Against the Grain - The Podcast

On today's episode, Matthew Ismail , Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals , and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University talks with  Sara Bosshart of IWA Publishing and Philipp Hess of Knowledge Unlatched about why the subscribe-to-open model of open access is a good fit for IWA Publishing Journals. International Water...

This week's episode is a flashback to the 2019 Charleston Conference, where Tom Gilson and Leah Hinds interviewed Jasmin Lange , Chief Publishing Officer at Brill, for the ATG Penthouse Suite Interview series. Conversation topics include Jasmin's background and current role at Brill, Brill's open access initiatives, a humanities and social sciences perspective on Plan S, and more. Link to the vide...

On this week's episode, Matthew Ismail , editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University, talks with  Sam Herbert , co-founder of software development consultancy 67 Bricks.  The UK based firm works with many respected industry names in scholarly publishing such as De Gruyter, Wiley, Em...

In this episode, Matthew Ismail , editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings: Trending Topics for Information Professionals and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University, talks with Jessica Polka and Iratxe Puebla on the topic of preprints in the biological sciences. Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio , a scientist-driven nonprofit preprint organization that is...

We're back after our two-week hiatus and ready to start the Fall season of ATG: The Podcast. This episode features an interview with Steve Rosato , Manager of OverDrive Professional. The interview was conducted by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain and Leah Hinds , Executive Director, Charleston Library Conference. We discussed Steve's background and how he came to OverDrive, the r...

This week's episode features an interview and conversation between Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Conference; Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Sami Benchekroun , Co-Founder and CEO of Morressier. Sami has over ten years experience in academic conferences, scholarly publishing, and entrepreneurship. He drives Morressier's vision forward and is dedicated to...

Today we talk with Tommy Doyle , a strategist and executive who specializes in bringing innovation and growth to information and data businesses. Tommy has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the global business educator INSEAD "In-See-Ahd." Tommy has been a regular at the Charleston Conference. Tommy is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , editor in chief of the Charles...

This episode features an interview with Rick Anderson , currently the Associate Dean for Collections and Scholarly Communication at University of Utah, and recently appointed University Librarian at Brigham Young University. The interview was conducted by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Conference. Join us to hear about Rick...

In this week's episode we feature an interview with Steven Weiland , Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. Steven also holds a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. Steven is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , Editor In Chief of The Charleston Briefings and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University. 

This week, we have a new interview with Roger Schonfeld , Director, Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums Program at Ithaka S+R. The interview was conducted by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain , and Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Conference. Join us to hear about Roger's recent reports and projects with Ithaka S+R, discussions about racial equity and...

This week's episode features the 2019 ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite Interview with Kumsal Bayazit , CEO of Elsevier. The interview was conducted by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of the journal publication "Against The Grain" and Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University Libraries. Video of presentation: https://youtu.be/cP52L4qZ45w    

This week's episode features the 2019 Charleston Conference Keynote Plenary presentation from Kumsal Bayazit , CEO of Elsevier, titled Collaborating to Support the Research Community: The Next Chapter. This session was moderated by Cris Ferguson , Assistant Dean of Libraries / Associate Professor, Murray State University. Video of presentation: https://youtu.be/MF3yDj-I9Mw The Charleston Conferenc...

In today's episode we have an interview with Amanda Click , Head of Research and Instruction at Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy.  She is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , Editor In Chief of The Charleston Briefings and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University.  Matthew and Amanda worked together at the American University in Cairo, Egypt from 2008-2011, aft...

This week's episode features the 2019 ATG "Views from the Penthouse Suite" Interview with Trevor Dawes , Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian, University of Delaware Library. The interview is conducted by Glenda Alvin , Associate Professor, Assistant Director for Collection Management and Administration Head, Acquisitions and Serials, Tennessee State Universit...

In today's episode we have an interview with Belinda Carp , formerly a director at Textiles Intelligence and currently a freelance business consultant and writer specializing in textiles sustainability and communications in the Manchester England area. She is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , Editor In Chief of The Charleston Briefings and Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan Unive...

This week's episode features a fascinating ATG "Views from the Penthouse Suite" Interview from Dr. Patricia Brennan , Director of the National Library of Medicine. The interview is conducted by Meg White , Director of Technology Services at Rittenhouse Book Distributors and a Charleston Conference Director. ************************************************* As a reminder, the Charleston Conference...

This week's episode features the 2019 keynote presentation from Dr. Patricia Brennan , Director of the National Library of Medicine. The session is moderated by Meg White , Director of Technology Services at Rittenhouse Book Distributors and a Charleston Conference Director. We'd like to thank Meg White for her hard work in organizing this event and making this presentation possible, and thank Dr....

This week, we feature audio from a 2019 Plenary panel titled A Collaborative Imperative? Libraries and the Emerging Scholarly Communication Future . The presentation is moderated by Beth Bernhardt , Consortia Account Manager, Oxford University Press and a Charleston Conference Director. The panel consisted of Lorcan Dempsey , Vice President, Membership and Research, Chief Strategist at OCLC, Jason...

This week, we feature a fascinating interview with Brewster Kahle , Founder and Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, recorded on November 6, 2019 in Charleston SC during the annual Charleston Library Conference. The interview was conducted by Nancy Herther , Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota and Courtney McAllister , Electronic Resources Librarian, Lillian Goldman Law Libra...

In this, the opening keynote of the 2019 Charleston Conference, Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive) unveils another step in the grand goal of "universal access to all knowledge". Listen to discover how a new initiative by the Internet Archive is combating the epidemic of fake news by repairing and replacing Wikipedia citation links using Controlled Digital Lending. The Charleston Conference 2020 Cal...

This episode features a Charleston Conference Penthouse Suite Interview with  Ashley Bailey (Dir, Collection Development & Workflow Solutions, Central US, GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO) and Doug Way (Associate University Librarian for Collections and Research Services, University of Wisconsin, Madison). They are interviewed by Matthew Ismael (Dir, Collection Development, Central Michigan Unive...

This week's episode features a Charleston Conference Penthouse Suite Interview with Barbara Meyers Ford , President of Meyers Consulting Services. Barbara is interviewed by Tom Gilson of Against the Grain and Nancy K. Herther of the University of Minnesota. They discuss the highlights and changes in scholarly publishing, the Charleston Conference, and the role of women in publishing over the cours...

This episode contains part two of the Penthouse Suite Interview with Ruth Okediji (Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School). Ruth is again interviewed by Against the Grain's Tom Gilson and Ann Okerson of the Center for Research Libraries.  Ruth talks about how libraries are embedded in copyright law and how libraries are a vital part of building citizens.  https://youtu.be/zY-1VrX...

Today, we'll hear Part 1 of our Penthouse Suite Interview with Ruth Okediji . Ruth is interviewed by Against the Grain's Tom Gilson and Ann Okerson of  Center for Research Libraries. It's really interesting to hear Ruth describe her path to copyright law, why copyright law is not her favorite thing to teach, and why learning is better in community.  Ruth Okediji Penthouse Suite Interview video  ht...

In today's episode, we hear from one of the leading authorities on International Intellectual Property Law. Ruth Okediji (Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School) presents her keynote, Navigating Access to Knowledge: Copyright, Fake News, Fair Use, and Libraries from the plenary sessions of 2018's Charleston Conference. Ruth is introduced by Anne Okerson , Special Advisor, Center...