ATGthePodcast 271 - A Conversation with Nancy Kopans, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, ITHAKA
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Release Date: 03/31/2025
ATGthePodcast 279 - A Conversation with Richard Jefferson, Founder & CEO, Cambia, Executive Director, Lens.org
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host, Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Richard Jefferson (Founder & CEO, Cambia and Executive Director, ). Richard was a pioneer in Open Science in genetics in the 1980's. In this conversation, Richard talks about growing up in California with his mother being a librarian, introducing him to evidence-based thinking from a very young age. He talks about being captivated in college by the revolution in biology based on DNA and molecular biology, and working with recumbent DNA. Richard talks about his career trajectory, going...
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ATGthePodcast 278 - Monographs and Libraries: Delivering value to users: A Conversation with Christine Haynes, David Givens, and Mitchell Scott. A Taylor & Francis sponsored episode.
Against the Grain - The Podcast
This episode is sponsored by Taylor & Francis, and the views, opinions, and content expressed during this sponsored episode are those of the participants, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcast or the Charleston Hub. Sponsorship does not imply endorsement of any products, services, or statements made during the episode. Thank you to Taylor & Francis for supporting ATG the Podcast and its mission to connect librarians, publishers, and vendors. Today’s episode features Christine Haynes, Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Charlotte who talks with...
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ATGthePodcast 277 - A Conversation with Tosten Reimer, Dean, University Library, University of Chicago
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Today’s episode features guest host, Michael Upshall, Consultant, ConsultMU Ltd., who talks with Torsten Reimer, Dean, University Library, University of Chicago. Torsten currently oversees one of the world’s largest academic library collections. In this conversation, Torsten shares his diverse academic journey which began as a historian with a focus on British maritime history, before leading various digital and research initiatives at King’s College in London, JISC, the Imperial College in London and the British Library, and then to the University of Chicago where he leads...
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ATGthePodcast 276 - A Conversation with Lynda Kellam, Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data and Digital Scholarship at Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania and a Volunteer Organizer of the Data Rescue Project
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host Lauren Collister, Research Engagement Manager, Invest With Open Infrastructure, and an editorial team member of Katina, who talks with Lynda Kellam, Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data and Digital Scholarship at Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania and a volunteer organizer of the Data Rescue Project. In this conversation, Lynda talks with Lauren about The Data Rescue Project which is a volunteer-led, collaborative effort between various organizations, librarians, archivists and researchers to rescue, back up and catalog at-risk data,...
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ATGthePodcast 275 - A Conversation with Jason Priem, Co-Founder, CEO, OurResearch
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Today’s episode features guest host, Michael Upshall, Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with Jason Priem, Co-Founder, CEO, OurResearch. After a career as a middle school teacher with a degree in history, Jason became interested in technology and online communities. He decided to go back to school in the information science program at UNC Chapel Hill. Now, Jason is an academic researcher who is a proponent for open research, open knowledge, and user accessibility who works to use technology to help communities understand themselves better. Jason co-founded OurResearch, a...
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ATGthePodcast 274- A Conversation with Dr. Janice Fernandes, Academic Support Manager, University of West London
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Today’s episode features guest host, Michael Upshall, Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with Dr. Janice Fernandes, Academic Support Manager, University of West London. Janice is trailblazer in AI literacy and academic support in UK higher education. She has had a long career in librarianship- spanning over 35 years. Janice was the first in her family to attend university, and she talks about growing up in multicultural Mumbai and her journey from a career in chemistry and microbiology, with a love of the human body and how it functions like a perfect machine, to becoming a...
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ATGthePodcast 273 - Heather Staines Interviews Kamran Naim, Head of Open Science, CERN
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think interviews Kamran Naim, the Head of Open Science at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire). CERN was founded in 1954 as a project not only to advance our fundamental understanding of basic scientific questions about who we are and where we come from but also as an instrument to get European countries to work together on a common scientific mission. It is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory and largest research organization. In this...
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ATGthePodcast 272 - Heather Staines Interviews Andrea Cayetano-Jefferson
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think interviews Andrea Cayetano-Jefferson, a sixth-generation Gullah Geechee sweetgrass basket sewer from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. We had the pleasure of having Andrea speak with us at this year’s Charleston Library Conference and got to experience her beautiful sweetgrass basket display inside the Gaillard Center. In this conversation, Andrea shares the history of sweetgrass baskets, which is one of the oldest African American art forms still practiced in the...
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ATGthePodcast 271 - A Conversation with Nancy Kopans, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, ITHAKA
Against the Grain - The Podcast
Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think interviews Nancy Kopans, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, ITHAKA. Nancy joined JSTOR (now part of ITHAKA) 25 years ago, after a legal career focusing on internet law, and has witnessed the transformation of digital scholarship over the years. In this conversation, Nancy discusses her role at ITHAKA, the challenges currently facing higher ed and libraries such as budgetary pressures while adapting to evolving digital needs- making for complex resource allocation- and...
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ATGthePodcast 270 - The Evolution of the Charleston Conference: A Conversation with Katina Strauch
Against the Grain - The Podcast
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...
info_outlineAudio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think interviews Nancy Kopans, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, ITHAKA.
Nancy joined JSTOR (now part of ITHAKA) 25 years ago, after a legal career focusing on internet law, and has witnessed the transformation of digital scholarship over the years. In this conversation, Nancy discusses her role at ITHAKA, the challenges currently facing higher ed and libraries such as budgetary pressures while adapting to evolving digital needs- making for complex resource allocation- and increased legal and compliance requirements. Nancy and Meg also discuss AI, Copyright, and Scholarly Publishing. Nancy believes that trust, transparency and open discussions between all of the stakeholders in the scholarly publishing industry are vital for navigating the new challenges and legal complexities involved with AI.
The video of this interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/av0JkpFAE08
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