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 this...

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...

I thank Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the conference for giving these slides to me.  

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....

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 Mellon's...

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...

  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" categories, and the...

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...

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,...