Against the Grain - The Podcast

In today's episode, Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Zack Ellis , Founder and CEO of TheirStory . Zack initially created TheirStory, an oral history recording and presentation platform, to allow his family members to record and share their life stories. Yet, the more videos he recorded with ever more people, Zack realized that the l...

In today's episode,   Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings, talks with Jonathan Grant , the Founding Director of Different Angles Ltd, a consultancy that focuses on the social impact of universities and research. His main interests are in biomedical and health R&D policy, research impact assessment, the use of research and evidence in policy and de...

In today's episode, we're talking with Tuve Floden , Scholar, Middle Eastern Studies and Founder of the Blog "Other Things." Tuve is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Tuve Floden is an independent scholar of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies with a PhD in Islamic Studies from Georgetown University. Tuve and Matthew discuss the w...

In today's episode, we're talking with Paul Killoran , Founder and CEO, Ex Ordo . Paul is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. In their conversation, Paul lays out his ideas on how societies can expand their opportunities and increase engagement by using data from conference and publishing platforms in new ways. Societies have acces...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled " Evaluating AI Tools For Researchers: A Guide For Libraries." This session was presented by Michael Upshall , Consultant, Former Publisher , and Igor Brbre , Information Specialist, NHS Healthcare Improvement, Scotland, and research librarian. In this session, Michael and Igor outline an assessment framework for evaluating new AI-bas...

In today's episode, we're talking with David Myers , CEO at Data Licensing Alliance and DMedia Associates . David is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. David worked for seven years at Wolters Kluwer in licensing and was deeply involved in inbound licensing of data before founding his consultancy, DMedia Associates, 17 years ago wh...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled " Instructional Design and the Library: Joining forces to create engaging and inclusive online courses" Instructional design is an exciting field that can help create inclusive, accessible and engaging learning experiences for library patrons. While this work presents challenges, expertise is continually growing in this increasingly e...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled " How Open Is Open?: A Conversation about Open Access Publishing, Transformative Agreements, and DEIA. " "At its core, open access (OA) publishing aims to provide equitable access to all worldwide. With diverse open access publishing models, a variety of transformative agreements, and different forms of peer review, OA works to ensure...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "Historians and Librarians Unite: 25 years of Collaborations." Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (WASM) first appeared online in December 1997. Over 25 years this online journal and database has grown to include some 200,000 pages of primary documents and interpretive documents building on those documents. In...

In today's episode, we're talking with Shaharima Parvin , Senior Assistant Librarian at East West University in Bangladesh and a CrossRef Ambassador . Shaharima is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director, and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Shaharima talks with Matthew about the structure of the higher education system within Bangladesh. She also discusses open education...

In today's episode, we're talking with  Boaz Nadev Manes , University Librarian, Lehigh University . Boaz is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Boaz talks with Matthew about his history with library resource sharing. The podcast focuses particularly on his current involvement with Project Reshare, a new and open approach to librar...

In today's episode, we're talking with Tommy Doyle , Head of Growth and Customer Success, Chassis Technologies . Tommy is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Tommy Doyle is a stalwart leader in the world of scholarly communication and an influential proponent for technological innovation among startups and scaleups in various field...

In today's episode, we're talking with Jonathan Adams , Chief Scientist, Institute of Scientific Information, a part of Clarivate.   Jonathan is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Jonathan Adams is a jack of all trades in the scholarly communication field. He is a scientist who taught in higher education and published a successful...

In today's episode, we're talking with Viktoriya Vasilenko , Co-founder and CEO of Knowledge Gate Group, which is an independent think tank organization that focuses on eradicating uncertainty in business decisions within life science. Based in Copenhagen, but operating on a global scale, Knowledge Gate Group connects companies to leading life science experts. Viktoriya is interviewed by Matthew I...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "The Places We've Been: NISOs Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending Update." The NISO Working Group that is developing a consensus framework in support of controlled digital lending (CDL) of book content by libraries began its work in January, 2022. The framework—to be published as a NISO Recommended Practice—will describ...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Session titled "Making Preservation Inevitable" where the question is asked " Is the scholarly record preserved for the future? Not quite yet… this is very much a work in progress, and there are additional steps each of us (and our organizations!) can take to play our role." This session was presented by Alicia Wise (Executive Director, CLOCKSS); Ga...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a Neopolitan Session titled "Whole EBook ILL Redux." In this session, panelists discussed results and updates on ProQuest's, a part of Clarivate,   successful Whole Ebook ILL pilot. This session was presented by Allen Jones (the New School), Whitney Murphy (ProQuest), George Machovec (Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) , Sylvia Bonadio (Brill),...

In today's episode, we're talking with Emma Warren-Jones , Co-Founder, Scholarcy.   Emma is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Social Media : LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewarrenjones/   Twitter: Keywords : #Scholarcy, #scholcomm, #scholarly, #DigitalContent, #DigitalLib...

In today's episode, we're talking with Ingrid Skrede , Co-Founder and CMO, Ludenso.    Ingrid is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Social Media : LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingridskrede/   Keywords : #Ludenso, #scholcomm, #scholarly, #technology, #edtech, #edtechstart...

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a presentation titled "The Psychology of Metrics." This session was presented by Daniel Hook , CEO, Digital Science, and Violeta Ilik , Dean of Libraries, Adelphi University. Video of the presentation available at :   https://youtu.be/_irIZfdJrCI Social Media : https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-w-hook/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/violeta-ilik-46216a5...

Audio from the 2023 Charleston In Between, The Future of Scholarly Communication in a ChatGPT World, from the keynote presentation titled "Aiding and Abetting: The Machines We're Making." This session was presented by Peter Brantley , Director of Online Strategy, UC Davis. Video of the presentation available at :     https://youtu.be/w7JaVwDs8Q0 Social Media : https://www.linkedin.com/in/naypinya/...

Audio from the 202 2 Charleston Library Conference from the session titled " It's Opener There In Wide Open Air ." This session was presented by Anne Campbell , EBSCO; Sion Romaine , University of Washington; Denise Branch , Virginia Commonwealth University;    and Dennis Bridges , FOLIO. Video of the presentation available at :   https://chsconf.cadmore.media/Title/800bbe7b-4cba-4a1c-a6c3-ad12d29...

In today's episode, we're talking with Sami Benchekroun , Co-Founder and CEO, Morressier.    Sami is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings. Social Media : LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/samibenchekroun/   Twitter:   @samiBLN, @Morressier Keywords : #Morressier, #scholcomm, #sc...

Audio from the 202 2 Charleston Library Conference from the session titled " Charleston Trendspotting Initiative: Forecasting Changes on the Horizon of Scholarly Communication ." This session was presented by Leah Hinds , Executive Director, The Charleston Hub, and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe , Coordinator for Research and Teaching Professional Development in the University Library, University of Illi...

In today's episode, we're talking with Tony Zanders , Founder and CEO, Skilltype. Tony is interviewed by Matthew Ismail , a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings.   Link to earlier podcast interview with Tony Zanders   https://traffic.libsyn.com/atgthepodcast/ATGthePodcast_155.mp3 Social Media : LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ismail-1a6282a/ https://www...