Against The Grain - The Podcast

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Dan Noyes, Senior Communications Consultant, Morressier.   Dan is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Dan talks with Matthew about the role of a Communications Consultant in today’s scholarly communication organization and how this public relations role differs from being a “spin doctor.” Dan says that public relations is not so much about pushing out prepared statements as it is a matter of “reading the room,” or listening to people to figure out who they are and what their needs and interests are. A library’s needs will be different from a physicist’s needs, and the needs of a  researcher publishing or viewing a paper are different from a manager’s needs, so untangling and aligning them or offering different channels for them for expression and collaboration is the goal. Integrity and Authenticity are very important to establishing trust between an organization and its various constituents. Social Med

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Adam Chesler, Director of Global Sales, American Institute of Physics.   Adam is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Adam talks with Matthew about STEM publishing, the physics niche in publishing, and the relationship between the publisher and the customer. He says that, at some level, his job is to help AIP keep the lights on, and Adam explains how the sales of AIP journal subscriptions supports the mission of the society. Libraries do not always consider the fact that the journals have a larger role in the mission of the society, wanting to pay as little as possible for the content, and it is Adam’s job, not only to sell journals, but to communicate the value of the product in the broader STEM research ecosystem.  Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamchesler/ Twitter: Keywords: #AIP, #STEM, #STEMpublishing, #physics, #journal,

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference brand new Leadership Interview Series. In this episode, Meg White,  Senior Consultant, Delta Think, interviews Violeta Ilik, Dean of Libraries, Adelphi University. Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/eScQ2SNZYuw  Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megmorelandwhite/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/violeta-ilik-46216a53/ Twitter: @violetailik Keywords: #libraries, #librarians, #librarylove, #learning, #learnon, #information, #leaders, #leadership, #2022ChsConf, #publishing, #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarychallenges, #libraryconference #interview, #podcast  

Today's episode contains audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference brand new Leadership Interview Series. In this episode, Erin Gallagher,  Chair, Acquisitions and Collections Services at University of Florida, interviews Derek Law, Professor Emeritus, University of Strathclyde, and retired librarian. Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/C7zZp23kV7g  Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gallagher-39a2b211/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-law-2186971/ Twitter: Keywords: #libraries, #librarians, #librarylove, #learning, #learnon, #information, #leaders, #leadership, #2022ChsConf, #publishing, #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarychallenges, #libraryconference #interview, #podcast  

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Sven Fund, Managing Director, ReviewerCredits and Senior Director, Knowledge Unlatched.   Sven is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Matthew talks with Sven about his ownership and recent sale of Knowledge Unlatched, a company which Sven says fills the gap between libraries willing to spend money on open access to fund it and publishers who could make content open if funding were available.  They also talk about his most recent venture, ReviewerCredits, which is a global independent platform that allows peer reviewers to receive credit and acknowledgement for their work in peer review, and also helps to ensure that research is original, relevant and scientifically sound, helping to sustain accurate information.  Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/svenfund/   Twitter: @svenfund, @reviewercredits Keywords: #ReviewerCredits, #Open,

Today we’re featuring a fascinating conversation with John Hammersley, Co-Founder of Overleaf. John is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Overleaf is a collaborative writing and publishing platform which has recently grown to 11 million users worldwide. Today, Matthew and John talk about ChatGPT, the AI-enabled chatbot that has been a viral sensation on the internet, and ask what it could mean for scholarly communications.     Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hammersley-6419a266/   Twitter: @DrHammersley, @Overleaf Keywords: #Overleaf, #DigitalScience, #ChatGPT, #scholarlycomms, #Open, #openscience, #technology, #computerscience, #research, #writing, #academicwriting, #knowledge, #accessible, #libraries, #librarianship, #publishing, #podcasts

Today we are featuring a conversation with Ivy Cavendish, the Founder of TooWrite, a tool designed to help scientists write up the results of their research (recently acquired by Springer-Nature), and Eugenie Regan, Vice President Research Solutions at Springer Nature. Ivy was a PhD student in Literature when she founded TooWrite in response to the struggles of her co-founder as he was writing his dissertation in computational biology. Ivy believed that the process of science writing was much more complicated and stressful than it needed to be and she created TooWrite specifically to help scientists write up the results of their research. The TooWrite platform transforms scientific writing into a formula; instead of being akin to drafting an essay, TooWrite allows researchers to write in short, editor-supported bursts via self-composed questionnaires. The result is a writing process that is faster, healthier, and more accessible. Eugenie Regen explains why Springer-Nature acquired TooWrite and what they hop

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference brand new Leadership Interview Series. In this episode, Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Jay Flynn, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research at Wiley. Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/XZPeleIQ2dI Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherstaines/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayflynn/ Twitter: @heatherstaines, @Jay_Flynn_ Keywords: #Wiley, #libraries, #librarians, #librarylove, #research, #openaccess, #productstrategy, #enablingdiscovery, #productdevelopment #learning, #learnon, #information, #leaders, #leadership, #2022ChsConf, #publishing, #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarychallenges, #libraryconference #podcast  

Today we’re featuring a fascinating conversation with Kent Anderson, founder of Caldera Publishing Solutions, which provides strategic and business consulting for scientific and scholarly publishers. Kent also writes and edits the Geyser, a paid subscription e-newsletter covering  scholarly and scientific publishing and more.  Kent is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and a Conference Director.     Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentranderson/ Twitter:@calderallc Keywords: #scholarlyresearch, #scholarlypublishing, #STEMpublishing, #publishing, #STEM, #research, #knowledge, #libraries, #librarianship, #podcasts

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference brand new Leadership Interview Series. In this episode, Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Gary Price, co-Founder, InfoDJ, and Editor, InfoDOCKET.  Gary is also a librarian, consultant and researcher. Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/n7Icb9DlXpw Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherstaines/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdp100/ Twitter: @heatherstaines @infodocket Keywords: #libraries, #librarians, #librarylove, #academiclibrary, #research, #information, #leaders, #leadership, #2022ChsConf, #publishing, #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarychallenges, #libraryconference #podcast  

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Library Conference from the session titled “Data-Driven DEI Perspectives; Know Where You Are, so You Know Where You Need to Go.” This session was presented by Heather Staines, Senior Consultant, Delta Think; Gwen Evans, VP of Global Library Relations, Elsevier; Beth Blanton, Director of Collections, University of Virginia Libraries; Robyn Price, Bibliometrics Manager, Imperial College, London; and Lori Carlin, Chief Commercial Officer, Delta Think.  Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/F9aMMMB-QIY Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherstaines/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenevans/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-blanton-kent-89b0a31b/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyn-price-b88239153/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/loricarlin/ Twitter: @heatherstaines, @Litslibrarian, @robyn_price_,  @UVALibrary Keywords: #libraries, #librarians, #DEI, #Data, #DataDriven, #information, #2022ChsConf, #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarychal

Today we’re featuring a fascinating conversation with Elliott Lumb, Founder and CEO of PeerRef, which is described as “a journal-independent open peer review platform.”  Elliott says that he had initially hoped to disrupt the traditional publishing process with PeerRef by assisting authors to post their work online as a preprint, organize and publish the peer review for their work, and to give them all the pieces they need to satisfy funders and institutions. However, Elliott realized that organizing peer review is not the primary value proposition of a publisher since they add more value to research after publication. Elliott prefers now to think of PeerRef as a single point of peer review which will provide publishers with verified preprints which editors can evaluate for their suitability for their journal and publish much more quickly. By expanding the opportunity for qualified researchers around the world to do peer review, PeerRef would also create more equity and provide more viewpoints in the peer rev

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Library Conference from the Plenary Session titled: “Values and Issues that Unite Us: The imperative for publishers, libraries and research institutions to join forces” presented by Dr. Caroline Sutton, CEO, The International Association for Scientific, Medical and Technical Publishers (STM). Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/yV7Cb3Ln9V8 Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-sutton-90a0941/ Twitter: @CarolineSutton Keywords: #libraries, #librarians, #publishing, #publisher, #scholarlypublishing, #scholarly, #openaccess, #OpenResearch, #OpenScience, #research #academiclibraries, #healthscience, #2022ChsConf, #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryneeds,#librarychallenges, #libraryconference #podcast  

Today we’re featuring a fascinating conversation with Todd Carpenter, the Executive Director of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). Todd contributed an important essay to the recent Charleston Briefing called Artificial Intelligence in Libraries and Publishing, edited by Ruth Pickering and Matthew Ismail.  Matthew wanted to know why Todd (and NISO) are interested in AI. Todd’s answers to this general direction of questioning are both enlightening and compelling. Please enjoy this conversation with Todd Carpenter! Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddacarpenter/ Twitter: @TAC_NISO @NISOInfo  Keywords:  #NISO, #openscience, #AI, #artificialintelligence, #machinelearning, #scholpub, #scholarlypub, #information, #research, #researchcommunity, #efficiency, #collaboration, #dissemination, #education, #discover #scholars, #learning, #literacy, #innovation, #libraries, #librarianship, #publishing, #podcasts

Today we’re featuring a fascinating conversation with Thafeer Atta, Co-Founder of Avicenna Research, a newly formed company based in the United Arab Emirates with the purpose of enhancing and disseminating research from the Arab World. Thafeer is joined today on ATG the Podcast by Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and a conference director at the Charleston Conference. Social Media:  LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thafeer-atta-b125bb16/ Twitter: @Thafeer  Keywords:  #Avicenna, #research, #researchcommunity, #collaboration, #dissemination, #education, #discover #digitalscience, #scholars, #learning, #literacy, #innovation, #libraries, #librarianship, #publishing, #podcasts

Ijad Madisch is described in Wikipedia as “a German virologist, founder and CEO of the research network ResearchGate and member of the Digital Council of the Cabinet of Germany.” As a scientist and entrepreneur, Ijad and his partners founded ResearchGate in 2008 with a handful of members and a “clear goal: to connect the world of science.” Since then, RG has become a giant presence in the scientific community, with 24 million members and a growing relationship with the major science publishers to syndicate their published output on the RG platform. Ijad is joined today on ATG the Podcast by Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and a conference director at the Charleston Conference. Ijad and Matthew discuss the founding of ResearchGate, the growth of the company, and the challenges of online integration between researchers and the world of scholarly publishing on a grand scale. Please join us for this fascinating conversation with Ijad Madisch! Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Boaz Nadav Manes, University Librarian, Lehigh University Library, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and a Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Boaz is the University Librarian at Lehigh University. He previously worked in collection development and technical services at Brown University and Cornell University, as well as a stint with OCLC. Matthew and Boaz will discuss a new project, the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Project, a vendor-neutral, open source, collaborative project on which Boaz has been working for years. Boaz says the mission of this new Project is to think “network first” in building and evaluating book collections at the level of the library, the consortium, and even at the national level. The CCLP would allow librarians, publishers and vendors to think strategically about book collection development, evaluation and preservation at scale and open new avenues of cooperation

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Simon Linacre, Head of Content, Brand & Press at Digital Science, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and a Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Simon is a native of Northern England who worked as a journalist in London before beginning a new career in academic publishing with Emerald 20 years ago. In 2018 Simon began working with Cabell’s International, which is where his interest in predatory publishing began. Simon moved from Cabell’s to Digital Science seven months ago. In the podcast, Simon discusses scholarly publishing’s black market, including the difficulty of knowing the realities of predatory publishing without a whistleblower or other firsthand account, while also discussing some solutions.  Matthew and Simon will discuss what we know about predatory publishing and try to gain some clarity on the black-market trade in academic writing. Simon Linacre has recently written an article f

Audio from the 2021 Charleston Library Conference from a session titled “State of The Academic Library: Library Leaders Share What Makes Institutions Thrive” presented by Elijah Scott, Executive Director, Library Services, Florida Virtual Campus; Kathleen Bauer, Director, Collections, Discovery and Access Services, Trinity College; Kate McCready, Interim AUL for Collections & Content Strategy, University of Minnesota Libraries; Alison Roth, Marketing Communications Manager, ProQuest, Part of Clarivate; and moderated by Katy Aronoff, Senior Director, Solutions Architecture, Ex Libris/ProQuest, Part of Clarivate. How does your academic library compare to your peer libraries across North America? What are the emerging trends in today’s academic libraries and what are institutions doing to prepare for tomorrow?  Each year, the Academic Libraries Benchmark Survey – administered by Library Journal and commissioned by Ex Libris – asks academic libraries about the core foundations of what makes an academic librar

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring audio from a webcast titled “Experimenting and Implementing Evidence-Based Selection Options For eBook Investments” presented by Andrée Rathemacher, Head, Acquisitions in the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island; Liz Mengel, Associate Dean Collections and Academic Services, Johns Hopkins University; Melissa Milazzo, Senior Product Manager, Elsevier; and Robert Tiessen, Collections Librarian, University of Calgary Library  The last 3 years have brought several changes to library collection strategies. Learn how user demand options, including evidence-based selection, are gaining interest across institutions. Understand how libraries have been experimenting with and implementing access models to improve how they select collections to meet the needs of end users. Evidence-Based Selection (EBS) is an eBook collection model that puts the control in the hands of the users and allows the library to make strategic decisions based on overall unrestricted, 12