Editorships
Editorial Board Member, Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal
Editor-in-Chief, Library and Information Research, 2018-2021
Editorial Board Member (Review Editor), Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics: Scholarly Communication
External professional service
Chair, Legal Deposit User Forum, September 2023-Present
Secretary, ISKO UK, October 2023-Present
Co-Chair, International Society for Knowledge Organization UK (ISKO UK) 2023 Conference
Vice President/President-Elect, CILIP Scotland, 2023
Board Trustee, CILIP Scotland, 2022
Co-Chair, iSchools Women’s Coalition, 2021-Present
Chair, CILIP’s Metadata & Discovery Group (MDG), December 2020-Present
Elected Standing Committee Member, IFLA’s Education & Training Section, August 2021-Present
Committee Member, IFLA’s Building Strong Library and Information Science Education (BSLISE) Working Group, 2021-Present
Committee Member, IFLA’s Subject & Analysis Section, Training and Education in Subject Access Working Group, 2021-Present
Committee Member, The U2 Conference, March 2021-2023
Committee Member, CILIP’s Metadata & Discovery Group (formerly the Cataloguing & Indexing Group (CIG), January 2019-December 2020
Member, Programme Committee, Scottish Dementia Research Consortium (SDRC) Conference 2020: Unlocking the mysteries of data
Member, Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee, January 2019-Present
Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, EBLIP10
Publicity Chair, ACM CHIIR 2019
Chair, European Chapter, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), October 2017-October 2018
Hon Secretary, Library and Information Science Research Group (LIRG), within the Chartered Institute of Library and information Professionals (CILIP), January 2016-June 2021
Peer Assessor and Mentor for Professional Recognition of Teaching at Strathclyde (Direct route to Associate Fellowship/Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy)
Invited Member, Scottish Local History Directory Project User Group for the National Library of Scotland
Faculty Advisor, iDocQ 2016
Chair, Information Professionals Task Force, Association for Information Science and Technology, November 2015-October 2016
Co-Chair, Information Professionals Task Force, Association for Information Science and Technology, October 2014-November 2015
Co-Chair, New Leaders Award Jury, Association for Information Science and Technology, 2015
Co-Chair, Juried Panels, Association for Library and Information Science Education, 2016 Annual Conference
President, Canadian Association for Information Science, June 2013-June 2014 and February 2015-June 2015
Vice President, Canadian Association for Information Science, 2014-2015
President, Canadian Association for Information Science, 2013-2014
Director-at-Large, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), 2011-2014
Member, New Leaders Award Jury, Association for Information Science and Technology 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Chair, Web Presence Task Force, January 2013-April 2015
Member, Information Science Book of the Year Award Jury, Association for Information Science and Technology, 2013
Chair, Online Education Task Force, American Society for Information Science and Technology, October 2011-October 2012 (appointed by the President)
Member, Program Committee, Information Environments and Socio-Cultural Aspects Track, Information Use and Analysis Track, and Information Organization and Representation Track, 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Member, Program Committee, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Information Science, 2011-2013
Chair, Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2010-2012
Served as an invited mentor for New Leaders Award winner Jacob Ratliff, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2011-2012
Member, Program Committee, #Influence12 – Symposium and Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Student Chapter Advisor, UWO Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2012-2013
Chair, Webinar Task Force, American Society for Information Science and Technology, April-October 2011 (appointed by the President)
Chair, Knowledge Organization Track, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2011 Annual Meeting
Co-Chair, Education Committee, American Society for Information Science and Technology, October 2010-October 2011
Served as an invited mentor for New Leaders Award winner Alex Garnett, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2010-2011
Member, Information Organization Track and Knowledge Management Track, Conference Committee, 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Member, Social Computing Track, 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (Hypertext 2010)
Member, Watson Davis Award Jury, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2009-2010
Search Committee Member, Social Media Program Manager, American Society for Information Science and Technology, November 2009-March 2010
Chair, Classification Research Special Interest Group, American Society for Information Science and Technology, March 2009-October 2010
Posters Chair and Member, 2009 iConference Program Committee
Chapter Assembly Advisor, American Society for Information Science and Technology, Fall 2008-Fall 2013
Editorial Board Member, Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2007-Present
Record Holder and Founding Member, Carolinas Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (cc:asis&t), Fall 2007-Fall 2009
Posters Co-Chair and Member, Conference Committee, 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Chair, Visualization, Images, and Sound Special Interest Group, American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003-2008
Chair, Automation and Technology Round Table, Texas Library Association, 2005-2006
Chair, North Texas student chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (NT-ASIS&T), 2003-2004
Co-chair and Webmaster, South Central Voyager Users’ Group (SCVUG), 2002-2003
University of Strathclyde service
Department of Computer & Information Sciences Social Media Champion
Department of Computer & Information Sciences Library Liaison Representative
Department of Computer & Information Science Tutor, Personal Development Groups for Undergraduates
Department of Computer & Information Sciences Representative, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Committee
University of Strathclyde Living Lab Executive Working Group
University of Strathclyde Campus Policy Working Group, Equally Safe in Higher Education
University of Strathclyde Information Science Pathways Representative, Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
Peer reviewing
The Electronic Library
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science
First Monday
Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science
Journal of Information Science
Journal of Library Metadata
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
Journal of the Medical Library Association
ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage
Knowledge Organization
Library & Information Science Research
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Information Practice and Research
Policy and Internet
Journal of Web Librarianship
New Review of Academic Librarianship
Libri
Behaviour & Information Technology
Journal of Librarianship & Information Science
Open Information Science
Information Processing & Management
Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Aslib Journal of Information Management
IFLA Journal
Science, Technology, and Human Values
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Public Mental Health
Annual Meeting, Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
Annual Conference, Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI)
Annual Conference, Social Media & Society (#SMSociety)
ACM SIG CHI CHIIR
ACM SIG CHI
iConference
Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII)