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. She co-hosts the radio show "Farm to Fork: The Pioneer Valley's Local Food and Agriculture Show" on WXOJ-LP, Valley Free Radio, 103.3 fm. 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
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...
Vision of Self-Sufficiency Comes Alive (on Less Than Two Acres!), NOFA Mass News (2009)
A Montague, Massachusetts family relishes their traditional homesteading lifestyle.
Local Chef Inspires Healthy and Economical Cooking -- in a Flash, NOFA Mass News (2008)
Local chef, Leslie Cerier, offers thought-provoking workshops about eating whole foods.
Library Subject Guides
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
Sustainability - Library Research Guide, Sustainability (2008)
UMass Library resources and services for Sustainability
Radio
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...
Valley Free Radio Program Takes Things ‘Farm to Fork’, NOFA Mass News (2006)
Written by Amanda Cather, this article describes the radio show "Farm to Fork: The Pioneer...
Presentations
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)
Book and Internet Reviews
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...
Review of Plant Management Network database, Journal of Agricultural and Food Information (2008)
Overview of features of an academic plant sciences database.
Gee Book is New Gardener's Mentor, NOFAMass News (2007)
Book review of The Massachusetts Gardener's Companion: An Insider's Guide to Gardening from the Berkshires...
Review of Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia on CD-ROM, Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources (2007)
Book review (CD-ROM format) of a work that attempts to cover "the whole Jewish world...