Announcements

Liaison Librarians from Coast to Coast

January 31, 2013

Today I participated in an online panel hosted by UW-Libraries called "Liaison Librarian Roles from Coast to Coast."  The panel brought together UW-Madison alums who are now working as subject liaisons at Stanford, Syracuse, UM-Twin Cities, and...Purchase College.

Connected via Google+ Hangouts, we video conferenced with a room full of UW-Madison librarians about how our work as liaisons differs and is alike at our respective institutions. As always, I learned so much from my fellow panelists. Some of my take-aways:

I'm featured in Springy News: Springshare's Dec. 2012 Newsletter

December 14, 2012

SpringShare featured statistics and best practices from my virtual presentation in this month's Springy News under the heading: "Tips for Advertising Your SMS Service: Roving Reference."

Talia over at SpringShare did a great summary of my main points and used some of the data I collected on the types of questions our library gets via SMS to encourage other librarians to incorporate a roving reference/ mobile reference aspect into their text reference services.

First time presenting at a virtual conference

November 21, 2012

On November 8, 2012, I participated in SpringyCamp, a virtual conference sponsored by SpringShare and featuring librarians from across the country. 

Purchase Prism Was A Success!

September 19, 2012

On September 6th, I participated with Dana Munsch, Circulation Supervisor, and Lauren Britton, Library Student Assistant, in a fabulous, fun back-to-school event called Purchase Prism.  The Library participated as part of a collaboration with Student Life, Dining Services, and ResLife that we're calling the "Respect Your Purchase."  The aim is to generate good will among students and various campus departments while encouraged respectful and

"Librarians help advance OWS’s struggle for ecological justice"

June 21, 2012

Our MyMETRO Researchers group got a shout-out on Ear to Earth, an "independent online newsroom covering the intersection of social, economic, and ecological issues" that is managed by members of Occupy Wall Street- Environmental Solidarity.  

Finished! Annotated Bibliography on Climate Change Impacts

June 20, 2012

Fellow librarians Ari Ress, Angie Ecklund, and I just finished our final paper for the MyMetro Researchers Pilot Project, an outreach endeavor lead by the Metropolitan New York Library Council.  We created an annotated bibliography about the specific impacts of climate change for members of Occupy Wall Street:

Uncovering Undiscovered Needs: A presentation on mobile librarians & mobile technologies at the SUNY/LA Annual Conference, June 7 2012

May 8, 2012

I'll be presenting with Leah Massar Bloom and Susanne Markgren this year at the SUNY Library Association's Annual Conference held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan. Here's a brief description of our session:

Spring 2012 Library Newsletter is out!

March 5, 2012

Find out what’s new at the Library this semester!  Check out the Spring 2012 issue of our Library Newsletter, Beyond The Stacks.

Read the Spring 2012 Library Newsletter

Learn about new services, the DMZ renovations, Moodle 2.0, and the winner of the Library’s Design-a-Bookmark contest.  The Library is excited to share our progress with you this Spring!

"Engaging the Student: Classroom Management and Active Learning" Panel Presentation at METRO

March 5, 2012

On March 21st, I'll be presenting as part of a panel on classroom management and pedagogy at the Metropolitan Library Council's Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group Meeting. The event is titled "Engaging the Student: Classroom Management and Active Learning."  My portion of the workshop, titled "Teaching When Technology Fails," will discuss strategies for teaching when technology goes awry-- and show how active learning techniques can be your best friend when technology turns out to be your enemy!

Participating in Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Panel at ALA Midwinter

January 16, 2012

On Jan. 21st, I'll be speaking at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Conference in Dallas, Texas as part of the Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Panel, sponsored by the Reference & User Services committee (RUSA MARS).  My part of the presentation will focus on Purchase College Library's Text Message Reference program and how we combined text with roving reference to create a mobile reference service that responds to physical as well as virtual needs.

The Library Newsletter is out!

September 22, 2011

The Fall 2011 edition of our newsletter provides updates on the Purchase College Library!  Read about changes to the Digital Media Zone, CD collection, mobile library services and more!

Read Beyond the Stacks, the Purchase College Library Newsletter, online.

QR Code for Text Us Service

March 18, 2011

Scan this QR code with your smartphone (using an app like RedLaser or another QR code reader) to automatically open up a text message and start composing your question. A real, live Purchase College librarian will answer your question within minutes.

Click on the QR code below to enlarge and scan...

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Text a Librarian Comes to Purchase Library!

March 14, 2011

On March 1, 2011, Purchase Library rolled out a new text a librarian service. This reference service allows patrons to ask a question by texting a message from their phones!  Just send a text message to 914-873-1711 and a Purchase College Librarian will text you back with an answer, usually in about 10 minutes during regular service hours!

For more info see our Text Us guide on LibAnswers.

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Welcome to Darcy's online portfolio

January 14, 2011

Welcome to my page! 

I am a Reference & Instruction Librarian at SUNY Purchase College.  An alum of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies (2010), my professional library interests include virtual reference, the history of readers and reading, information literacy, and international librarianship. As a graduate of Oberlin College (2006), I am deeply committed to diversity in higher education, whether manifested in a liberal arts curriculum or a multicultural campus community.