(L--R) Jason Price, Alicia Wise, Lorcan Dempsey Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Membership and Research, Chief Strategist, OCLC, began with an overview of three contextual areas where our environment is changing: colleges, consortia, collections. Libraries are not...
Cynthia Graham Hurd was a librarian who tragically lost her life in the shooting at the AME church in 2005. This scholarship was established in her honor and this year it was presented to
Brewster Kahle The opening keynote was by Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian and Founder of the Internet Archive. He began by noting that in our current era of disinformation, ready access to trustworthy information sources is critical. “Fake...
Lisa Hinchliffe This special session was the third Trendspotting Lab, following the first one at Charleston last year and one at the SSP 2019 conference last June in San Diego. As before, it was led by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe from the University of Illinois at Urbana....
Welcome to the blog for the 39th Charleston Library Conference! The pre-conferences began on Monday, November 4 and continued on the following day. Pat Hawkins (L) and Leah Hinds at the Information Desk We hope that you didn't miss the Vendor Showcase on Tuesday,...
So we bid farewell to the 2018 Charleston Conference. It was excellent, with many current topics in the information industry being discussed. I have enjoyed bringing you reports of various sessions, but with over 200 of them, there are lots more that I could not...
For the closing session, Erin Gallagher, Director of Collection Services, Reed College Library, returned to conduct the 5th “Poll-a-Palooza”. (According to the Urban Dictionary, a Palooza is “an all-out crazy party, partying at one place with a ton of people like...
This session was one of two Innovation Lightning Sessions (unfortunately they were scheduled concurrently). It featured six presentations on new ways to solve problems or new technologies in libraries. David Brennan (Co-Interim Director and Head, Technical Services...
Google Earth's biggest update in years adds free 3D timelapse videos Yahoo News reports that "Google is announcing its biggest update to the service since 2017, saying in a blog post that "you can now see our planet in an entirely new dimension — time." It's bringing...
Against the Grain Media, part of the Charleston Hub, is excited to announce the publication of its latest Charleston Briefing title, The Scholarly Workflow in the Digital Age, by Steven Weiland. “The workflow names what is done in the conduct of research reflecting...
Cambridge University Press Expands Its OA Publishing Program Information Today reports that "Cambridge University Press has entered into 129 new OA read-and-publish agreements with institutions in the U.S., including state university systems, liberal arts colleges,...
Title: Rightsizing the Academic Library Collection, Second EditionAuthors: Mary E. Miller and Susanne M. WardSoftcover:: ISBN: 978-0-8389-4972-6, $64.99Imprint: Chicago, ALA Editions, 2021 Honored with many accolades, including a starred review in Library Journal, the...
This post in Atlas Obscura highlights The Marion Stokes Project, a recent documentary by Matt Wolf that recounts the 37 year obsession of this unique librarian and archivist. It tells the story of the close to "71,000 VHS AND BETAMAX cassettes that are sitting in...
