American Library Association Memberships and Professional Activities

American Library Association, 1989--present

ACRL Popular Culture Committee, 2010--present

Booklist, Fiction and Audiobooks Reviewer, 2004--present

Booklist, Advisory Board, 2005-2012

Booklist, Blogger, Book Group Buzz, 2008--present

Library and Information Technology Association, 2011--present

Library Leadership and Management Association, 2012--present

Public Library Association, 1998--present

Reference and User Services Association, 2004--present

•       Awards Coordinating Committee, 2009--present
•       CODES Board, 2012-2014
•       CODES Readers’ Advisory Committee, 2005--2009
•       Conference Program Coordinating Committee, 2011--2014
•       Listen List Award Committee, 2011-2013
•       Louis Shores Award Committee, 2010-2011
•       Margaret E. Monroe Committee, 2011-2013
  
•       Readers’ Advisory Research & Trends Forum, 2012--present
•       Sophie Brody Medal Award Committee, 2009-2011

Young Adult Library Association, 2007--present

•       Alex Awards Committee, 2007-2009

Other Professional Memberships and Activities

Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT), 2000--present

American Culture Association, 2014-present

Association of Book Group Readers & Leaders, 2002--present

Audies Award judge, 2010--present

Foreword Books of the Year Award judge, 2012--present

“Good Reading You May Have Missed” segment, BetterKC Show, KCTV5, 2012--present

"Good Reads for Kansas City" segment, Morning Show, Fox4, 2012-present

“Book Doctors,” The Walt Bodine Show, KCUR-FM 89.3, 2007-2011

“Book Doctors,” Up to Date with Steve Kraske, KCUR-FM 89.3, 2011--present

Kansas Library Association, 1985--present

LibraryReads Steering Committee, 2012--present

Metro-Area Readers’ Round Table (MARRT), Founding member, 1999--present

Missouri Library Association, 2000--present

Mountain Plains Library Association, 2003-present

•       Awards Committee, Chair, 2004-2005

National Book Critics Circle, 2004--present

Penguin Random House Library Advisory Board, 2014--present

Popular Culture Association, 2014-present

Sisters In Crime, 1999-2004

Spur Awards judge, 2011-2013