Against The Grain - The Podcast

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

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring audio from a webcast titled "The Art of Open Web Curation: Tools All Librarians Can Use" presented by Gary Price, Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET, Information Industry Analyst and Librarian; and Curtis Michelson, Founder and Principal, Minds Alert, LLC.  In this webcast, Gary and Curtis share a variety of new "open web" resources as well as updates on some of the resources they shared in previous editions of this Charleston Conference session.  They provide a list of resources to demo on your own and share with colleagues. Gary systematizes the identification, distillation, sharing and archiving of these open resources that can be so valuable to students, professors, or communities of interest on the campus or beyond, while Curtis facilitates this fast-paced and fun session.    Video Available: https://youtu.be/Y5nXipBya0U Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtismichelson/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdp100/ Twitter: @Specs

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Nandita Quaderi, the Web of Science, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, and a Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Nandita Quaderi is Editor-in-Chief and Editorial VP, the Web of Science. In this podcast, Nandita and Matthew discuss Web of Science and the upcoming changes to how Clarivate will assign journal impact factors for scholarly publications. Nandita provides some helpful background explanations about impact factors and Web of Science for the non-specialist and tells us how Clarivate prefers impact factors to be used in the world of scholarly communication. Nandita then discusses Clarivate's upcoming plan to assign impact factors to the Emerging Sources Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and what this means for the impact factor in the near future. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanditaquaderi/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/clarivate/ https:/

In today's episode we feature a conversation between Simon Holt, Elsevier, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and a Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Simon Holt is Disability Confidence Manager at Elsevier and he is deeply involved with the issue of accessibility in scholarly communication. In this podcast, Simon and Matthew discuss how making post-publication accommodations for disabled readers can be succeeded in the scholarly publishing world by born-accessible texts which have universal accessibility built into them. Simon talks about how different publishing formats, ranging from print text to audio, can serve the needs of all readers and widen the audience for scholarly texts. Simon seeks to transform the scholarly publishing environment to make universal accessibility both a part of the everyday publishing workflow and to make good business sense for publishers. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holts/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/elsev

Audio from a session at the 2016 Charleston Library Conference titled "Long Arm of the Law."  This session was presented by the late Bill Hannay, Attorney at Law, and long-time presenter at the Charleston Conference.  In this "Long Arm'' presentation, Bill gives an update on the Right to Be Forgotten, the right to access for individuals with disabilities and MOOC's at UC- Berkeley, the Georgia State e-Reserve Case and the Delhi University Copyright Case.  At the end, Bill performs one of his famous musical renditions to sum it all up.     Video of the presentation is available at: https://youtu.be/3IXaCQuLVyo Link to "The Hannay Way" Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIGLt62pr1M7PFt8NkeqfVzckiZR27EdN Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hannay-85200911/ Keywords: #libraries, #publishing, #ChsConf2019 #libraryservices,   #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryconference #podcast  

Audio from a session at the 2017 Charleston Library Conference titled "Long Arm of the Law."  This session was presented by the late Bill Hannay, Attorney at Law, and long time presenter at the Charleston Conference.  In this "Long Arm" presentation, Bill talks about some lawsuits involving Google, the decision of the European Court of Justice regarding libraries and the lending of ebooks, the ReDigi case along with other copyright issues from that year. Video of the presentation is available at: https://youtu.be/LPDaaSQRmVM Link to "The Hannay Way" Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIGLt62pr1M7PFt8NkeqfVzckiZR27EdN Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hannay-85200911/ Keywords: #libraries, #publishing, #ChsConf2019 #libraryservices,   #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryconference #podcast  

Audio from a session at the 2018 Charleston Library Conference titled "Long Arm of the Law."  This session was presented by the late Bill Hannay, Attorney at Law, and longtime presenter at the Charleston Conference.  In today's episode, we're revisiting the "2018 Long Arm of the Law" session presented by the late Bill Hannay, Attorney at Law. In this Long Arm presentation which Bill titled "As My Whimsy Takes Me", he talks about the more whimsical aspects of several high-profile lawsuits from that year involving the information industry, gives an update on the right to be forgotten and performs one of his famous musical tributes to the cases.   Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/OoeV7R5p2Ok Link to "The Hannay Way" Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIGLt62pr1M7PFt8NkeqfVzckiZR27EdN Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hannay-85200911/ Keywords: #libraries, #publishing, #ChsConf2019 #libraryservices,   #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryconference #p

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Heather Staines, Delta Think, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and a Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Heather is a Senior Strategy Consultant with Delta Think, a consultancy firm that works with publishers and technology companies on strategy and research projects. She is also the Director of Community Engagement for the Open Access Data and Analytics tool.  Heather is also a Charleston Conference Director.  The center of Heather and Matthew's conversation is networking and mentoring for people in scholarly communications. They discuss how Heather came to be in her current position, the various conferences and societies with which she is involved, and the value she finds in serving as a mentor, which she likens to being a librarian or a researcher but with people instead of subject areas. Ultimately, Heather wants to help and encourage people in scholarly communications to build their networ

Audio from the 2021 Charleston Library Conference from a session titled "Progress Through Partnership: The Dolly Parton Rule for Transformative Agreements" presented by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Professor,  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sara Rouhi, Director Strategic Partnerships, PLOS;  Mathew Willmott, Open Access Collection Strategist, California Digital Library; and Sybille Geisenheyner, Director of Open Science Strategy & Licensing, ACS. "If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one!" Dolly Parton's advice on how to be a "change agent" assigns responsibility to ourselves, not others. If there were any doubt before, then the deal the University of California system agreed with Elsevier in March 2021 ended the suspense: Open Access publishing– and the future of Open Science with it – lie down a path that publishers and library leadership must clear one transformative agreement at a time. Working together, they are shaping the paving stones deliberately to make a road

This week's episode features the audio from a session at the 2019 Charleston Library Conference titled "Long Arm of the Law."  This session was presented by the late Bill Hannay, Attorney at Law, and moderated by Ann Okerson, Senior Advisor, Center for Research Libraries. Bill was such an integral part of the Conference with this popular session that he led every year before his untimely passing in the Fall of 2020.  In this presentation, he talks about"The right to be forgotten," privacy laws,  and a copyright lawsuit involving a rubber duck.   Video of the presentation available at:  https://youtu.be/m3G0iM6z4s0 Link to "The Hannay Way" Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIGLt62pr1M7PFt8NkeqfVzckiZR27EdN Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-hannay-85200911/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-okerson-1b171b5/ Twitter: @AnnOkerson Keywords: #libraries, #publishing, #ChsConf2019 #libraryservices,   #LibrariesAndPublishers #libraryissues, #libraryconference #podcast  

This week's podcast contains audio from a webcast titled "Roundtable: Library Discovery and Access in the Post COVID Hybrid World" with a panel including Tony Zanders, CEO, Skilltype; Erin Gallagher, Chair, Acquisitions & Collections Services, University of Florida; Matt Hayes, Managing Director of Lean Library; Talia Richards, Marketing Director, Springshare; and Matthijs van Otegem, Library Director, Erasmus University Rotterdam. A recent report on the future of the library-patron relationship found that 77% of research discovery begins outside of the library, with patrons largely starting on search engines or Google Scholar. In this conversational panel discussion, librarians from the US and Europe discuss big questions about the role and value of the modern librarian in a digital age and how to meet patrons at their time of need. Video of the presentation available at:  https://youtu.be/m3G0iM6z4s0 Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zanders/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gallagher-39a2b211/

This week's episode features audio from the 2022 Charleston In Between virtual conference from a session titled "In the News: Ukraine" moderated by Ann Okerson, Senior Advisor, Center for Research Libraries, and featuring Arik Burakovsky, Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University;  Quinn Dombrowski, Academic Technology Specialist, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and the Library, Stanford University; Gwen Evans, Vice President, Global Library Relations, Elsevier; Kent Lee, President and CEO, East View Information Services, Inc; and Dr. Tetiana Yaroshenko, Vice-President for Research and IT, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. This exciting "In the News" panel will discuss updates on recent news developments, with a focus on the Ukraine Conflict and its chilling impact on the conduct of research, scholarship and education. What's happening and what are we to make of it? This discussion will leave you reflecting on bot

This week's episode features an interview with Anna Kijas, Head of Lilly Music Library at Tufts University, and Quinn Dombrowski, Academic Technology Specialist in the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and in the Library at Stanford University. The interview was conducted by Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub and Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain. Anna and Quinn are two of the three co-founders of the SUCHO initiative: Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online. SUCHO is a group of more than 1,300 cultural heritage professionals – librarians, archivists, researchers, programmers – working together to identify and archive at-risk sites, digital content, and data in Ukrainian cultural heritage institutions while the country is under attack. Join us to hear about the origins of the project, recent updates, and plans moving forward. Links: SUCHO: https://www.sucho.org/ SUCHO Gallery: https://gallery.sucho.org/ Nimble Tents and Bunkers: Safeguarding Digital Cultura

Audio from the 2022 Charleston In Between virtual conference from a session titled "The Mergers & Acquisitions Landscape in Scholarly Publishing" moderated by by Roger Schonfeld, Director, Libraries & Scholarly Communication & Museums, Ithaka S+R and featuring Christopher Burghardt, Senior Vice President, Academia and Government, Clarivate, and Ofer Mosseri, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ex Libris. Roger, Christopher and Ofer discuss the Clarivate/ProQuest Acquisition, and give a recap and overview designed to capture the highlights, downstream consequences, open questions, and updates since our last Charleston In Between session. Video of the presentation available at:  https://youtu.be/8UyYtd1rZzU Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerschonfeld/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-burghardt-a3509321/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofermo/ Twitter: @rschon  @Clarivate

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Colleen Campbell, Max Planck Digital Library, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director. Colleen lives near Florence, Italy, and after many years working for Casalini Libri and ITHAKA in Europe, she currently works with the Max Planck Digital Library (MDPL) which is based in Munich, Germany.  She leads external engagement in the open access transition, and advises on stakeholder engagement in implementation of Germany's nationwide transformative agreements. Colleen also coordinates two international initiatives that are hosted by MPDL involving research organizations and libraries.   Colleen and Matthew discuss Colleen's most important current initiatives at MDPL: OA 2020 and the ESAC Initiative. Colleen discusses the new momentum gained by OA since OA 2020 and Plan S gave coordinated energy to both the researcher and funder sides of the OA movement. She also discusses the complexities of work

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Anita Schjøll Brede, CEO & Co-Founder at Iris.ai, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director. Anita currently lives in Denmark and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai, which is an AI company handling published scientific research founded in 2015.  She also gives lectures and workshops on AI, innovation, and the future of technology. Anita is a faculty member at Singularity University, which she describes as a mix of a think tank and an educational facility for corporates and continuing education.  Anita and Matthew discuss how she began working in AI after receiving her bachelor's degree in Theater. Anita had an opportunity to travel to Silicon Valley where she found herself in the middle of tech-enabled, large-scale entrepreneurship. She worked in a start-up there for several years and then founded other companies involving AI. Anita's present company, Iris.ai, is a virtual research assis

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Arne Almquist, Library Administrator and Technologist, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director. Arne is a University administrator and technologist with a wide range of experience in IT and mid-sized and research-level academic libraries.  Arne obtained his Masters and PhD in Information Science and has served at three different libraries since 1983, most recently as Vice President of Information Management and Decision Support at Lamar University. Arne and Matthew discuss how he became involved with libraries, how his background in information science and technology has impacted how he understands libraries and the information world, and working in collection development.  Arne will also discuss being a Rotary International member and how that helped his work in the university.  He says it is important for libraries to be information savvy, forward thinking, and understand trends to help su

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Kent Anderson, Founder, Caldera Publishing Solutions and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director. Kent has a background in art and journalism, and a long history of working at the top of the publishing industry. He's currently an active consultant, peer reviewer and author who produces a daily newsletter called The Geyser. Kent and Matthew discuss how he came to be involved with scholarly publishing and what he thinks is the fundamental goal and responsibility of scholarly publishing. Kent says a publisher should be a trusted expert intermediary who adheres to publishing and research standards of excellence and helps users by reducing complexity and who serves the reader and the community with the best quality and most relevant materials. Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentranderson/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ Twitter: @kanderson   @GeyserThe  @calde

In this episode, we feature audio from the 2021 Charleston Library Conference from a session titled "From Ideals of Equity to Equity in Practice for Open Access" presented by Emily Farrell, Director of Open Research, Americas, at Taylor & Francis Group, and Greg Eow, President, Center for Research Libraries. Libraries and mission-driven publishers exist at an influential nexus between the creation and consumption of scholarly knowledge. Both sides navigate the spaces between supporting the development of research and ensuring access to that research. Both require tremendous resources to enact their values: budgets to support human resources and technical infrastructure, alongside materials. The global pandemic further highlighted the urgency of open, equitable, and digital access to knowledge and has propelled many organizations to make a new commitment to open access models. This session will look at models of open access that attempt to center equity, as well as the structural challenges faced in develo

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Trongthi Nguyen, Collection Development Librarian, RMIT University Library, Vietnam, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director. Trongthi Nguyenwas born in Central Vietnam and moved to Ho Chi Minh City (AKA, Saigon) as a child to attend school. He obtained his MS in Library Science and decided to become a librarian upon graduation.  Thi said many people in Vietnam have seen the job of librarian as a very simple matter of checking books in and out, but things are changing and they are seeing that there is much more to librarianship than this. Thi and Matthew will discuss his job and what it's like to do Acquisitions work at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) in Ho Chi Minh City, the different sorts of Universities in Vietnam and what their system of higher education is like. They will also discuss how RMIT (an Australian university) came to Vietnam and how it differs from other Vietn