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Charleston Library Conference 

Jun 26, 2023

In today’s episode, we’re talking with Ingrid Skrede, Co-Founder and CMO, Ludenso.   Ingrid is interviewed by Matthew Ismail, a Conference Director and Editor in Chief of the Charleston Briefings.

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Jun 19, 2023

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Conference from a presentation titled “The Psychology of Metrics.” This session was presented by Daniel Hook, CEO, Digital Science, and Violeta Ilik, Dean of Libraries, Adelphi University.

Video of the presentation available at: https://youtu.be/_irIZfdJrCI

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Jun 12, 2023

Audio from the 2023 Charleston In Between, The Future of Scholarly Communication in a ChatGPT World, from the keynote presentation titled “Aiding and Abetting: The Machines We’re Making.” This session was presented by Peter Brantley, Director of Online Strategy, UC Davis.

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Jun 5, 2023

Audio from the 2022 Charleston Library Conference from the session titled “It’s Opener There In Wide Open Air.” This session was presented by Anne Campbell, EBSCO; Sion Romaine, University of Washington; Denise Branch, Virginia Commonwealth University;   and Dennis Bridges, FOLIO.

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