Information Professional | Researcher | Designer | Educator
Publications
Book Chapter:
(case study)
Judith Schwartz, (2020) “Doing good: An academic library as a social change agent”, in Libraries and Nonprofits Ed., Bryant, Tatiana, and Jonathan O. Cain, Litwin Press, 2020, Print.
Presentation: LACUNY International Relations Roundtable (IRRT) Fall, 2016
MyMetro Researcher Project
White Paper: Schwartz, Judith “Visual literacy meets information literacy: Academic libraries address the new challenges of the 21st Century. METRO.org. 2015. Metropolitan New York Library Council.
Presentations: METRO Group SIG, NYC- October 2015 ARLIS/VRA National Conference, Seattle- March 2016 ARLIS/NY Conference, at FIT in New York- April 2016
Book Chapter: Broussard, M. and J. Schwartz “Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy: How Two Academic Librarians Combined Information Science and Design in their Careers” Skills to Make a Librarian. Ed., Wincentsen, Dawn. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2015. 137-153. Print.
MyMetro Researcher Project
Exploring Connections: Independent Publishers and Research Libraries This was a collaborative research project sponsored by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO). Our team consisted of four academic librarians who explored the relationship (or lack of) between Independent Publishing and Research Libraries. A report was submitted and the link was posted on the METRO site.
White Paper: Ballmer, Municino, Schwartz, Weiss, “Exploring Connections: Independent Publishers and Research Libraries. Metro.org. 2013. Metropolitan New York Library Council.
Presentations: October 2013 METRO Group SIG January 2014 METRO Conference
Archival Research for a Documentary: It Took 50 Years: Frances Goldin and the Struggle for Cooper Square
Research and Presentation:
I conducted an analysis of Hunter College’s QuestionPoint virtual reference usage over a 3 month period. I read through 500 transactions and calculated the data in an excel spreadsheet. Findings were presented to a research class and to the reference librarians at Hunter College Library.Schwartz, Judith. “An Explorative Evaluation of Chat Reference Services” Hunter College Library, 2011