Against the Grain - The Podcast

Today's episode features a conversation with Sarah Lippincott . The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Sarah Lippincott is an independent consultant who was formerly the Program Director for the Library Publishing Coalition, an organization created by the Educopia Institute in 2013 to bring t...

Today's episode features a conversation with Ewoud Compeer of Oxford University. The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference. Ewoud Compeer is a Dutch biomedical scientist and immunologist. He's been doing research in the US, The Netherlands, Australia and now in the UK at the University of Oxford....

Today's episode features a conversation with Francois van Schalkwyk, founder, African Minds . The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference.  Francois van Schalkwyk is a researcher who worked in the academic space with scholarly presses. He also assisted some non-government led businesses with publis...

This week, ATG the Podcast interviews Mitchell Davis , CEO and Founder of BiblioLabs , and Robert Miller , CEO of Lyrasis , about the recent purchase of BiblioLabs by Lyrasis. The interview is conducted by Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Hub , and Tom Gilson , Associated Editor of Against the Grain . Topics range from the acquisition, to potential changes in corporate culture, th...

Special Announcement The Charleston Conference is planning a very special "In Between'' half-day virtual mini-conference event to explore important late-breaking developments that can't wait until November for discussion. It will include a Panel on Clarivate's acquisition of ProQuest and a panel where savvy executives reflect upon what the bright light of post covid offers to them. We hope you'll...

In today's episode we will feature audio from an interview of Trevor Naylor , Sales and Marketing Director, The American University in Cairo Press . The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference.  Trevor began working in a bookshop when he was 18 years old, and has lived in Cairo for 12 years. He say...

In today's episode we will feature an interview with John Palfrey , President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation . This interview is part of the popular "Views from the Penthouse Suite" series and was conducted by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor, Against the Grain , and Ann Okerson , Senior Advisor, Center for Research Libraries .  In this episode, John talks about his keynote pres...

Today's audio is from a Neopolitan Session of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by Meg White, Senior Consultant, DeltaThink and Director of Vendor Partnerships, Charleston Hub; Richard Hershman, Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of College Stores; Jennifer Chan , Scholarly Communication Librarian,  UCLA ; and Lisa Nachtigall , Director, Global Institution...

In today's episode we feature the audio from a Neopolitan Session of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by Ashley Farley, Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Stephen Barr , President, SAGE International , and Managing Director, SAGE UK ;  Elaine Westbrooks , Vice Provost for University Libraries & University Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; and...

This week's episode features an interview with Greg Eow , President of the Center for Research Libraries. The interview is conducted by Leah Hinds , Executive Director of the Charleston Hub, and Tom Gilson , Associate Editor of Against the Grain. Topics range from the background and function of CRL in the research community, Greg's tenure there and his transition from MIT Libraries, the role of di...

In today's episode we feature audio from an Interview of Curtis Brundy , Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections, Iowa State University . The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  Curtis talks with us about his focus on the transformation of scholarly publishing. He says that we are at a...

In today's episode we feature audio from an interview of Dr. Brian King , psychologist, stand up comedian and author of the international bestseller The Art of Taking It Easy, How to Cope with Bears, Traffic, and the Rest of Life's Stressors . The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  The world's largest digital book club,...

In today's episode we will feature audio from an Interview of Jeff Paul , CEO and Co-Founder, Ziotag . The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  Today's episode features the next in a series of conversations that ATG the Podcast is pleased to have with startups in the world of scholarly communication, an interview with Jef...

In today's episode we feature an interview of Philip Hess , Head of Publisher Relations, Knowledge Unlatched ; and Marcel Wrzesinski, Open Access Officer, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society .  The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  We'll hear from Philip and Marcel about a German OA project that focuses on supp...

We're pleased to feature a conversation and interview with Jeffrey MacKie-Mason , University Librarian and economics professor at UC Berkeley, and co-chair of UC's publisher negotiation team, and Ivy Anderson , Associate Executive Director of the California Digital Library and co-chair of UC's publisher negotiation team about the University of California's recent pioneering open access agreement w...

Conversation with Daniel Garzon, CEO, Booklick In today's episode we will feature audio from a conversation with Daniel Garzon ,  CEO of Booklick, a technology company based in Bogata, Columbia.  The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  There is an energy to a discussion around startups that is very appealing. There is a...

Audio from the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by Michael Levine-Clark , Dean of Libraries, University of Denver ; Jason Price , Research and Scholarly Communication Director, SCELC , and John McDonald , Director, Product Management, Analytics, EBSCO Information Services .  Faced with unexpected double-digit budget cuts and ever-increasing costs for journal packages, many academic li...

In today's episode we will feature audio from an Interview of Michael Upshall , of UNSILO .  The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  Michael Upshall is head of sales and business development at UNSILO , the B2B part of Cactus Communications specialising in AI tools. He started in publishing compiling dictionaries, then m...

Audio from Part Two of a keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by Pam Samuelson , Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law School , in Berkeley, CA, and moderated by Ann Okerson , Senior Advisor, Center for Research Libraries .  In Part Two of the Long Arm Panel, Pam talks with us about what Controlled Digital Lending is, institutions and people who ha...

Audio from Part 1 of a keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by Nancy Kirkpatrick , Executive Director/CEO, OhioNET , and moderated by Ann Okerson , Senior Advisor, Center for Research Libraries .  The Long Arm Panel focuses each year on serious legal topics for the information industry.  This year the Long Arm Panel was titled "Revisionist History," and Nancy talks with us...

In today's episode we will feature audio from an Interview of Scott Garrison ,  Executive Director of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services .  The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .   "Scott Garrison serves as Executive Director at the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS). MCLS serves over 650 membe...

In today's episode we feature an interview with Stephen Barr , President of SAGE International . This interview is part of the popular "Views from the Penthouse Suite" series and was conducted by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor, Against the Grain , and Matthew Ismail , Director of Collection Development, University of Central Michigan .  In the interview, Stephen talks about his presentation at the...

In today's episode we will feature an interview with Dr. Earl Lewis , University of Michigan , Director of Center for Social Solutions. This interview is part of the popular "Views from the Penthouse Suite" series and was introduced by Tom Gilson , Associate Editor, Against the Grain , and conducted by Jim O'Donnell , University Librarian, Arizona State University .  Two weeks ago we featured Dr....

Audio from a keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, presented by John Palfrey , president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation , who will share his thoughts on the importance of librarians and their work. The question of "Where to from here?" will be on everyone's mind in the immediate aftermath of both a pandemic and a federal election. Regardless of the outcomes, libr...

Audio from the opening keynote of the 2020 Charleston Library Conference, a presentation by Earl Lewis , Director of the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions, moderated by Jim O'Donnell , University Librarian at Arizona State University. Headlines scream, horns blare, neighbors march, bodies mount, and the pace of change never seems to abate. Life can seem out of control. America can...