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Charleston Library Conference 

Jul 30, 2019

Today, we’ll hear Part 1 of our Penthouse Suite Interview with Ruth Okediji. Ruth is interviewed by Against the Grain’s Tom Gilson and Ann Okerson of  Center for Research Libraries. It’s really interesting to hear Ruth describe her path to copyright law, why copyright law is not her favorite thing to teach, and...


Jul 23, 2019

In today's episode, we hear from one of the leading authorities on International Intellectual Property Law.

Ruth Okediji (Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School) presents her keynote, Navigating Access to Knowledge: Copyright, Fake News, Fair Use, and Libraries from the plenary sessions of 2018’s...


Jul 15, 2019

In this episode, The 2017 "Up and Comers" awardees are featured in a Penthouse Suite interview for the 2018 Charleston Conference. 

The awardees are Heather Howard (Assistant Professor of Library Science, Business Information Specialist, Purdue University), Michael Rodriguez (Licensing & Acquisitions Librarian,...


Jul 9, 2019

This week, we hear Part 2 of Lisa Hinchliffe’s Penthouse Suite Interview. Lisa Hinchliffe (Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is interviewed by ATG’s Tom Gilson and Nancy Herther (Sociology/Anthropology Librarian, University of Minnesota)....


Jul 1, 2019

Today on the podcast, we have part one of our Penthouse Suite Interview with Lisa Hinchliffe, the Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Lisa is being interviewed by Against the Grain’s Tom Gilson and Nancy Herther, the Sociology/Anthropology...