Michael selects resources for the Olin and Uris Library reference collections in all formats--print, CD-ROM/DVD, and online. He manages the physical and virtual reference collections and the CD/DVD collection in the Electronic Text Center in Olin Library.

• The Accidental Producer: Using Hidden Talents to Extend Reference via Podcasts." With Kaila Bussert and Susette Newberry. Columbia University Reference Symposium. New York: 14 March 2008
• "Creating and Maintaining a Chapter Web Site." ACRL Chapters Council. Philadelphia: ALA Midwinter, 31 January 1999.
• "Using the Web to Create Instruction Tools."
  Eastern New York Chapter, Association of College and Research Libraries Fall Conference, What's Brewing in Libraries?, Skidmore College, 26 October 1998.
• "Beyond Access: Library Technology Centers and the Development of User Communities." Electronic Text Centers in Libraries Discussion Group. Washington: ALA Annual Conference, 27 June 1998.
• "Using Digital Collections in the Humanities: What is the Digital Library?" New Technologies for Teaching and Research, Princeton University, 8-12 June 1998.
• "Instructional Uses of Electronic Texts." Minneapolis: EDUCOM, October 1997.
• New Technologies for Teaching and Research, Princeton University, 9-13 June 1997.
• "Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools."
  New York Library Association Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, 23-27 October 1996.
• "Using WWW Software as a Teaching and Outreach Tool."
  Eastern New York Chapter, Association of College and Research Libraries Spring Conference, "The Internet and the Academic Library," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 17 March 1995.
• "Alternative Work Arrangements: Balancing Family and Work in the Academic Library Setting."
  With Mary Ochs and Martha Walker. Eastern New York Chapter, Association of College and Research Libraries Fall Conference, "Human Issues in Libraries," SUNY Plattsburgh, 7-8 October 1993.
• "Remythologizing Work: The Role of Archetypal Images in the Humanization of Librarianship."
  Association of College and Research Libraries, Eastern New York Fall Conference, "Human Issues in Libraries," SUNY Plattsburgh, 7-8 October 1993.
• "Academic Libraries: The Challenge of Change."
  With E. J. Josey, Cerise Oberman, and Gillian McCombs. Eastern New York Chapter, Association of College and Research Libraries Spring Conference, Siena College, 20 March 1992.
• "Male Sexuality in the Jacksonian Era: Sylvester Graham and the Crockett Almanacks."
  Faculty Lecture, Linfield College, 8 November 1989.
• "Terminal Anxiety: The Costs of DIALOGing at $165 an Hour."
  Association of College and Research Libraries, Washington/Oregon Annual Conference, 1986.

Research session for STS 1123: Technology and Society: Natural Disasters. Online research guide here. [http://guides.library.cornell.edu/STS1123]

American Library Association (ALA), 1979-
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 1981-
Eastern New York Chapter of ACRL, 1990-

• 2000 Librarian of the Year
  Eastern New York Chapter
  Association of College and Research Libraries