Yasmeen Shorish

 

 

My engagement with the profession occurs through national and local committee work, editorial opportunities, and community outreach efforts. I also engage in community service that helps inform how to engage with a variety of constituents.

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National Association Service

  • SPARC Steering Committee member, 2023-2025 (Elected position)
  • SPARC Strategic Priorities Working Group co-leader, 2022-present
  • Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2021 – 2025 (elected position)
  • Digital Library Federation (DLF) Advisory Committee Member, 2017 – 2021

  • Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Fellowship for Digital and Inclusive Excellence Advisory Group Member, 2017-2020
  • Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit 2020 Conference Planning Committee member, 2019-20
  • Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Future Vision Task Force member. The task force gathered information and set strategic vision for proposed independence and eventual formation of RDAP as a professional association, 2017-2018.
  • ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee: Chair 2018-19. Vice-Chair 2017-18.
    • Projects include the production and promotion of a new research agenda for the Association
  • ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee, 2015 – 2017.
    • Projects include Chairing the selection committee for the ACRL Research Data Management Road Show Curriculum Designers and Chairing the selection committee for the ACRL Research Data Management Road Show Presenters
  • ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Nominating Committee Chair, 2017
  • 2016 DLF Forum Planning Committee, including smaller program review committee and inclusion committee, 2016.
  • ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group: Past-Convener, 2014-2015; Convener, 2013-2014; Vice-Convener, 2012-2013; Recorder, 2011-2012.
    • Activities included webinars every spring and the proposal of a Research Data Management Road Show to the ACRL Board in 2015
  • SLA-DBIO: Home Page Subcommittee of the Public Relations Committee, 2010-2011
  • ACRL Health Sciences Interest Group Information Literacy Task Force, 2011

Professional Service

  • Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit Manual reviewer, 2021
  • Mapping the Scholarly Communications Infrastructure” project Advisory Board member, 2018-2020
  • Data Curation Network (DCN) Advisory Panel, 2018-19
  • Reviewer for the IDEAL’19 conference program, 2019
  • Invited to participate in the IMLS Forum on Web Privacy and Analytics in September 2018 at Montana State University.
  • Advisor to the CLIR+DLF supported Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) project
  • Guest editor for the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication special issue on “The Role of Scholarly Communication in a Democratic Society,” 2018
  • Co-convener of the DLF Technologies of Surveillance Working Group, 2017-2018
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) field reviewer
  • National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH), Office of Digital Humanities panel reviewer
  • ALA Spectrum Scholarship Jury Member, 2017
  • Conference Co-Chair for RDAP Summit 2017, April 19-21 in Seattle, WA

  • Invited member of NMC’s Horizon Project Library Panel of Experts, tasked with advising on the 2017 NMC Horizon Report > Library Edition.
  • ACRL Dr. E. J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor, 2016
  • Proposed a model for research data management professional development for liaison librarians, which was accepted by the ACRL Board of Directors in 2015.
  • Selected editor for the IMLS-funded DataQ project, 2015
  • Reviewer for Journal of eScience Librarianship (JESLIB), Journal of Web Librarianship, In the Library with the Lead Pipe, Harvard Data Science Review, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication,  Journal of Chemical Education (American Chemical Society – ACS), and ACS Books.
  • Regular contributor and standing editor to the ACRL TechConnect Blog, 2015 – 2018
  • Guest contributor to the e-Science Community Blog, 2015
  • Invited short presentation speaker at the New England e-Science Advisory Board meeting, October 7, 2014.
  • Planning Committee Member on the first Science Bootcamp Southeast, held at North Carolina State University, July 16-18, 2014.

University Service

James Madison University

  • APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) Caucus, 2023-2026 (Co-Chair)
  • Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Search Committee, 2022
  • Climate Study Working Group, 2020-2022
  • Academic Affairs Strategic Planning Committee, 2019-2021
  • Data Science Task Force, 2018 – 2019 (Co-chair)
  • Data Advisory Committee, 2016 – 2018 (Chair)
  • President’s Task Force on Inclusion – Campus Climate, Employment Context, 2017-2019
  • College of Integrated Science and Engineering, Integrated Science and Technology Faculty Search Committee, 2017
  • Faculty Research Council, 2012 – 2015
  • Provost Faculty Diversity Council, 2016-present
  • Dean of Libraries Search Committee, 2014
  • James Madison University Libraries:
    • Personnel Advisory Committee, 2020-2022 (Chair 2021-22)
    • Institutional Repository Task Force, 2019
    • Scholarly Communication Steering Committee, 2012-2016 (Chair 2014-15)
    • Diversity Committee, 2012-13; 2015-present (Chair 2015-17)
    • Collection Development Committee, 2013-15
    • Instruction Committee, 2011-12
    • Librarian Faculty Assembly Steering Committee, 2012 
    • Search committees:
      • Special Collections Librarian
      • Health Sciences Librarian
      • Dean of Libraries
      • Science and Math Librarian
      • Business Librarian
      • Digital Collections Specialist
      • Associate Dean for Discovery, Access, and Technology
      • Director of Digital Scholarship and Distinctive Collections Search, Chair

Community Service

  • Illinois Youth Literature Festival, 2010
  • Served as the liaison between the University Community Archives class and the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center to help create an archive of the community’s 30-plus year history in Champaign County.
  • Served as the liaison between the Muslim Student Association (MSA) and the University of Illinois Student Life and Culture Archives to facilitate the creation of MSA holdings at the University.
  • On behalf of the Women’s Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan, conducted several speaking engagements at Chicagoland universities and organizations, including Columbia College, DePaul University and the Gene Siskel Film Center (2001-2003). 

Current Memberships

  • American Library Association (ALA)
    • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Division: Science and Technology Section, University Libraries Section, Digital Scholarship Section.
  • Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
  • Research Data Access and Preservation Association (RDAP)