Against The Grain - The Podcast

Today's episode features a conversation with Peter McCracken, Electronic Resources Librarian, Cornell University. The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail, Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference.  Peter received a library degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, then a master's in maritime history from East Carolina University. While he was working on that master's degree, he was hired for his first professional position as a reference librarian in East Carolina's Joiner Library.  In 1999, he graduated and was offered a position at the University of Washington in the undergraduate library as a reference librarian.  One year later in 2000 Peter, his brothers, and a high school friend started Serial Solutions, which was acquired by ProQuest in 2004, where Peter continued to work until 2009 when he left Serial Solutions and ProQuest to focus on his passion, maritime history. He created a second company called ShipIndex.org, which help