Against the Grain - The Podcast

In this episode, The 2017 "Up and Comers" awardees are featured in a Penthouse Suite interview for the 2018 Charleston Conference.  The awardees are Heather Howard (Assistant Professor of Library Science, Business Information Specialist, Purdue University), Michael Rodriguez (Licensing & Acquisitions Librarian, University of Connecticut), and Kiyomi Deards (Associate Professor, Subject Librarian f...

This week, we hear Part 2 of Lisa Hinchliffe's Penthouse Suite Interview. Lisa Hinchliffe (Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is interviewed by ATG's Tom Gilson and Nancy Herther (Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota). They discuss Lisa's other activities at The Charleston Conference, her new role in The S...

Today on the podcast, we have part one of our Penthouse Suite Interview with Lisa Hinchliffe , the Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Lisa is being interviewed by Against the Grain's Tom Gilson and Nancy Herther , the Sociology/Anthropology Librarian from the University of Minnesota. They discuss the role of librarians...

In this week's episode, the Long Arm of the Law session once again lights the Charleston Conference! Kenneth Crews , an attorney with Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, and William Hannay , a partner with Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP, inform us about the latest court cases and rulings that impact libraries and the information industry. As always, there are many new legal developments and even a sing-along. ...

This week's episode is from the Charleston Conference interview series, "Views from the Penthouse Suite". Courtney McAllister (Electronic Resources Librarian, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale University) and Glenda Alvin (Assistant Director of Administrative Collection Management, Tennessee State University) talk with Annette Thomas (CEO, Scientific & Academic Research, Clarivate Analytics) about...

In the first episode of 2019's Summer season, Leah welcomes our new host, Carol Apollo-Kennedy , Social Media Manager of The Charleston Conference and Against the Grain. We open with a quick introduction of Carol followed by the opening keynote of 2018's Charleston Conference, presented by Annette Thomas , the Chief Executive Officer of the Scientific & Academic Research business of Clarivate Anal...

Welcome to ATG the Podcast! I'm Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Conference, and I'm happy to welcome two guests to the podcast today. Stephanie S. Rosen is a librarian scholar who brings insights from disability studies—and its intersections with feminist, queer, and critical race studies—into library administration and digital scholarship. She is Associate Librarian and Accessib...

On today's podcast we feature the audio from a webcast aired live on August 22, 2018 titled "ATG Health Sciences Special Issue Panel Discussion". Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Conference is joined by three of our featured article authors for a discussion of the upcoming September issue of Against the Grain. "The (Not So) Accidental Ontologist and other Tales of Alternative Libr...

Hi everyone, this is Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Conference, and I'd like to welcome Beth Marhanka and Don Undeen to the ATG podcast! Beth is Interim Associate University Librarian for User Services and Engagement, and Head of the Gelardin New Media Center and MakerHub at Georgetown University. Don is Adjunct Faculty, Communication, Culture & Technology, and Manager of the Mak...

Welcome to episode 64 of ATG: The Podcast. This week's installment features audio that was recorded live at the 2017 Charleston Conference as part of our Penthouse Suite interviews. Dave Tyckoson , Librarian, California State University, is interviewed by Tom Gilson of Against the Grain and Jack Montgomery of Western Kentucky University. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video inter...

Hi, this is Leah Hinds. Welcome to episode 63 of ATG: The Podcast. We've had a gap in our shows recently but I'm glad to be getting back on track! This week, I'm nearing the end of our summer road trip. We're in Freeland, Michigan, visiting my husband's family and then we'll be heading back to South Carolina in time for me to participate in the Charleston Conference Call for Papers review meeting....

Hi, this is Leah Hinds. Welcome to episode 62 of ATG: The Podcast.   This week, I'm recording from the Yavapai Lodge at Grand Canyon National Park to interview Pat Sabosik . Pat is an information industry executive with a broad background in digital product management and corporate planning for companies including America Online, Elsevier, Thomson Learning (now Cengage) and Gartner. She has been a...

If you listened to last weeks' episode, you know that I'm on the road with my family for the summer. Today I'm recording in San Antonio, TX, where we're getting ready to visit the Alamo and bike the Missions Trail. The audio for episode 61, however, was recorded live at the 2017 Charleston Conference as part of our Penthouse Suite interviews. Loretta Parham , CEO & Library Director of Atlanta Univ...

This is Leah Hinds, welcome to Episode 60 where we interview Stephen Rhind-Tutt , and hear a recap of his closing session from the 2018 Fiesole Retreat. If you want to skip directly to the Fiesole Retreat recap portion of the podcast, it starts at 23:45 My family and I started a cross-country summer road trip yesterday, and although I planned to record using my mobile hotspot, we had no cell phone...

Today, on episode 59, we're featuring audio from the 2017 ATG Penthouse Suite interview with Georgios Papadopolous , Founder and CEO of Atypon. Georgios is interviewed by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled "Views from the Penthouse Suite." These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it ha...

I'm happy to welcome Katrina Spencer , Literatures & Cultures Librarian at Middlebury College, to the podcast. Thanks for taking the time to chat with us today! In your profile that was published in Against the Grain, you mentioned that one of your career highlights was being a West African Research Center Fellow in Dakar, Senegal. It sounds amazing! Can you tell us more about that experience? Sho...

Today, on Episode 57, we're featuring audio from the 2017 ATG Penthouse Suite interview with Judy Luther , President of Informed Strategies. Judy is interviewed by Erin Gallagher , Director of Collections Services at Reed College, and Jack Montgomery , Coordinator of Acquisitions and Collection Services at Western Kentucky University. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video intervie...

ATG Media is pleased to recognize the first ever recipients for the Up and Comers award with a series of interviews on the ATG Podcast. Who exactly is an "Up and Comer," you ask?  They are librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers, MLIS students, instructors, consultants, and researchers who are new to their field or are in the early years of the profession.  Up and Comers are passionate abou...

Today, on episode 55, we're featuring audio from a webcast titled "Reading in a Digital Age." The session was recorded live on Monday, March 26, and was hosted by the Charleston Library Conference. The webcast was presented by David Durant , East Carolina University, and Tony Horava , University of Ottawa. It was moderated by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan...

ATG Media is pleased to recognize the first ever recipients for the Up and Comers award with a series of interviews on the ATG Podcast. Who exactly is an "Up and Comer," you ask?  They are librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers, MLIS students, instructors, consultants, and researchers who are new to their field or are in the early years of the profession.  Up and Comers are passionate abou...

Today, for episode 53, we're featuring the audio from the interview at the 2017 Charleston Conference with Brewster Kahle , founder and digital librarian of Internet Archive. Our hosts are Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Albert Joy , Library Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled "Views f...

ATG Media is pleased to recognize the first ever recipients for the Up and Comers award with a series of interviews on the ATG Podcast. Who exactly is an "Up and Comer," you ask?  They are librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers, MLIS students, instructors, consultants, and researchers who are new to their field or are in the early years of the profession.  Up and Comers are passionate abou...

This week, on Episode 51, we're featuring the audio from a previously recorded webcast titled "Library as Publisher: New Models of Scholarly Communication for a New Era." It broadcast live on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. The session was moderated by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development at Central Michigan University and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. It was presented...

ATG Media is pleased to recognize the first ever recipients for the Up and Comers award with a series of interviews on the ATG Podcast. Who exactly is an "Up and Comer," you ask?  They are librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers, MLIS students, instructors, consultants, and researchers who are new to their field or are in the early years of the profession.  Up and Comers are passionate abou...

Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled "Views from the Penthouse Suite." These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-rang...