ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers and resource managers in Charleston, SC to discuss issues of importance to them all.
PARTICIPATE
Everyone is welcome to participate in conference sessions, but we do ask that multiple viewpoints be represented and do not allow solo presentations from any one company.
ABOUT CHARLESTON
We think historic downtown Charleston, SC, is the perfect venue to hold an annual conference! We’re sure you’ll agree once you visit.
“The Charleston Conference is an incredibly stimulating venue. I am tired afterwards, but get so many great ideas, network with my colleagues, and learn what is going on. I recommend it highly.”
LATEST FROM THE CONFERENCE BLOG
come back next year
So we have come to the end of another very successful Charleston Library Conference. I hope you enjoyed it and are already planning to return for the 2025 conference. The dates are November 3-7, 2025. Donald T. Hawkins, Conference Blogger
poll-a-palooza
Caroline Goldsmith moderated the Poll-a-Palooza. Here are the questions: Type of attendee? Where from? How many times have you attended? What is the best meal you have had here? Best book you have read this year Funniest thing you have seen this…
the long arm of the law
This was the 15th of the highly popular Long Arm of the Law sessions at the Charleston Conference which was founded and moderated by Ann Okerson, Director of the Offline Internet Consortium. This year’s presenters were Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Copyright…
research quality and research integrity: the collective responsibility of research leaders, libraries, and publishers
Andrew Balas from Augusta University said that researchers accomplish a lot but they also have many responsibilities. They have to separate what is good from what is not so good. Major quality defects in research include non-reproducible results, deficiency in design…
beyond backfiles: innovative approaches to year-end one-time spending
What happens when a library has money in its budget left over after the fiscal year end? What is the best way to use it? In this session, librarians from the University of Pennsylvania, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Michigan State University…
generative ai from a user’s perspective
Emily Singley from Elsevier conducted an audience poll asking what your gut response is when you hear “Generative AI” This tag cloud shows the responses What are we learning from researchers ? Science is using AI: The Nobel Prizes this year were dominated by AI…
how book publishers use analytics to (Try and) do good
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…
thursday keynote: international african american history museum
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 scholarship award
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…
Concurrent Sessions
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…