SPEAKER BIOS

Joyce Garczynski is the Assistant University Librarian for Development & Communications at Towson University’s Albert S. Cook Library in Maryland. In this role she teaches journalism students about the research process, manages her library’s social media, and coordinates fundraising for her library. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park and has a Master’s in Communication from the Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania.  Joyce is the author of two books about fundraising: "Fundraising: How to Raise Money for Your Library Using Social Media" (2017) and "Fundraising for Academic Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians" (2020). She also received the 2019 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries for her excellence in teaching and service to the profession.

Jernine McBride is the Associate Director of Development for the UC, Riverside libraries. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing and executing the library’s annual giving campaign, qualifying, cultivating, and stewarding major gift donors, and building the library’s planned giving prospect pool. Jernine works closely with the library’s communications specialist to develop and execute stories that highlight student voices and experiences. She obtained a Master’s degree in Education from Arizona State University in 2010 and her Bachelor’s degree in English from Sonoma State University in 2005.