Madeleine Charney serves as Library Liaison to the Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional Planning and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. She provides library research support to individuals, classes and the general public. Her areas of interest include local food, permaculture design, and the preservation of small farms in New England. In addition, she is the point person for RefWorks, a citation management program available to UMass Amherst faculty, staff, and students: http://guides.library.umass.edu/refworksatumass
Articles
The Land Institute, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information (2010)
An overview of the mission and current projects of The Land Institute in Salinas, Kansas....
Sunflower Seeds and Their Products, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information (2010)
Sunflower as a commodity for both food and seed.
One of the New Farmers Passing Through New Entry Sustainable, NOFA MassNews (2009)
Profile of an immigrant farmer's success through a Massachusetts-based program.
Hey Congress! Newest Farmers Union Chapter Coming, NOFA MassNews (2009)
New England farmers' needs are addressed through a new chapter of the National Farmers Union.
FoodRoutes Network and the Local Food Movement, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information (2009)
A feature article on the national nonprofit organization FoodRoutes Network (FRN), which describes itself as...
Book and Internet Reviews
Review of Energy Use in the U.S. Food System (2011)
A USDA report focusing on the period between 1997 and 2002. Provides insights into the...
Review of Bioactive Components in Milk and Dairy Products (2010)
The Western world tends to consider cows to be the main source of milk and...
Review of The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information (2009)
Review of The First American Women Architects, Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources (2009)
Book review of The First American Women Architects by Sarah Allaback, which traces the personal...
Library Subject Guides
Small Farm Business - Library Research Guide, Small Farm Business (2011)
A listing of resources for small farm management and marketing.
Food Systems - Library Research Guide, Local Food (2010)
Local food resources, at the UMass Amherst Libraries, on the UMass campus and around the...
Agriculture - Library Research Guide, Agriculture (2008)
UMass Library resources and services for Agriculture
Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning - Library Research Guide, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (2008)
UMass Library resources and services for Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Presentations
Getting Closer: The Librarian, the Curriculum and the Office of Sustainability, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) (2011)
As teachers of critical thinking and sound reasoning, academic librarians play a vital role in...
Libraries for Sustainability - Networking Event at AASHE 2011 (with Bonnie J. Smith), Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (2011)
"Libraries for Sustainability" was a networking event held at the AASHE conference on 10/11/2011. Participants...
Collaboration Using RefShare, United States Agricultural Information Network (2010)
Prezi "lightening talk" for the U.S. Agricultural Information Network conference. Purdue University - May 10,...
Gaining Perspective with RefWorks, Selected Works of Madeleine Charney (2006)
Conference abstract: RefWorks receives rave reviews on the UMass Amherst campus. Reference librarians Madeleine Charney...
RefWorks: A Vehicle for Information Literacy, Selected Works of Madeleine Charney (2005)
Presented with Dave Mac Court, Reference Services Librarian, at Library Orientation Exchange (Louisville, KY 5/05)
Radio
UMass Library Liaisons, UMass Librarians - We're Here for You (2010)
An invitation to work with UMass Amherst Research & Liaison Librarians
Public Service Announcement for Corinne Demas event, WMUA -- UMass Amherst radio station (2009)
Aired on WMUA September 2009 to advertise an exhibit at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library...
Notable Edibles: Sound Bites, Edible Pioneer Valley: Celebrating the Food, Farms and Culture of the Pioneer Valley, Season by Season (2009)
Written by Rebecca Touger, this article describes the radio show "Farm to Fork: The Pioneer...