It was a fascinating exercise to consider what would happen if the existing ecosystem disappeared. Moderated by Rick Anderson from the University of Utah, he asked us to imagine Imagine a world with all of today’s technologies...

Heather Piwowar Heather Piwowar, co-founder of Our Research (a nonprofit that makes open access links available including Unpaywall), discussed why one might use open infrastructure products. What makes people choose one tool or the other. What matters? Data is...

Kumsal Bayazit Kumsal Bayazit was appointed CEO of Elsevier in February 2019. Her keynote address focused on observing the dynamic world of research with these main topics: Collaborating to Support the Research Community: The Next ChapterLearning from diverse...

This annual award is given by ABC-CLIO in honor of the late Vicky Speck, Editorial Director at ABC-CLIO until 2005, to the person who has made a major contribution to the Charleston Conference.

Rick Anderson Oya Rieger Kent Anderson This was another debate conducted under the Hyde Park Rules. It was moderated by Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Collections and Scholarly Communication, University of Utah. Oya Y. Rieger, Senior Advisor, Ithaka S+R spoke in...

James Galbraith and Stephanie Hess James Galbraith, Head of Collection Development, and Stephanie Hess, Electronic Resources Librarian, Binghamton University discussed their experiences with the Big Deal. Binghamton is one of the 4 State University of New York (SUNY)...

One of the highlights at the Charleston Conference is the very popular Vendor Showcase (a.k.a. Exhibit Hall) at which about 140 companies displayed their products and services. Besides the displays, there was ample food and drink. Here are some views of this year's...

Patricia Flatlely Brennan This keynote plenary address was delivered by Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which houses the world's largest collection of biomedical information. Although it is a repository and not a...