Denise Troll Covey

Service to the Profession

American Library Association (ALA), 1991- present

• Gave presentations at annual ALA conferences – 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1991 and 1990
  

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 1991-1996, 1999- present

• Gave presentation at Library Research Roundtable program, ALA annual conference – 2001
• Gave presentation at Delaware Valley Chapter Conference of ACRL – 1992
  

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), 1995- present

• Gave presentations at CNI Task Force meetings – December 2003, April 2002
  

Digital Library Colloquium Series, 2004-present

• Recommended or scheduled speakers and coordinated promotion of the events; attended dinners
  

Digital Library Federation (DLF), 1997- present

• DLF Forum Program Planning Committee – 2005-2006
• Attended DLF Steering Committee Meeting for the Dean of University Libraries – November 2004, October 1999
• Invited and participated in DLF self-evaluation with consultant George Jurowich – April 2004
• Participated in DLF-OCLC Digital Registry Working Group – 2002-03
• Attended meeting with Outsell, CLIR, and the DLF to review and help interpret data from the Outsell study of how students and faculty find and use information and perceive the information landscape. Washington DC , April 2002. (The Outsell study was precipitated by my work as a DLF Distinguished Fellow.)
• Received DLF Distinguished Fellowship to lead usage, usability and user support initiative – November 2000 -October 2001
• Gave presentations at DLF Forums – April 2004, November 2002, November 2001, April 2000
• Master of Ceremonies for Usability Workshops at DLF Forum in San Francisco , CA – May 2001
• Attended DLF Digital Libraries Initiatives All Projects Meeting. Ithaca , NY – October 1999
  

EDUCOM, 1989-1996 / EDUCAUSE, 1997- present

• Gave presentation at EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference – 2004
• Gave presentations at EDUCOM Conferences – 1992, 1991
  

Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), 1996- present

• Published articles in Library Administration and Management – 2005, 1992
• Invited speaker, LAMA program at annual ALA conference, Chicago , IL – June 2005
• Invited speaker, LAMA Preconference, Orlando , FL – June 2004
• Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation Section (MAES)
• Elected Secretary of the MAES Executive Committee – 2004-2007
• Data Collection for Library Managers Committee – 2001-2004
• Preconference Planning Committee – 2002
  

Library Information Technology Association (LITA), 1991- 2005

• Master of Ceremonies and member of Planning Committee for LITA Preconference on Electronic Books, American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, San Francisco , CA . Also prepared annotated bibliography on e-book devices for the LITA Preconference. – June 2001
• Attended initial organizational meeting and signed petition to form the Heads of Library Technology Interest Group (HOLT-IG) at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, Washington DC . – January 2001.
• Gave presentation at LITA Conference – 1992
• Gave presentation at LITA Preconference – 1991
  

National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Standards Development Committee, 2004-2007

• Designated leader of the NISO initiative on digital rights – 2004-present
• Helped organize a pre-standards workshop on digital rights management for libraries and other providers of scholarly content – 2004-2005
  

Z39.50 Implementers Group (ZIG), 1994-2000

• Chair of Digital Libraries session at ZIG meeting, Washington DC – December 2000.
• Recording secretary for the ZIG – 1996-1999
• Attended multiple ZIG meetings each year
  

Open eBook Forum – 2001

• Spearheaded the Principal Membership of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI).
• Submitted University Libraries’ requirements for Digital Rights Management (DRM) software for ebooks.
  

Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc. (PALCI)

• Digital projects group – 2005-2006
  

University Libraries Group (ULG)

• ULG Assessment Working Group – 2002-2004; Chair – 2002-2003
• Attended University Libraries Group meetings – 2000-2001
  

Work with Vendors

• Participated in focus groups on institutional repositories conducted by OCLC, ALA Midwinter, Boston, MA. January 2005.
• Participated by invitation in Elsevier Science and Blackwell Book Services’ focus group discussion of online reference works, ALA Midwinter, New Orleans, LA. January 2002. Similar invitation ALA Midwinter January 2003 and 2004. (Declined to participate 2004 because of Elsevier’s price increases for journals.)
• Participated by invitation in the Gale Group’s Advisory Session on trends and service improvements in print and electronic reference works, ALA Midwinter, New Orleans, LA. January 2002.