by Donald Hawkins | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Donald T. Hawkins The 2023 R2R hybrid conference in London on February 21-22 drew about 200 attendees, of which about 50 attended online. It featured a mix of several types of sessions: plenaries, panel discussions, workshops, and lightning talks. According to the... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Amy Affelt (Director, Database Research Worldwide, Compass Lexecon) Column Editor: Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Column Editor’s Note: I am delighted to welcome Amy Affelt from Compass Lexecon as a guest columnist for this installment... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) This seminar (the 6th in a series) was organized by the Education Committee of the Scholarly for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) and consisted of a keynote address followed by 6 plenary sessions that discussed... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 11, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
Sunrise on Long Beach Island, NJ (photo by Donald T. Hawkins) The photo above is appropriate for the final posting of this year’s blog. It shows sunrise, not sunset, because it provides an optimistic view of future Charleston Conference. Everyone agreed that... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 10, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
The closing session is always entertaining. Derek Law, Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland summed up the conference. He noted how thoughtful the organizers have been. During the COVID lockdown he spent time dreaming of Charleston, studying... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 10, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
I thank Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the conference for giving these slides to me. by Donald Hawkins | Nov 4, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
This highly popular session, now in its 13th year, followed its previous format: a rendition of The Long Arm of the Law, followed by 2 presentations that were moderated by Anne Okerson, Senior Advisor on Electronic Strategies for the Center for Research Libraries.... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 4, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
Innovation sessions feature brief presentations on various subjects. I attended session 3 on scholarly publishing Multimodal Monographs: Content, Collaboration, Community Sarah McKee from Emory University and Allison Levy from Brown University described... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 4, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
Delivering a unified reader and author experience. Ralph Youngen, American Chemical Society: The user journey has two separate operations: the user goes to one place to read and another to publish. How we got here: From the 1990s user names and passwords were for only... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 3, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
The annual Charleston Premiers session provides an opportunity for publishers and vendors to showcase their newest and most innovative products. Speakers participate in 5 minute lightning rounds. The audience then votes on several “Best of”...
