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Charleston Library Conference 

Feb 27, 2023

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Sven Fund, Managing Director, ReviewerCredits and Senior Director, Knowledge Unlatched.   Sven is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings.

Matthew talks with Sven about his ownership and recent sale of Knowledge...


Feb 20, 2023

Today we’re featuring a fascinating conversation with John Hammersley, Co-Founder of Overleaf. John is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings.

Overleaf is a collaborative writing and publishing platform which has recently grown to 11 million users...


Feb 14, 2023

Today we are featuring a conversation with Ivy Cavendish, the Founder of TooWrite, a tool designed to help scientists write up the results of their research (recently acquired by Springer-Nature), and Eugenie Regan, Vice President Research Solutions at Springer Nature. Ivy was a PhD student in Literature when she...


Feb 6, 2023

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference brand new Leadership Interview Series. In this episode, Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think and a Director for the Charleston Conference interviews Jay Flynn, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Research at Wiley.

Video of the presentation...