In his 38 years as a faculty member, Aceto has been acknowledged as a dedicated and popular teacher and has served as associate dean and interim dean of the School of Information Science and Policy. He also has directed several of its federally funded projects. He has been president and had other cabinet positions with the University Senate, and chaired four Senate council, and been chair or member on more than 30 special committees.

As a leader in his field he co-created and co-edited the Film Literature Index, the most comprehensive reference source of its kind. Aceto was the project director of a library and information services with IBM Corp. that generated more than $2 million and involved many of the Albany School’s graduate students. He served the ministries of education in Cyprus and Bangladesh and was Fulbright Scholar to the University of Dacca.