by Donald Hawkins | Jan 8, 2021 | Blog Posts, Full Text Articles, In the Spotlight
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) This was the initial pre-conference of the 2020 Charleston Conference. It was sponsored by the Society for Scholarly Publication (SSP) and took place on October 6, 2020. It attracted 47 attendees and...
by Donald Hawkins | Jan 7, 2021 | Blog Posts, Full Text Articles, In the Spotlight
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Attending der Frankfurter Buchmesse (that’s German for “The Frankfurt Book Fair”) is an overwhelming experience but one that every information professional should have at least once. The fair...
by Donald Hawkins | Dec 2, 2020 | Against the Grain, Blog Posts, Full Text Articles, In the Spotlight, Latest News, News
By Donald T. Hawkins (Freelance Editor and Conference Blogger) Kathy Dempsey This webinar, hosted by Library Works1 on November 19, 2020, was presented by Kathy Dempsey, who has had a long career in library marketing. She...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
So we have come to the end of another Charleston Conference.–the first time it has been held virtually. It was very successful. Here are the final statistics, as supplied by Leah Hinds So…what about next year? The dates are currently planned for November...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 6, 2020 | Charleston Conference Blog
Session summary: 458 ;people joined the closing summary and wrap-up, which was a long-time Charleston favorite, the Poll-a-palooza! What were the trending topics? Major takeaways? Pithy quotes and most talked-about statements? One vendor is reported to have said that...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 6, 2020 | Charleston Conference Blog
Session summary: The COVID-19 pandemic hit libraries hard and fast leaving librarians little time to transition to remote access and scrambling to create more online resources for instruction. The closure of large print collections left librarians without access to...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 5, 2020 | Charleston Conference Blog
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...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 5, 2020 | Charleston Conference Blog
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...
by Donald Hawkins | Nov 5, 2020 | Charleston Conference Blog
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...