Copsey is a Fellow of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, and Past President and Vice-President of the University of Auckland Society.
She was Chair of the Pacific Rim Research Libraries Alliance from 2013 to 2015, and has served on the OCLC Global Council.
[3][4] Copsey led the formation of the university's Kate Edger Information Commons, which opened in 2003.
[6] In 2006 she was appointed by the government to the Library and Information Commission, alongside Bill Macnaught, Evelyn Tobin and Paul Thompson.
[7] The commission advises the Minister of Internal Affairs on issues relating to libraries and information services, and specifically including mātauranga Māori.