Service

Dr. Mabi is enthusiastic about learning, serving and contributing to the community. She serves on academic and professional committees and also volunteers on boards of local organizations such as non-profits that serve resilient, underrepresented and at risk populations.




Selected Service Activities











Scholarly Associations and Committees














Professional Associations and Committees


  • Member, Diversity Committee, University of Illinois School of Information Sciences (2021-2022)


  • Co-Chair, Awards Committee, Special Interest Group Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG-USE), Association for Information Science and Technology, (2020-2021).


  • Member, Awards Committee, Special Interest Group Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG-USE), Association for Information Science and Technology, (2019-2020).


  • Co-Chair, Symposium Committee, Special Interest Group Information Needs, Seeking and Use Association for Information Science and Technology (2018-2019).


  • Member, Equity and Diversity Committee, University of British Columbia, School of Information, (2018- 2020).


  • Member, Doctoral Studies Committee, University of British Columbia, School of Information, (2015- 2016).



  • Member, Committee to advise the Board of the association on anti-racism issues and actions, British Columbia Library Association.


  • Member, Community-Led Libraries Interest Group, British Columbia Library Association.


  • Member, Multicultural Services Committee, British Columbia Library Association.

Mentoring

  • Mentor for African Students to the University of British Columbia, Mastercard Scholars Initiative, (2015 – 2017)

  • Mentor to young Librarians, Visible Minority Librarians of Canada (VimLoc), (2018 to 2020).

Journal Reviews

  • Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology,

  • Information Processing and Management,

  • Journal of Information Science,

  • Journal of Education for Library and Information Science,

  • Sage Open Journal,

  • African Educational Research Journal.