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Charleston Library Conference 

Feb 24, 2025

Today’s episode features guest host, Michael Upshall, Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with Dr. Elizabeth Bik, Microbiologist and Science Integrity Consultant.

Elisabeth is a prominent microbiologist and renowned investigator into scientific misconduct, particularly the manipulation...


Feb 17, 2025

Today’s episode features guest host, Michael Upshall, Community and Outreach Manager at Core, who talks with Alex Carroll, Associate Director, Science and Engineering Library, Vanderbilt University, and Josh Borycz, Librarian for STEM Research, Vanderbilt University. 

In this conversation, librarians Alex Carroll and...


Feb 10, 2025

Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think interviews Yulia Sevryugina, Senior Associate Librarian, University of Michigan.

Yulia is an active researcher and an author. She transitioned into a career in librarianship specializing in scholarly...


Feb 3, 2025

Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think interviews Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder, Retraction Watch.

Heather and Ivan discuss the founding of Retraction Watch, a nonprofit that publishes daily reports on scientific fraud and misconduct,...