- American Library Association (ALA)

- American College & Research Libraries (ACRL, a Division of ALA)

- Association des amis d'André Gide (France, AAG)

- Association des Professeurs de Français des Universités et Collèges Canadiens
  (APFUCC)

- Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)

- Canadian Association of College & University Libraries (CACUL, CLA)

- Canadian Association of University Teachers of German (CAUTG)

- Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA)

- Canadian Library Association, 1975-1991 (CLA)

- Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies (CSRS)

- Clay County Historical Society
  (CCHS, Fargo/Moorhead, North Dakota & Minnesota)

- Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE, of IFLA)

- German-Canadian Historical Association (GCHA)

- German Studies Association (GSA)

- Germanists' Discussion Group, WESS (ACRL Section; e-forum since 1993)

- Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien in deutschsprachigen Ländern (GKS)

- International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA)

- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

- Linguistic Circle of Manitoba & North Dakota (LCMND)

- Manitoba Library Association (MLA)

- Modern Language Association of America (MLA)

- Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS, an ACRL section)

- Sociéte des amis de Montaigne (France)

- Society for Contemporary American Literature in German (SCALG)

- Society for German-American Studies (SGAS)

- Western European Studies Section (WESS, an ACRL section)

- Zentrum für Kanada-Studien, Universität Trier (ZfKS)

2012-2014

ACRL/WESS Publications Committee

2002-

Web-Editor of the LCMND e-Journal
(first article e-published in mid-2004)

2001

Scholarly Consultant, Else von Freytag-Loringhoven Collection,
University of Maryland, College Park
(invited by the Curator of Literary Collections, Dr. Beth Alvarez)

2000-

Website Editor, Linguistic Circle of Manitoba & North Dakota
(LCMND)
Standing Member of the Circle's annual Executive Committees

2000/2001

Instrumental in securing Dr. Barry Pomeroy's web-designs
for the LCMND Website & the LCMND e-Journal

1996-1997

Past-President, LCMND

1995-1996

President, Linguistic Circle of Manitoba & North Dakota

1994-

Director, GCHA, Manitoba Chapter (1 of 3)

1994-1995

Vice-President, LCMND

1992-1994

Secretary/Treasurer, LCMND

1990-

Member, Editorial Board, Mosaic:
a Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature

1990-1993

Member, ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Award's Committee
(4 years)

1989-1992

Member, Editorial Board, Montaigne Studies

1986

Program Chair, Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies
(Learned Societies' Congress at UM, Winnipeg)

1985-1988

Regional Representative for Central Canada, CSRS

1983-1986

Director, MLA Executive, Winnipeg

1983-1984

Member, CLA/CACUL Academic Status Committee

1982-1983

Member, CLA/CACUL Program Planning Committee,
CLA Congress, Winnipeg, 1983