My research focuses on practical approaches to user-centered services and systems within the library, specifically toward understanding and maximizing user engagement.
"Collect Them All: Helping Students Find Their Subject Librarians with Bitmojis." Session Organizer and Speaker at the Association of College and Research Libraries - Eastern New York Chapter (ENY-ACRL), Latham, NY, May 23, 2017.
“Pins, Smores and Doodles: 15 Creative Ways to use 5 Social Sharing Tools.” Webcast co-presented with Abigail Stambach at the Annual Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Portland, OR, March 24-29, 2015.
Puzier, Lauren, "On-Ground to Online: A case in rapid service design and implementation to serve patrons remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2021). University Libraries Faculty Scholarship. 187. https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ulib_fac_scholar/187
“Defining Your Online Presence For The Arts Professional: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.” Session Organizer and Speaker at the College Art Association Annual Conference (CAA), New York, NY, February 15, 2017.
“Find It, I.D. It, Map It: Big Digital Projects by Small Academic Libraries.” Panelist at The Association of College and Research Libraries - New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC), Worcester, MA, May 8, 2015
Exhibition: What's Up With Libraries Now
As part of the innovative "Framing the Future" event at the University at Albany Libraries, we presented the exhibition "What's Up With Libraries Now." This engaging display showcased a series of large-scale posters on the first floor of the library, offering a visual journey through the evolving landscape of modern academic libraries.
The exhibition was born from the findings of our Library Tours Working Group (now the Space Planning Team). It distilled our extensive research and observations into accessible, visually appealing formats, designed to spark curiosity and conversation among our student community. I designed the posters to share as much as possible about what we discovered with our patrons.
A unique aspect of this exhibition was its interactive component. We invited viewers to vote on their most desired library features and trends, actively involving our community in shaping the future direction of our libraries.
“Painted Gladiatrices: Women, art and the eighteenth-century social arena.” Panel Organizer and Co-Chair at the Annual Conference of the Association of Art Historians (AAH), University of Reading, Berkshire, UK, April 11-13 2013.