Against the Grain - The Podcast

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 abo...

Welcome to episode 47 of ATG: The Podcast.  This week, we're featuring a webcast titled "Meeting the Modern Marketing Challenge in Libraries." The session was recorded live on Wednesday, January 31, and was hosted by the Charleston Library Conference. The session was based on a book titled "Library Marketing: From Passion to Practice," by Jill Stover Heinze . The title is part of the Charleston Br...

Welcome to episode 46 of ATG: The Podcast. In this week's episode, we're excited to feature another honorable mention from the 2017 Charleston Fast Pitch Competition, an application submitted by the University of Florida Foundation. The Fast Pitch Competition asked for applications from libraries and non-profits across the country to present their new, innovative, and implementable ideas to improv...

Welcome to episode 45 of ATG: The Podcast.   In this week's episode, we're featuring the audio from a previously recorded webcast hosted by the Charleston Conference titled "Misinformation." The presenter is Samantha J. Kaplan , UNC Chapel Hill. We have another webcast scheduled for the end of this month on marketing for libraries.  See the link below for details. Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s...

Welcome to episode 44 of ATG: The Podcast. In this week's episode, we have a series of interviews that were conducted during the 2017 Charleston Conference by Carol Apollo , the conference's Social Media Manager. Guests stopped by in the lobby of the Charleston Gaillard Center to tell Carol about their impressions of the conference and what their take-aways were from sessions and meetings. Partici...

Hi, this is Leah Hinds. Welcome to episode 43 of ATG: The Podcast The 2017 Charleston Fast Pitch Competition asked for applications from libraries across the country to present their new, innovative, and implementable ideas to improve their academic libraries or related organizations. Modeled on venture capital funding competitions, the Charleston Fast Pitch Competition provides two monetary award...

Welcome to episode 42 of ATG: The Podcast. For readers of Against the Grain, our guest this week will be familiar from her long-time contributions to the "Copyright Questions and Answers" column. Laura N. "Lolly" Gasaway is the Paul B. Eaton Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita of UNC Chapel Hill. This week, she's reading her column from the February 2016 issue of Against the Grain, v28 #1. As a...

Today we hear from Maggie Farrell , Rick Branham , and Barbara Kawecki  talking about their upcoming session at the Charleston Conference titled " Transforming the Library/Vendor Relationship ."   Maggie, Rick, and Barbara will be presenting at the Charleston Library Conference on Thursday, November 9, at 3:30pm in the Citadel Green Room North, Embassy Suites Hotel. Hope to see you there! Links Mo...

Today Leah Hinds welcomes Ashley Krenelka Chase, Lindsay Cronk, and Rachel Fleming to the show to talk about their upcoming Charleston Conference presentation titled, "When Change is a "New" Concept: Using Your Library's Past to Manage its Future." Ashley Krenelka Chase is the Associate Director at the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. Ashley...

Hi, this is Leah Hinds. Welcome to episode 39 of ATG: The Podcast. Today, I'm talking with Carol Apollo . Carol is a Social Media Manager and Strategist who believes that a good social media campaign has the power to change the world. She has worked mostly with non-profit and volunteer organizations to optimize their internet presence and engage their audience and has been working with Against the...

In today's episode, we'll hear from Corey Seeman . Corey is the Director of Kresge Library Services of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. The unit has recently undergone a great transformation from a traditional library to an electronic-only library service group with the completion of the Ross Construction project in 2016. He has written articles primarily in the areas suc...

In today's episode, Matthew Ismail , Head of Collection Development at Central Michigan University, conducts a fascinating interview with Lamia Eid from the American University in Cairo. Topics of conversation range from her family background and upbringing in Cairo, to her education, and how she came to a career in the library at the AUC. Lamia Eid, Associate Dean of Main Library, Libraries and L...

NOTE: This is a re-post of the episode originally published on 8/13/17, that was removed due to a technical issue. Welcome to episode 34 of ATG: The Podcast.  This week, we're featuring a conversation between David Hirsch and Matthew Ismail . David Hirsch is the Middle East Librarian at UCLA's Charles E. Young Research Library. He received his MA in Middle Eastern Studies and a second MA in Librar...

Welcome to episode 36 of ATG: The Podcast.  We have a short episode this week, but still packed with lots of good stuff. First off, do you know a rising star in the library and information world?   Would you like to see them recognized for their promising achievements?   Look no further!   ATG Media is thrilled to announce the first ever round of nominations for Up and Comers.  Who exactly is an "...

Hi, this is Leah Hinds . Welcome to episode 35 of ATG: The Podcast. Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals. This week, we're excited to feature an interview with Dr. Mehdi...

This week,  Leah Hinds  hosts another installment in our series of Charleston Conference preconference previews! You can find registration for these sessions on the main conference registration page, and session details are available on the conference website. Charleston Library Conference Website Metadata Preconference Preview A big welcome to Clare Dean and Jennifer Kemp today! They're presentin...

Welcome to episode 32 of ATG: The Podcast. Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals. This week, Leah Hinds hosts another installment in our series of Charleston Conference p...

Preconference Preview Part 3: Combating "Fake News" This week, we have another in our series of Charleston Conference preconference previews! We have an amazing group of preconference sessions that will be held on Monday and Tuesday, November 6 and 7, prior to the start of the main conference. This is the third installment in our series of preconference previews, and we'll continue that in the fut...

This week, we have another installment of "Let's Get Technical" by ATG Column Editors Stacey Marien (Acquisitions Librarian, American University Library) and Alayne Mundt (Resource Description Librarian, American University Library) focusing on practical problems and solutions in Technical Services departments. Columns covered are: Let's Get Technical - A Technical Services Perspective On Taking O...

Welcome to episode 29 of ATG: The Podcast. This week, we're continuing our previews of upcoming preconferences at the 2017 Charleston Conference. We have a great set of sessions on a wide range of topics that are designed for several different segments of the Charleston audience. Registration for all preconference sessions is included on the main conference registration page at the link in the sho...

Welcome to episode 28 of ATG: The Podcast. Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals. But first, we have an exciting travel award announcement from  JoVE, the Journal of Visu...

Welcome to episode 27 of ATG: The Podcast. Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals. But first, we have an exciting travel award announcement from JoVE, the Journal of Visua...

Kate Ross, Charleston Conference's Fast Pitch Competition winner On today's episode, Leah Hinds talks with Kate Ross about her winning project that was presented at the 2016 Charleston Conference Fast Pitch Competition. Kate is the Head of Technical Services/Acquisitions Librarian at St. John Fisher College's Lavery Library in Rochester, NY. Since Kate was responsible for Interlibrary Loan in prev...

Getting Technical Again with Stacey Marien and Alayne Mundt In this episode we get to hear Katina Strauch 's weekly Rumors segment. Following Katina we hear three more articles from the series "Lets Get Technical" by ATG Column Editors Stacey Marien (Acquisitions Librarian, American University Library) and Alayne Mundt (Resource Description Librarian, American University Library) focusing on pract...

Reflections on the 2017 Fiesole Collection Development Retreat This week, we're talking with the group that's the driving force behind the Fiesole Collection Development Retreats: Becky Lenzini , Michele Casalini , and our own Katina Strauch . David Worlock is also joining us to give his insights and take aways from this year's retreat. http://www.casalini.it/retreat/retreat_2017.html We also have...