International Experience 
Established Colorado Association of Libraries Bulgaria/Colorado Library Partnership Interest Group:
- Established in 1998
- Currently has 25 Partner Libraries in Bulgaria connected to 25 Partner Libraries in Colorado, Iowa, and Maryland
- Libraries share resources and information
- Sponsored 8 librarians in 2001 to visit their Partners on a U.S. Department of State grant
- Developed and led four conferences in Bulgaria by four American librarians speaking on topics as far ranging as copyright, library service in a tourist community, care of rare books, access to government information through libraries, lobbying government for support, and organizing a summer reading program for children
Project Director for ABLE (American/Bulgaria Library Exchange) project:
- In cooperation with IRIS (Iowa Resources for International Service) received a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to partner 18 Bulgarian libraries with libraries in Colorado and Iowa
- Co-author of Community Based Librarianship: A Manual and Planning Tools published in both English and Bulgarian (available upon request). Chapters include:
- Developing a Community Information Center ( Bolt author)
- Collaboration and Cooperation to Build a Community Information Center (Bolt author)
- Working with Local Government (Bolt author)
- Marketing a Community Information Center (Bolt editor)
- Fundraising (Bolt editor)
- Trained 24 Bulgarian librarians to develop a Community Information Center including 12 Bulgarian librarians trained to teach others. These 12 subsequently used the Manual and Planning Tools to train 200 Bulgarian librarians from 90 libraries
- Hosted 18 Bulgarian librarians to visit Colorado and Iowa for 5 weeks to work with their partners
- Took 18 American librarians to Bulgaria for 2 weeks to work with their partners
American Library Association, International Relations Round Table
- International Relations Round Table
- Member of the Executive Board, 2000–2006
- Chair, 2004-2005
- International Relations Committee
- Member, 2002-2004
- Chief facilitator and conference planner for conferences in Georgia and Armenia on The Role of Libraries in a Civil Society, 2001, 2002
International Federation of Library Associations
- Member IFLA Governing Board, 2005- 2007
- Member IFLA Professional Committee, 2005-2007
- Chair, IFLA Division 2 Coordinating Board
- Chair, Government Libraries Section, 2005 - 2557
- Member of the Government Libraries Section Board, 1999 -2007
- Chair, Guidelines for Government Libraries Drafting Committee, 2003-2006
Presentations and publications relating to International Librarianship
- Presentation to students in Mortenson Center for International Librarianship on Leadership in National and Professional Associations, October, 2005
- Presentation to Nebraska Library Association on American Bulgarian Library Exchange, September, 2005