Against The Grain - The Podcast

Audio recorded at the 2023 Charleston Conference from the 14th annual "Long Arm of the Law” session. This session was presented by Kyle K. Courtney, Director of Copyright & Information Policy, Harvard University and Michelle Wu, Retired Associate Dean of Library Services, Director of Law Library, and Professor of Law, (retired) and moderated by Ann Okerson, Director, Offline Internet Consortium. Video of the presentation available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtyovk_Kzvs Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-okerson-1b171b5/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-k-courtney-221b099/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-wu-a1179219/ Twitter: Keywords: #AI, #ArtificialIntelligence, #copyright, #CopyrightIssues, #data, #information, #licensing, #fairuse, #knowledge, #research #scholcomm, #collaboration,#engagement, #problemsolvers, #publishing, #libraries, #librarians, #information, #2023ChsConf,  #LibrariesAndVendors, #LibrariesAndPublishers, #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarylove,

In today’s episode, Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Jay Patel, Head of Sales and Business Development for the Americas, Cactus Communications. Jay says he first learned how to sell in a tough environment by selling printers and copiers door to door. Then, he worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years with a medical publisher and an open access publisher before working as a consultant for startups in video and advertising. Three years ago, he joined Cactus Communications, based in Mumbai, as the head of sales and business development for the Americas, working across all their various brands with publishers and societies to help them integrate technology such as AI into their various different businesses. Jay says Cactus Communications was founded over 21 years ago as a way to help authors and researchers who spoke English as an additional language to get their content up to a level where it could be published in English journals base

In today’s episode, Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Jignesh Bhate, Founder and CEO, Molecular Connections. Matthew and Jignesh talk about his background which began in journalism and accounting and how he came to found Molecular Connections over 20 years ago. Jignesh says the mission of Molecular Connections was the same in 2002 as it is today: to accelerate research.   In addition, he says the value proposition for customers is also building a partnership and how to add value by creating new products, incorporating machine learning software, automated workflows and creating new revenue models. He talks about research integrity and ways of finding better reviewers, also using technology to increase customers’ bandwidth to do high value work while saving time and helping editors to make better decisions, also to shorten the time to market between the manuscript and publication. He says Molecular Connections also works to help shorten and impro

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Steve Fallon, President, De Gruyter. Meg and Steve talk about his new role as President of De Gruyter, and what he sees as the organization’s biggest challenges but also opportunities and what he’s most excited about. Steve talks about the recent merger between De Gruyter and Brill, why it came about and the impact this will have for humanities publishing and scholarship and what it will mean for libraries, also De Gruyter’s ebound initiative and how De Gruyter has been an innovator in developing alternative book funding models through collaboration and bringing people together. Steve is a long-time participant of the Charleston Conference, and he talks about his experiences at the 2023 Fall event, how open access seemed to be the hot topic, and that we also need to think about OA along with financial sustainability. He feels that the Char

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Judy Verses, President, Academic and Government Markets, Elsevier. Meg and Judy talk about Judy’s diverse background and how she came into the scholarly publishing industry and her current role at Elsevier, one of oldest publishing houses in the world with an incredible history of content, just celebrating the 200th anniversary of their medical journal: The Lancet. She says Elsevier is focused on innovation, and on the data and analytics side and leveraging quality, trusted content to take knowledge to the next level. She also talks about Scopus and its use of Generative AI, which she says helps the librarian enable the researcher to be as effective as possible. Judy attended the Charleston Conference for the first time this year, and she says how valuable it is to engage in dialogue, and how making connections in person in Charleston is p

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Michelle Wu, Retired Associate Dean of Library Services, Director of Law Library and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Library. Michelle has over 25 years of experience in libraries, mainly in academic law libraries, but she also oversaw IT, finance, administration, and human resources for the law school in addition to directing the law library. Heather and Michelle talk about how she got involved in librarianship, what it was like at the reference desk years ago and the shifts that she saw overtime, the work that she has done in copyright and building digital collections, how the conversation around CDL changed with covid closures and the pandemic and using strategy to help move that conversation forward. Michelle talks about her experiences at the Charleston Conference where she participated in the Long Arm of the

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Bar Veinstein, President, Academia & Government, Clarivate. Heather and Bar talk about his background and how he came to join Clarivate in a newly created position last year, how technology in libraries has changed and how libraries have been change agents as early adopters of technology ahead of other industries, not just in the libraries but beyond campus. He says Clarivate’s mission is to offer services to help libraries expand beyond the core for libraries to be successful. Bar says Clarivate is constantly searching for ways to help the library engage and interact with other stakeholders on campus to show and extend the value of the libraries to help everyone be successful. Bar also talks about his experiences with the Charleston Conference and the keynote panel presentation on the need for scholarly publishing and th

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Erin Gallagher, Chair, Acquisitions and Collections Services of the University of Florida Libraries, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Richard Gallagher, President, Editor-in-Chief, Annual Reviews. Erin and Richard talk about what attracted him to the sciences at an early age and his first move into publishing years ago with becoming editor for Immunology Today. Richard also talks about how he first became involved with the Charleston Conference and why the Charleston Hub is a really good fit with Annual Reviews. Video of the Interview is available at:  https://youtu.be/mqbjWyTLTyY Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gallagherrichard/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gallagher-39a2b211/ Twitter: Keywords:    #annualreviews, #scholcomm, #research, #AdvanceResearch, #sciences, #ResearchPublication, #LeadershipDevelopment, #entrepreneurship, #leaders, #leadership, #collaboration, #2023ChsConf, #l

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Erin Gallagher, Chair, Acquisitions and Collections Services of the University of Florida Libraries, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, Tulane University. Lindsay was the first elected president of Core and co-founder of PeMento, a peer mentoring cohort for mid-career librarians. In this interview, Erin and Lindsay discuss Lindsay’s background and how she came into librarianship. They also talk about today’s MLIS programs and the most essential values and skills that these programs should be imparting to students. Lindsay feels that learning through listening and change management are important leadership values and how vital it is to set and keep consistency and regularity in routines to create a frame in which to thrive.  Lindsay tells us how she got involved with the Charleston Conference and what she looks forward to the most each year. Video of the Interview is available at: ht

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Kyle Courtney, Director of Copyright and Information Policy, Harvard University.  Kyle is both a lawyer and a librarian. He founded the Copyright First Responders which responds to copyright inquiries from across Harvard and provides a Harvard-wide network of copyright expertise to draw upon. This helps advance teaching, learning and scholarship through community engagement with copyright. Kyle also recently helped to create Library Futures, which helps libraries to take control of their digital future. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megmorelandwhite/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-k-courtney-221b099/ Keywords:   #LibraryFutures, #CopyrightFirstResponders, #HarvardUniversity, #copyright, #access, #accessibility, #digital, #digitization, #licensing, #LeadershipDevelopment, #entrepreneurship, #leaders, #leadership,

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews James Daunt, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest retail bookseller, of stationery and gift retailer Paper Source and of Waterstones, the largest retail bookseller in the United Kingdom. Heather and James discuss his past, his present and the future of library, bookseller and publisher relations. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherstaines/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/barnes-&-noble/ Keywords:   #JamesDaunt #barnesandnoble #LeadershipDevelopment, #entrepreneurship, #RetailInnovation, #bookstores, #booksellers, #printbookmarket, #leaders, #leadership, #2023ChsConf, #libraries, #librarianship, #LibraryNeeds, #LibraryLove, #ScholarlyPublishing, #AcademicPublishing, #publishing, #LibrariesAndPublishers, #podcasts

In today’s episode, Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Zack Ellis, Founder and CEO of TheirStory. Zack initially created TheirStory, an oral history recording and presentation platform, to allow his family members to record and share their life stories. Yet, the more videos he recorded with ever more people, Zack realized that the logistics of recording, preserving, indexing, searching and using such video content for large groups was way too complicated. He wanted to offer a service that would both simplify and enrich the process of recording and sharing our collective memories. This mission expanded into TheirStory, allowing communities that wish to preserve their collective experiences and memories to record, index, use and share them effectively and easily.  Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackellis/ Twitter: Keywords:  #TheirStory, #audiovisual, #collecting, #preser

In today’s episode, Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Jonathan Grant, the Founding Director of Different Angles Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on the social impact of universities and research. His main interests are in biomedical and health R&D policy, research impact assessment, the use of research and evidence in policy and decision-taking, and the social purpose of universities in the 21st century. Jonathan has significant international experience, having helped formulate and implement R&D and other strategies in, for example, the UK, Greece, Norway, Qatar, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Canada and the USA. Jonathan’s book, The New Power University, the social purpose of higher education in the 21st century, was published by Pearson in March 2021. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-grant-0aa26827/   Twitter: Keywords:  #DifferentAngles, #scholarly, #acad

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Tuve Floden, Scholar, Middle Eastern Studies and Founder of the Blog “Other Things.” Tuve is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Tuve Floden is an independent scholar of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies with a PhD in Islamic Studies from Georgetown University. Tuve and Matthew discuss the work of an independent scholar and the differences between communicating with the public via scholarly articles and books and communicating via a blog and video. Tuve is able to access most of his resources via Google and limited guest visits to university libraries, but he finds that the abundance of open access resources is a boon to an independent scholar. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuvefloden/ Keywords:  #OtherThingsBlog, #MiddleEast, #books, #literature, #ArabLit, #culture, #scholarly, #academia,  #research, #learning, #education, #kn

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Paul Killoran, Founder and CEO, Ex Ordo. Paul is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. In their conversation, Paul lays out his ideas on how societies can expand their opportunities and increase engagement by using data from conference and publishing platforms in new ways. Societies have access to more data than they may realize and this data can be transformative. Paul’s ideas are very interesting and could help societies gain more independence to support their missions. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkilloran/ Keywords:, #ExOrdo, #data, #ScholarlyEvents, #events, #scholarly, #partners, #technology, #academia, #trust, #learning, #education, #knowledge, #integrity,  #collaboration, #libraries, #librarianship, #LibraryNeeds, #LibraryLove, #ScholarlyPublishing, #AcademicPublishing, #publishing, #LibrariesAndPublishers, #podcasts

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "Evaluating AI Tools For Researchers: A Guide For Libraries.” This session was presented by Michael Upshall, Consultant, Former Publisher, and Igor Brbre, Information Specialist, NHS Healthcare Improvement, Scotland, and research librarian. In this session, Michael and Igor outline an assessment framework for evaluating new AI-based tools, from an evaluation of the corpus to being able to measure accuracy and effectiveness, as well as being able to identify biases and inequalities. The evaluation framework is exemplified in a case study including a measured trial of some of these tools, comparing human and machine-facilitated approaches to the research process, and comparing time taken and quality of results, using data from a health library. Until now, much of the help provided by libraries in the form of fact sheets and how-to guides has been evaluated only subjectively; this case studies aims to show a better way to evaluate these tools,

In today’s episode, we’re talking with David Myers, CEO at Data Licensing Alliance and DMedia Associates. David is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. David worked for seven years at Wolters Kluwer in licensing and was deeply involved in inbound licensing of data before founding his consultancy, DMedia Associates, 17 years ago when Print was everything. Then, people realized what digital data meant. David founded his other business, Data Licensing Alliance, four years ago.  He consults mainly with STM publishers, and helps companies monetize their digital assets and provides guidance on AI policy. David also talks about how he became involved in licensing of digital assets and what the current business climate is for this process and the challenges involved.  Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-myers-a1829a/ Keywords:, #data, #dladata, #AI, #license, #trust, #learnin

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "Instructional Design and the Library: Joining forces to create engaging and inclusive online courses” Instructional design is an exciting field that can help create inclusive, accessible and engaging learning experiences for library patrons. While this work presents challenges, expertise is continually growing in this increasingly evidence-based field. As learning communities become increasingly digitized, librarians have an opportunity to become increasingly connected to instructional design teams within their own institutions. But what do librarians need to know about instructional design so that they can best benefit from what it has to offer? And how can they influence how online course resources are designed so they better meet patrons’ needs? This session brings together a Library Engagement Manager, a Librarian, and an Instructional Designer to explore three aspects of instructional design: ●     The application of the “universal d

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "How Open Is Open?: A Conversation about Open Access Publishing, Transformative Agreements, and DEIA.” “At its core, open access (OA) publishing aims to provide equitable access to all worldwide. With diverse open access publishing models, a variety of transformative agreements, and different forms of peer review, OA works to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) in many ways. Yet, issues of DEIA are still pervasive in this publishing model. In addition, transformative agreements present their own opportunities and challenges that intersect with DEIA and open access publishing considerations. This lively panel discussion will include questions and issues to explore, including perspectives from librarians and a medium-sized publisher.” This session was presented by Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Central Florida, Christopher Vidas Head, Collections & Acquisitions, Clemson University, and Nick

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "Historians and Librarians Unite: 25 years of Collaborations.” Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (WASM) first appeared online in December 1997. Over 25 years this online journal and database has grown to include some 200,000 pages of primary documents and interpretive documents building on those documents. In the process of constructing the database, its historian editors have collaborated extensively with librarian authors. In this panel, they share the experiences of three librarians who became major contributors. This session was presented by Thomas Dublin (SUNY Binghamton), Cindy Ingold (University of Illinois), Kelly Blessinger (Louisiana State University Libraries), and Tammie Busch (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville). Video of the presentation available at:    Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-ingold-7a51a316/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-blessinger-ba1a73b0/ https://www.linkedi