member, The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). (August 2021 – 2021).
Nominated for: Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who in America. (2007 – 2007).
Outcome Evaluation and Consulting Institute fellowship, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (June 2003 – July 2003).
Soaring Eagle Award, University of North Texas. (2000 – 2000).