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”... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 3, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
Cris Ferguson, Dean of Libraries, Murray State University became Assistant Dean of Libraries in 2018. Temporary leadership can occur because of illness, retirements, transfers, etc. It can feel uncertain: how long will it last? What will you be expect to do as an... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 3, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
The subject of the 2022 Hyde Park debate was Resolved: Transformative Agreements Represent the Best Possible Mechanism for a full Transition to Open Access Moderator: Rick Anderson, University Librarian, Brigham Young University Debaters: Pro: Carrie Webster, VP, OA,... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 3, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
Robin Pryce, Bibliometrics Manager, Imperial College London said that there used to be almost a sense of: “We are scientists and deal in objective facts; we’re not biased, we deal in merit.” We may think that high-quality research comes from a... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 3, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
View Preview Speakers for this panel were: Rick Anderson, Brian Kelly, Carlotta Sage, and Matthew Ragucci. Rick Anderson began by noting that there are two major issues of cybersecurity: problems caused by sharing credentials and repairing breaches. When you share... by Donald Hawkins | Nov 3, 2022 | Charleston Conference Notes
Do you really want to work at a consortium? 3 panelists from consortia described their experiences. Consortia represented were Lyrasis, ConnectNY, Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust, and Center for Research Libraries. Some experiences: Librarians’ activities...