Library

Danielle Apfelbaum

Senior Assistant Librarian Email Greenley Hall, Room 132

Danielle S. Apfelbaum is a Senior Assistant Librarian at Farmingdale State College, where she serves as the Scholarly Communication Librarian. Her primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting faculty and staff with navigating copyright, fair use, open licensing, and open access publishing.

Education

  • B.A., English, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 2008 – Summa cum Laude
  • M.S., Library and Information Sciences, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 2010
  • M.S. , Instructional Technology (Trainer Track), New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury Campus, 2015
  • Ph.D., Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning , University at Buffalo, 2025

Certificates & Licensures

  • C.A.S., Archives & Records Management, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 05/31/2010
  • Certified Practitioner, Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Step I & Step II Instruments, The Myers Briggs Foundation , 03/19/2015
  • Creative Commons Certification , Creative Commons , 09/23/2018 (Open Licensing )
  • Snagit Certification, Techsmith , 03/30/2020 (Instructional Technology - Screen Capture Software)
  • Camtasia 2019 Certification, TechSmith, 06/30/2020–12/30/2021

Publications

  • Danielle Apfelbaum, Manuscript matchmaking: Finding a home for your article, Academic Author, 2020(3) 2020, 1, 6.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, Crafting compelling conference proposals with the LASTT model, The Academic Author, 2020(1) 2020, 3.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, Safeguarding your scholarship in OA: What to look for and what to avoid (Co-written with Derek Stadler), The Academic Author, 2019(3) 2019.

Presentations

  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Partnering with Librarians: Enhance Your Writing & Publishing Experience.” Video presented at the Textbook and Academic Authoring Conference, Online on June 18, 2021.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “How to Decipher the Creative Commons Licenses.” Video presented at the Textbook and Academic Authoring Conference, Online on June 18, 2021.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “8 Tips for a Productive Writing Sprint.” Video presented at the Textbook and Academic Authoring Conference, Online on June 18, 2021.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Taking Faculty Development Online.” Presentation to the SUNYLA 2021 (Virtual) Annual Conference: From Seeds to Service: Growing the New Academic Library, Online on June 18, 2021.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Enhancing Engagement in Online Information Literacy Sessions with Google Forms Activities.” Presentation to the Information Literacy Summit, Online on April 29, 2021.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licensing.” Presentation to the North Carolina Serials Conference, Online on April 9, 2021.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “How to Pass a Campus Open Access Policy in Less than a Year.” Presentation to the Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle 2020, Online on November 30, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Taking Faculty Development Online.” Presentation to the New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) Fall 2020 Program, Online on October 30, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “But *I Am* Faculty: Self-Advocacy in the Age of Title-Questioning.” Presentation to the Intersect 2020 Unconference, Western New York Library Resources Council, Online on October 2, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Google Forms.” Presentation to the Ed Tech Showcase, State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) Information Literacy Committee, on August 11, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Manuscript Matchmaking: Free Tools for Placing Your Paper.” Presentation to the Textbook and Academic Authoring Conference, San Diego, CA on June 13, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course on Open Access.” Presentation to the Textbook and Academic Authoring Conference, San Diego, CA on June 12, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Differentiating Instruction with Google Forms.” Presentation to the The Innovative Library Classroom, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA on June 5, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in Open Access.” Presentation to the Connecticut Library Association, Online on June 2, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Happy Librarians Talk Management and Morale.” Panel accepted at the New Jersey Library Association, Atlantic City, NJ on May 28, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in OER.” Presentation to the Long Island Library Conference, Melville, NY on May 14, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in Creative Commons.” Presentation to the Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC) 6th Annual Technical Services Open Forum, Online on April 17, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in Open Access.” Presentation to the Long Island Library Resource Council Virtual Meet Ups, Online on April 10, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course on Creative Commons Licensing.” Presentation to the Textbook and Academic Authors Association Spring Webinar Series, on April 6, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Netflix and Learn.” Presentation to the SENYCon 2020, Online on April 3, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Faculty Use of Open Educational Resources.” Panel presented at the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Conference, Farmingdale, NY on January 31, 2020.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Happy Librarians Talk Management and Morale.” Panel presented at the 2019 NYLA Annual Conference, November 13-16, 2019, Saratoga Springs, New York on November 15, 2019.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in Creative Commons.” Presentation to the Faculty Development Community of Practice Fall 2019 Webinar Series, Online on November 6, 2019.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “A Crash Course in Creative Commons Licensing.” Presentation to the Textbook & Academic Authoring Conference, Philadelphia, PA on June 15, 2019.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Safeguarding Your Scholarship: A Librarian's Guide to Avoiding Predatory Publications.” Presentation to the Textbook & Academic Authoring Conference, on June 14, 2019.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Google Forms: Differentiating Instruction, Condensing Feedback.” Presentation to the CUNY LILAC (Library Information Literacy Advisory Committee) Spring Training 2019, on June 7, 2019.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Beyond the Library: Cross-Campus Collaborations in Support of Faculty Teaching, Research, & Scholarship.” Panel presented at the 2019 ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference, Portland, Maine on May 6, 2019.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “Research + Writing: A View from the Reference Desk.” Presentation to the SUNY Council on Writing, Farmingdale State College on October 20, 2018.
  • Danielle S. Apfelbaum, “Developing an OER Readiness Scale.” Poster presented at the 15th Annual Open Education Conference, Niagara Falls, New York on October 10, 2018.
  • Danielle Apfelbaum, “OERs at Farmingdale State College: A Guided Tour of Our Landing Page.” Presentation to the Biweekly SUNY OER Leads Meeting, Online - Webinar on September 20, 2018.
  • Danielle S. Apfelbaum, “Reframing Failure: Post Mortems for Library Projects.” Presentation to the 2018 ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference, Plymouth, Massachusetts on May 4, 2018.

Awards & Honors

  • Force11 Scholarly Communications Institute Travel Scholarship Recipient, July 29, 2018 - August 3, 2018.
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