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Charleston Library Conference 

Apr 25, 2022

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Trongthi Nguyen, Collection Development Librarian, RMIT University Library, Vietnam, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director.

Trongthi Nguyenwas born in Central Vietnam and moved to Ho Chi Minh City...


Apr 19, 2022

Join us for our latest podcast episode featuring a conversation between Tony Zanders, Founder and CEO, Skilltype, and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director. Tony and Matthew discuss the start of Tony’s professional career in the entrepreneurial world of Silicon Valley, his...


Apr 11, 2022

Today's episode features a conversation between Stephen Rhind-Tutt,  President, Coherent Digital, LLC and Matthew Ismail, Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director.

Stephen has worked in Electronic Publishing for 33 years, starting with the small CD-Rom publisher, APT books, which released some...


Apr 4, 2022

Today's episode is from the 2021 Charleston Library Conference from a session titled "Whole Ebook ILL: On the Road Toward a Scalable Solution” presented by Whitney Murphy, Sr. Product Manager, Clarivate; Allen Jones, Director, Digital Library and Technical Services, The New School; George Machovec, Executive Director,...