- President-Elect, 2007-2009
- Secretary and Deputy Secretary
- Deputy Treasurer
- Chair, International Relations Committee, various years
- Founding member and President, Durango AMBAC Chapter (1989-1981)
- Founding member of the Chihuahua Library Association (1999)
- Member of other Mexican library associations, such as CONPAB and ASAR
- Member (Co-Opted) of the Governing Board, 2007-2009
- Chair, Information Literacy Section, 2002-2007
- Chair and Secretary, Round Table on User Education, 1999-2002
- Information Officer, Division 7, Library Theory and Research
- Secretary, Division 7, Library Theory and Research
- Information Officer, University Libraries Section
- Member, American Library Association (ALA), 1976-Present; Special Libraries Association (SLA), 1992-Present; Border Regional Library Association (BRLA), El Paso, TX, 1996-Present; and REFORMA, 1979-Present
- Virtual Member, Membership Committee, American Library Association (ALA), 2004-2007
- Co-Chair, ALA President’s Program, Sarah Long, 2002
- Board of Directors, Special Libraries Association (USA), 2002-2005, the first foreign Director to serve on this body
- Advisory member of the Global 2000 Conference, and member of other committees, such as the Nominating Committee
- Board Member, Trejo Foster Foundation for Hispanic Library Education (TFF), USA, 2001-Present
- Founder, Transborder Library Forum (FORO / US-Mexico), implemented in 1991 to strengthen American and Mexican library relations
JESUS LAU, Ph.D.
Professional Employment and Education
Director of the Universidad Veracruzana / USBI Library and Coordinator of the UV Virtual Library in Veracruz, México. Directed academic libraries in five higher education institutions in Mexico. Ph.D. in Information Science, Sheffield University, England; Master’s Degree in Library Science, Denver University; Bachelor´s Degree in Law, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Mexico. National Researcher Award, received six times, 1989-2009 (Mexico). Published more than 150 articles and papers, and 15 books in Mexico and abroad (Please visit www.jesuslau.com).
Association Experience
Mexican Library Association (AMBAC)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Other Library Associations
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