Charleston Conference Notes

So we have come to the end of another Charleston Conference. It has been a pleasure writing this blog and reporting on some of the interesting sessions. There are many more that are equally interesting, and the complete file will e available to attendees in about two...

  The final-final session traditionally has occurred after the provided lunch and consisted of a series of questions asked of the audience using polling software. This year, Leah Hinds conducted the poll. Here are some of the results. Interesting: Nobody from...

The closing session featured Derek Law, Emeritus Professor, Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. He used an extensive collection of slides to summarize the conference in his very well received presentation. Why do we keep returning to...

This highly popular and long running session (presented to a standing room only audience) on the final day of the conference was the 14th time it occurred. It was organized and moderated by Ann Okerson, Director, Offline Internet Consortium. She has moderated all 14...

Research integrity is at the heart of scholarly publishing. Paper mills are increasing, and trust in research is eroding. More and more ethics specialists are being hired by publishers. Harnessing technical innovation is crucial to protect research integrity. The...

This session featured 3 librarians based in Ontario, Canada, describing 2 case studies in modernizing print collections. Meg Ecclestone, Acting Head of Collections, University of Guelph began by discussing the collections of record initiative at her university....

  Three speakers discussed the basic principles applying to retracted articles. Retraction is a mechanism for correcting the literature and alerting readers that an article contains such seriously flawed or erroneous content that its findings and conclusions...

Two speakers made presentations, and then lively discussions in breakout rooms followed. Curtis Brundy, Associate University Librarian, Iowa State University, said that they are sharing more every year; and anything behind a paywall is being moved to OA. They are...

Kathryn Earle, Managing Director, Bloomsbury Digital References noted that we have witnessed a shift in reference which comes from the hybrid nature of what we do. Here are some factors impacting reference Commercial logic is under pressure; there is a resistance to...

The Charleston Premiers were 5-minute presentations of new products, after which the audience voted for the best design, most impactful, and best new product. Eric Calaluca, President, Paratext: The Base Inventory of Research Databases (BIRD) contains over 7,500...