Madeleine K. Charney

Libraries for Sustainability - Networking Event at AASHE 2011

Madeleine K. Charney et al. — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:27:44 PST

"Libraries for Sustainability" was a networking event held at the AASHE conference on 10/11/2011. Participants mostly included sustainability officers with a handful of librarians. A lively and productive discussion yielded ten ideas for connecting campus libraries as partners in the sustainability movement.

Getting Closer: The Librarian, the Curriculum and the Office of Sustainability

Madeleine K. Charney — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:42:59 PDT

As teachers of critical thinking and sound reasoning, academic librarians play a vital role in supporting sustainability across the curriculum. Seasoned consolidators and distributors of information, librarians also bring a unique voice to sustainability councils and committees. The forging of partnerships between the Library and the Office of Sustainability holds great potential for strengthening the surge of sustainability in higher education. This presentation centers on survey and interview responses from librarians who are instrumental in shaping sustainability on their campuses.

PSA for nature photography exhibit

Madeleine K. Charney — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:31:25 PDT

PSA for football history exhibit

Madeleine K. Charney — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:29:56 PDT

Small Farm Business - Library Research Guide

Madeleine K. Charney — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:48:39 PDT

A listing of resources for small farm management and marketing.

Review of Energy Use in the U.S. Food System

Madeleine K. Charney — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:38:47 PDT

A USDA report focusing on the period between 1997 and 2002. Provides insights into the increase in energy used in growing, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, preparing, serving, and disposal of food in the United States.

UMass Library Liaisons

Madeleine K. Charney — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:52:30 PST

An invitation to work with UMass Amherst Research & Liaison Librarians

The Land Institute

Madeleine K. Charney — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:07:45 PST

An overview of the mission and current projects of The Land Institute in Salinas, Kansas. This organization strives to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops.

Review of Bioactive Components in Milk and Dairy Products

Madeleine K. Charney — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:03:35 PST

The Western world tends to consider cows to be the main source of milk and dairy products. However, Bioactive Components in Milk and Dairy Products presents the production, chemistry, and nutritional qualities of milk from a variety of mammals: goat, sheep, buffalo, camel, and mare, as well as the cow.

Food Systems - Library Research Guide

Madeleine K. Charney — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:19:08 PST

Local food resources, at the UMass Amherst Libraries, on the UMass campus and around the Pioneer Valley. Regional and national organizations also highlighted.

Sunflower Seeds and Their Products

Madeleine K. Charney — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:55:56 PST

Sunflower as a commodity for both food and seed.

Collaboration Using RefShare

Madeleine K. Charney — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:00:24 PDT

Prezi "lightening talk" for the U.S. Agricultural Information Network conference. Purdue University - May 10, 2010.

Review of Innovation in History: The New Woman Resources Book

Madeleine K. Charney — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:16:13 PDT

Review of The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses

Madeleine K. Charney — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:12:10 PST

Public Service Announcement for Corinne Demas event

Madeleine K. Charney — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:11:30 PDT

Aired on WMUA September 2009 to advertise an exhibit at the W.E.B. Du Bois Library called “The Making of a Picture Book: The Marriage of Text and Art.”

One of the New Farmers Passing Through New Entry Sustainable

Madeleine K. Charney — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:48:39 PDT

Profile of an immigrant farmer's success through a Massachusetts-based program.

FoodRoutes Network and the Local Food Movement

Madeleine K. Charney — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:12:42 PDT

A feature article on the national nonprofit organization FoodRoutes Network (FRN), which describes itself as “dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food—the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables.”

RefWorks - Library Research Guide

Madeleine K. Charney — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:10:53 PDT

Notable Edibles: Sound Bites

Madeleine K. Charney — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:54:47 PDT

Written by Rebecca Touger, this article describes the radio show "Farm to Fork: The Pioneer Valley's Local Food and Agriculture" which airs every other Tuesday from 6:30-7:30pm EST on WXOJ-LP, 103.3fm, Valley Free Radio. Hosted by: Madeleine Charney, Kelly Coleman, Leslie Cox and Don Persons. Listen via live audiostream: www.valleyfreeradio.org

Review of The First American Women Architects

Madeleine K. Charney — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:27:06 PDT

Book review of The First American Women Architects by Sarah Allaback, which traces the personal and professional lives of seventy-six women pioneers in the field of American architecture.