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Against the Grain - The PodcastThe Evolution of the Charleston Conference: A Conversation with Katina Strauch Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think interviews Katina Strauch, Founder of the Charleston Conference and Editor Emerita of Against the Grain. Katina is a leading figure in the scholarly communication industry, having founded the Charleston Conference over four decades ago when she couldn’t afford to attend ALA. Katina reflects with Meg about her long career in librarianship, her vision and the founding and history of the Charleston Conference, including the recent transition with Annual Reviews. Katina believes in trying to be different and forward thinking, while always retaining yo...2025-03-2420 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastPenthouse Suite Interview with Dr. Patricia BrennanThis week’s episode features a fascinating ATG “Views from the Penthouse Suite” Interview from Dr. Patricia Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine. The interview is conducted by Meg White, Director of Technology Services at Rittenhouse Book Distributors and a Charleston Conference Director. ************************************************* As a reminder, the Charleston Conference 2020 Call for Papers is now open. Submit your proposals before July 8. https://charlestonlibraryconference.com/call-for-papers/ Visit the Charleston Conference website to discover how we are responding to Covid-19. charlestonlibraryconference.com Video of the interview with Dr. Brennan: https://youtu.be/Oafwv72...2020-06-2221 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastCopyright Questions and Answers with Lolly Gasaway, Rumors and more!Welcome to episode 42 of ATG: The Podcast. For readers of Against the Grain, our guest this week will be familiar from her long-time contributions to the “Copyright Questions and Answers” column. Laura N. “Lolly” Gasaway is the Paul B. Eaton Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita of UNC Chapel Hill. This week, she’s reading her column from the February 2016 issue of Against the Grain, v28 #1. As always, Lolly answers many intriguing questions. Included are questions sent in from an academic librarian, a public librarian, an elementary school teacher and more. But first, a few announcements. When this p...2017-11-0622 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastDr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour InterviewHi, this is Leah Hinds. Welcome to episode 35 of ATG: The Podcast. Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals. This week, we’re excited to feature an interview with Dr. Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, who is Executive Editor and Publisher at IGI Global, and our own Katina Strauch, Founder and Convener of the Charleston Conference and Editor of Against the Grain. I’m real...2017-08-2147 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastKate Ross, Charleston Conference’s Fast Pitch Competition winnerKate Ross, Charleston Conference’s Fast Pitch Competition winner On today’s episode, Leah Hinds talks with Kate Ross about her winning project that was presented at the 2016 Charleston Conference Fast Pitch Competition. Kate is the Head of Technical Services/Acquisitions Librarian at St. John Fisher College's Lavery Library in Rochester, NY. Since Kate was responsible for Interlibrary Loan in previous positions, she seeks out opportunities to work with Interlibrary Loan practitioners and learn more about ILL tools in order to increase student and faculty access to information, whether owned by Lavery Library or borrowed from your Libr...2017-06-0526 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastGetting Technical Again with Stacey Marien and Alayne MundtGetting Technical Again with Stacey Marien and Alayne Mundt In this episode we get to hear Katina Strauch’s weekly Rumors segment. Following Katina we hear three more articles from the series “Lets Get Technical” by ATG Column Editors Stacey Marien (Acquisitions Librarian, American University Library) and Alayne Mundt (Resource Description Librarian, American University Library) focusing on practical problems and solutions in Technical Services departments. Columns covered are: Let’s Get Technical - Moving Technical Services To An Offsite Space Let’s Get Technical - A Technical Services Perspective On Taking On A Shared Ret...2017-05-2946 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastReflections on the 2017 Fiesole Collection Development RetreatReflections on the 2017 Fiesole Collection Development Retreat This week, we’re talking with the group that’s the driving force behind the Fiesole Collection Development Retreats: Becky Lenzini, Michele Casalini, and our own Katina Strauch. David Worlock is also joining us to give his insights and take aways from this year’s retreat. http://www.casalini.it/retreat/retreat_2017.html We also have another “Cases of Note” article from Bruce Strauch on Invasion of Privacy, Appropriation. BELA GEORGE LUGOSI et al. v. UNIVERSAL PICTURES Rebecca Lenzini is President of The Charleston Company wh...2017-05-2234 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastLet’s Get Technical with Stacey Marien and Alayne MundtLet’s Get Technical with Stacey Marien and Alayne Mundt On today’s episode we cover a number of topics. First off is Katina Strauch with her weekly Rumors segment. Then we hear from Katina’s husband Bruce Strauch as he tells us a fascinating “Case of Note” story involving reality TV, violent street gangs and the anti-SLAPP statute. We then hear three articles from ATG Column Editors Stacey Marien (Acquisitions Librarian, American University Library) and Alayne Mundt (Resource Description Librarian, American University Library) focusing on practical problems and solutions in Technical Services departments. This is the fir...2017-05-1548 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastGary Price Interview - Library Resources, Discoverability and PrivacyInterview with Gary Price This week Leah Hinds takes over the host duties as we feature a discussion between Gary Price of infoDOCKET and our own Tom Gilson and Katina Strauch. The talk centers around the latest in open data resources and the library’s potential role in harvesting those resources and making them discoverable. We also have an update on privacy concerns from his 2015 Charleston Conference plenary talk with the Long Arm of the Law panel. Gary is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He...2017-05-0849 min
Against the Grain - The PodcastJim O’Donnell - Libraries as Showcase, Showplace and ShowroomJim O’Donnell - Libraries as Showcase, Showplace and Showroom On today’s episode we talk with Jim O’Donnell about the ongoing renovations of the Hayden Library on the campus of Arizona State University, and their goal to make the library a showcase, showplace and showroom for ASU students. Jim also shares his thoughts on taking inspiration from the world of retail to shape the future of academic libraries. We had several challenges to deal with in the production of this week’s show. The first of which was carving time out of Jim O’Donnel...2017-05-0137 minAgainst the Grain - The PodcastLegal Talk from Bruce Strauch and Bill HannayLegal Talk from Bruce Strauch and Bill Hannay All of us at Against The Grain - The Podcast have been busy lining up great new content and interviews for future episodes. Due to scheduling issues and Leah Hind’s trip to France for a conference, we had a gap to fill in the podcast schedule. Fortunately two of our regular contributors to the Against The Grain journal, Bruce Strauch and Bill Hannay were able to step in and put together a quick conversation around banned books (specifically D. H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”) and the resulting...2017-04-2438 min
Against the Grain - The Podcastv28 #3 ATG Special Report — Industry Consolidation in the Information Services and Library Environment: Perspectives from Thought Leaders by David Parkerv28 #3 ATG Special Report — Industry Consolidation in the Information Services and Library Environment: Perspectives from Thought Leaders by David Parker On today’s episode, we will hear from three of the people most responsible for all the great content you have come to expect from the Against The Grain journal. They are Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson and Leah Hinds. Once again, in what will become a regular weekly feature of the podcast, we hear rumors and announcements from Katina. Then we hear excerpts from the article by David Parker on Industry Consolidation in the Information Services and Libr...2017-04-1032 min