Against the Grain - The Podcast

In today's episode, Matthew Ismail , former editor-in-chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Heather Staines , Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and Doreen Bradley , Director of Learning Programs and Initiatives, University of Michigan. Heather, Doreen and Matthew discuss the recent Charleston Briefings on library privacy, the last title completed under Matthew's tenure. They also talk about...

Today's episode features guest host, Michael Upshall, Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with John Dove, Advisor, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). An ambassador for open access, John discusses his diverse career and his work in transforming the scholarly process. He shares his experience as a software architect and developer, his role as CEO of Credo Reference, and his advo...

Today's episode features a guest host, Michael Upshall , Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with Peter Suber , Senior Advisor on Open Access, Harvard Library and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project Peter Suber, one of the best-known figures in open access, discusses his background and involvement in the open access movement. He explains how he became infatuated with open acc...

Today we're featuring Audio from Day Two, Part Five of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll feature a series of power pitches by four different presenters on solutions for integrity in publishing.   This session is presented by Neil Christensen , Morressier, Gareth Dyke , ReviewerCredits, John Willinsky , Public Knowledge Project, and Elliot Lumb , Signals. This session was org...

Today we're featuring Audio from Day Two, Part Four of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll feature a presentation on the history of research integrity concerns over time and how technology has both driven and pushed back against those concerns, while also looking at the question of can technology help with research integrity and why hasn't it so far? This session is presented...

Today we're featuring Audio from Day Two, Part Three of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll feature a take on the human factor of Research Publishing Integrity, including the role of whistleblowers and sleuths, technology versus the human factor, understanding researcher motivations, culture and misconduct and more.   This session is presented by Martin Delahunty , Company Dir...

Audio from Day Two, Part Two of the 2023 Charleston In Between Today we're featuring Audio from Day Two, Part Two of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll feature a large publisher's perspective on publishing integrity, including challenges and solutions, Wiley's Research Integrity organization and strategy, and the importance of collaboration.   This session is presented by Mic...

Today we're featuring Audio from Day Two, Part One of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll feature both a small publisher's perspective and then a large publisher's perspective on publishing integrity.   This session is presented by John Chen , Director of Development, Tech Science Press, and Michael Streeter , Director of Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics, Wiley. This s...

Audio from Day One, Part Three of the 2023 Charleston In Between Today we're featuring Audio from Day One, Part Three of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll discuss defining integrity standards in publishing. This session is presented by Nadita Quaderi , Clarivate, and was organized and moderated by Sven Fund , Managing Director, Reviewer Credits, and Leah Hinds , Executive Di...

Today we're featuring Audio from Day One, Part Two of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll discuss publishing integrity from the librarian perspective, the role that institutions and libraries have in publishing integrity as well as the papermill crises and why it is happening and what is being done to fix it. This session is presented by Curtis Brundy of Iowa State University,...

Audio from Day One of the 2023 Charleston In Between Today we're featuring Audio from Day One of the 2023 Charleston In Between.   In this session, we'll discuss why integrity in research and publishing matters, and Institutions, libraries and their roles in research integrity. Also, how to define integrity standards in publishing with integrity. This session is presented by Mohammed Hosseini ,  ...

Today's episode features a guest host, Michael Upshall , Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with  Euan Adie , founder of Altmetrics and Overton. Euan is originally from Aberdeen, Scotland. He studied computer science at Edinburgh University. Euan talks about his background and early career working in the field of medical genetics and bioinformatics at Edinburgh University, blending...

Today's episode features a guest host, Michael Upshall ,   Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with Bianca Kramer , Advisor, Analyst and workshop facilitator at SesameOpenScience. Bianca shares her transition from scientist to librarian, driven by a desire for broader interests and family time. She found a balance by working in a university library, supporting research without direct...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference from the Thursday Keynote presented by James Daunt , CEO, Barnes & Noble. Today we're featuring Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference from the Thursday Keynote presented by James Daunt, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, the world's largest retail bookseller, of stationery and gift retailer Paper Source and of Waterstones, the largest retail bo...

Audio   recorded at the 2023 Charleston Conference from the 14th annual " Long Arm of the Law" session. This session was presented by Kyle K. Courtney , Director of Copyright & Information Policy, Harvard University and Michelle Wu , Retired Associate Dean of Library Services, Director of Law Library, and Professor of Law, (retired) and moderated by Ann Okerson , Director, Offline Internet Consort...

In today's episode, Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Jay Patel , Head of Sales and Business Development for the Americas, Cactus Communications. Jay says he first learned how to sell in a tough environment by selling printers and copiers door to door. Then, he worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years with a medical publis...

In today's episode, Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Jignesh Bhate , Founder and CEO, Molecular Connections. Matthew and Jignesh talk about his background which began in journalism and accounting and how he came to found Molecular Connections over 20 years ago. Jignesh says the mission of Molecular Connections was the same in 2002 a...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White , Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Steve Fallon, President, De Gruyter. Meg and Steve talk about his new role as President of De Gruyter, and what he sees as the organization's biggest challenges but also opportunities and what he's most excited about. Steve talks...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White , Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Judy Verses , President, Academic and Government Markets, Elsevier. Meg and Judy talk about Judy's diverse background and how she came into the scholarly publishing industry and her current role at Elsevier, one of oldest publish...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines , Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Michelle Wu , Retired Associate Dean of Library Services, Director of Law Library and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Library. Michelle has over 25 years of experience in libraries, mainly in academic la...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines , Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Bar Veinstein , President, Academia & Government, Clarivate. Heather and Bar talk about his background and how he came to join Clarivate in a newly created position last year, how technology in libraries has changed...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Erin Gallagher , Chair, Acquisitions and Collections Services of the University of Florida Libraries, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Richard Gallagher , President, Editor-in-Chief, Annual Reviews. Erin and Richard talk about what attracted him to the sciences at an early age and his first move into publ...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Erin Gallagher , Chair, Acquisitions and Collections Services of the University of Florida Libraries, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Lindsay Cronk , Dean of Libraries, Tulane University. Lindsay was the first elected president of Core and co-founder of PeMento, a peer mentoring cohort for mid-career lib...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White , Senior Consultant, Delta Think, and a Director of the Charleston Conference, interviews Kyle Courtney , Director of Copyright and Information Policy, Harvard University.   Kyle is both a lawyer and a librarian. He founded the Copyright First Responders which responds to copyright inquiries from across Harvard and pr...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines , Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews James Daunt , Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, the world's largest retail bookseller, of stationery and gift retailer Paper Source and of Waterstones, the largest retail bookseller in the United Kingdom. H...