Charleston Conference Notes
David Parker Co-Founder and Publisher, Lived Places Publishing noted that the problem we are trying to solve with analytics is to access e-books from a broader range of voices and access metadata that establish the author's identity. We can do this by using an...
Malika N. Pryor, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer at the International African American Museum (IAAM) said that the museum opened on June 27,2023. It took 23 years to get the funding and coordinate it. The building is constructed so that no part of it touches the...
Cynthia Graham Hurd was a librarian who tragically lost her life on June 17, 2015 in the shooting at the Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston. Springer Nature has sponsored an award in her memory. The recipient this year was Yulia Sevryugina from the University of...
Following the opening keynote, a number of concurrent sessions took place. Data, Disruption, and Defense:: A Collaborative Approach to Cybersecurity in Academic Libraries This session featured discussions about a Collaborative Approach to Cybersecuritly in Academic...
The conference program began with a "Fireside Chat" by Katina Strauch, who founded the Charleston Conference, and Richard Charkin, a former executive at a number of major publishing companies in the UK and now an author of My Back Pages (Marble Hill Publishers, 2023)....
The Hyde Park debate has become a regular feature of information industry conferences, and this one was no exception. Under the Hyde Park rules, a poll ofl the audience is taken, after which debaters argue in favor or against the proposition. The audience poll is...
Image via Pixabay Illinois State authors save $1 million through Milner Library open access agreements Knowledgespeak reports that the "Milner Library at Illinois State University launched its Open Access Publishing Support program in 2022, enabling faculty and...
