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Charleston Library Conference 

Aug 31, 2020

This week’s episode features an interview and conversation between Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Conference; Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Sami Benchekroun, Co-Founder and CEO of Morressier.

Sami has over ten years experience in academic conferences, scholarly publishing, and...


Aug 24, 2020

Today we talk with Tommy Doyle, a strategist and executive who specializes in bringing innovation and growth to information and data businesses. Tommy has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the global business educator INSEAD “In-See-Ahd." Tommy has been a regular at the Charleston...


Aug 18, 2020

This episode features an interview with Rick Anderson, currently the Associate Dean for Collections and Scholarly Communication at University of Utah, and recently appointed University Librarian at Brigham Young University. The interview was conducted by Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Leah...


Aug 10, 2020

In this week's episode we feature an interview with Steven Weiland, Professor in the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan State University. Steven also holds a PhD in English from the University of Chicago.

Steven is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, Editor In Chief of The Charleston Briefings and Director...


Aug 3, 2020

This week, we have a new interview with Roger Schonfeld, Director, Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums Program at Ithaka S+R. The interview was conducted by Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Conference.

Join us to hear about Roger’s...