Day 3 Keynote Panel: The Long Arm of the Law
The very popular Long Arm of the Law session is a tradition on the last day of the Charleston Conference. Once again it lights the Charleston Conference stage! In this year’s presentation (the 11th) we will continue to inform the audience about the latest court...Innovation Session 3
Christopher Kenneally Christopher Kenneally, Marketing Director, Copyright Clearance Center moderated this session and said that innovation is what everybody is thinking about but nobody has done. This session featured 8 minute presentations from 4 companies, as...Print & ebooks: How are strategies for academic libraries, university presses, and vendors driven by the current necessity of online access?
Session summary: The scholarly book ecosystem was already under budgetary stress before the COVID pandemic closed or limited access to libraries. In the current environment, students and faculty are often no longer located near the university. It is difficult now for...New Frontiers in Discovery
Session summary: Discovery has been around for over a decade now, and new, recent advances are making it much smarter. Researchers no longer have to settle for brute force keyword searches that drown them in irrelevant results. Instead, recent leaps in subject and...Blurred Lines: Libraries, Bookstores, and Academic Partnerships
Session summary: Libraries and bookstores have traditionally co-existed on campus, each serving discrete functions and together, powering the information needed to support the academic and research enterprise. In the era of electronic information, e-learning and the...Day 2 Welcome and ABC-Clio Leadership Award
Leah Hinds shared some statistics from yesterday. Beth Bernhardt presented the Vicky Speck award to Meg White, a publishing and information services professional with 25 years of experience in the health sciences publishing industry.Rebuilding the Plane Mid-Flight: Academic Libraries responding to crisis
Six librarians gave brief presentations on the challenges we face in changes of services and procedures during COVID. Gabrielle Wiersma The closures felt like a crash landing. We asked vendors to hold shipments, streamlined workflows to let people pass data...Day 2 Keynote: Do Librarians Matter and What Might Matter to Librarians?
John Palfrey The day 2 keynote was by John Palfrey, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and moderated by Judy Luther, President of Informed Strategies, LLC. He presented his thoughts on the importance of librarians and their work. In his book,...2020: Fond Farewell or Good Riddance?
Erin Gallagher This session featured questions and answers by a panel of librarians. What is your library’s reaction to the COVID pandemic? We went remote in March. Library on central campus reopened and did telereference. Staff stayed at home; some departments...Subscribe to our Podcast:
