I have been the Director of Education & Information Delivery since August of 2007. As director I oversee public services within Roesch Library, which include Access Services and Reference & Instruction. I have held a number of leadership roles within the American Library Association and the Association of College & Research Libraries. Prior to coming to the University of Dayton, I was the Latino Studies Librarian at the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2007 and was appointed Notre Dame’s first librarian-residence in 2000. My research interests are in library end-user technologies and management of resources.

Currently, I serve as a member to OhioLINK’s User Services Committee, the collection manager for the Department of Psychology and Criminal Justice Studies program and also collect in areas of ethnic studies and library science.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

•American Library Association (ALA), 1998 :

Chair (appointed), Human Resource Development & Recruitment Committee Advisory Committee, 2009-2010; Member 2007-2009

Member (elected), Committee on Committees, 2005-2006

Member (elected), ALA Council, 2003 – 2006

Chair (appointed), American Libraries Advisory Committee, 2004 - 2005; Member 2003 – 2004

Intern (appointed), Intellectual Freedom Committee, 2001 – 2003

Chair (appointed) of Public Relations, Spectrum Leadership Institute, 2001, 2002

• Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001:

Instruction Section

University Libraries Section

Chair (appointed), Committee on Racial & Ethnic Diversity, 2003 - 2005; Member 2001-2003

• OhioLINK, 2007:

Member (appointed), User Services Committee

Co-chair (appointed), Training Subcommittee, 2011

• Indiana Online Users Group (IOLUG):Chair (appointed), Program Committee, 2005-2006

• Trejo Foster Foundation for Hispanic Library Education: Board Member (elected), 2003 – 2007

• Reforma National Library Association, 1997 – 2003

• Texas Library Association, 1998 – 2001

•Border Regional Library Association, 1998 – 2000