Memberships and Positions in
Professional Societies
American Association of University Professors, St. John's
University Chapter, Member, 1984-
American Library Association, 1972‑
Member, Library and Information Technology Association
Member, Committee on Accreditation Site Visitor Pool,
1983‑1986
Committee on Cataloging Asian and African Materials
Task Force to Review the Revision of the Dewey Judaism Schedule,
Member, 1992-1994 (By invitation)
American Society for Information Science, 1972‑
Student Chapter Advisor, 1983‑
Best Student Paper Award Jury, 1985
Institutional Representative of St. John's University, Sept.
1991-
Journal Referee
American Society of Indexers, Member, 1982‑
Chair, Indexer Education Committee, 1983‑1988
Member, H. W. Wilson Award Committee, 1984‑1986
H.W. Wilson Award Committee, Alternate, 1987
Chair, 1989
Member, Technical Program Committee for the 25th Anniversary
Meeting, Washington, DC, May 1993. Appointed March 1992
Alternate Representative to the Board of Documentation
Abstracts. Appointed May 1992
Liaison to the American Society for Information Science,
Appointed May 1992
Vice President/President-Elect, 1987-1988
President, 1988-1989
Immediate Past President and Board member, 1989-1990
Association for Computational Linguistics, Member, 1987-1990
Association for Library and Information Science Education,
Member, 1984‑
Chair, Tellers' Committee, 1993 (By invitation)
Association of Jewish Libraries, Member, 1978‑
Journal Co‑editor and Council member, 1983‑2000
Alternate Representative to the National Information Standards
Organization, 1983-1985
Editor-in-chief of refereed journal. Appointed Summer 1988
Voting Representative to the National Information Standards
Organization, 1986-1995
Association of Jewish Libraries, New York Metropolitan Area
Chapter, Founding Member, November 1982
Member, Cataloging Workshops Planning Committee, 1982‑1992
Council of Archives and Research Libraries in Jewish Studies,
1974‑
Consultant 1982‑
Chair, Subcommittee on the Computerization of Hebrew Cataloging,
1984‑
Medical Library Association. Institutional Representative
of St. John's University, 1991-
National Information Standards Organization. Chair, Subcommittee
to revise the American National Standard on thesaurus structure,
construction, and use, 1988-1994
Service on University, School and
Department Communittees
St. John's University
Self-Study Committee on Values-Oriented Education
(Presidential Committee), Member, 1990-1991
Departmental Representative, Division of Library and Information
Science, 1990-1991
Ad Hoc Committee on Multicultural Academic Affairs (Presidential
Committee), Member, 1990-1991
Student Recruitment Subcommittee, Member, 1990-1991
Search Committee for the Dean of University Libraries, Member,
Dec. 1996-May 1998 (By invitation of the Provost)
Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Club, Member, Sept. 1996-Fall 2003 (By
invitation of the Provost)
Evaluation of the Subject Heading List and Classification of the
College of Insurance. Reports prepared at the request of the Dean
of University Libraries, Spring 2001
Interdepartmental Committee on Linguistics, Member
-Member, Subcommittee to Develop a Graduate Program in
Computational Linguistics
-Member, Subcommittee on Library Resources
Graduate School of Arts &
Sciences
Chair, Dissertation Defense Committee, Dept. of Psychology,
Summer 1984, Fall 1986
Middle States Committee on Long Range Planning and Critical
Issues, Member, 1990-1991
Subcommittee on Faculty Development, Member, 1990-1991
Graduate Council, Member, 1991‑1994
Reelected for a three‑year term, 1994-1997
Nominated for a third term
Liberal Arts Personnel Committee, Member
Participated in a series of meetings, Dec. 2002
Division of Library and Information
Science
Editor and Indexer, Strategic Plan and Program Presentation
to the Committee on Accreditation, American Library Association,
Sept. 1996-March 1997