And so another Charleston Conference has drawn to a close.  It was highly successful  from start to finish.  A vote of thanks goes to Katina Strauch, the organizers, sponsors, exhibitors at the Vendor Showcase, and [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/yall-come-back/feed/ 2 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/hyde-park-corner-debate-the-traditional-research-library-is-dead/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/hyde-park-corner-debate-the-traditional-research-library-is-dead/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:33:56 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20613     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

The final session, called “Hyde Park Corer” took the form of a debate  on the statement: “The Traditional Research Library is Dead”.   Oxford Union-style rules were followed:

This popular session, now in its 3rd year, reviews recent legal cases impacting libraries.

Library and Archive Users Rights: An International Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
Winston Tabb, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-long-arm-of-the-law/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/find-is-greater-than-search/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/find-is-greater-than-search/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:30:40 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20560     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

This panel conducted an informal conversation (edited transcript below) addressing the questions of whether searchers are really finding what they are looking for and what new technologies are helping them.

How does your organization think [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/find-is-greater-than-search/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/scoap3-living-the-dream/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/scoap3-living-the-dream/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:42:45 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20558     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Ann Okerson presented a report on the SCOAP3 project and its current activities.

SCOAP3 is the first project to convert all of the peer-reviewed journals of a discipline to open [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/scoap3-living-the-dream/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/open-access-book-publishing-case-studies/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/open-access-book-publishing-case-studies/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:29:35 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20545     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Charles Watkinson from  Purdue University, moderator, introduced this session by noting that Open Access (OA) books are the next frontier in publishing.  How different are they from journals?  We need to develop our positions, but [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/open-access-book-publishing-case-studies/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-digital-public-library-of-americas-hubs-pilot-program/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-digital-public-library-of-americas-hubs-pilot-program/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:18:16 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20535     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Emily Gore, DPLA Director for Content, began by providing a brief outline of the background of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).

The DPLA is our attempt [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-digital-public-library-of-americas-hubs-pilot-program/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-21st-century-university-press/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-21st-century-university-press/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:53:31 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20531     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Leila Salisbury, Director of the University Press of Mississippi, introduced this panel of two university press directors.

She noted that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP).  The vast [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-21st-century-university-press/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/does-format-matter-usage-of-e-books-and-p-books/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/does-format-matter-usage-of-e-books-and-p-books/#comments Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:26:00 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20540     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

The e-book market is significantly expanding, but how is it affecting usage of printed book collections.  For example, when  the same book is available in both print and electronic form to the same audience, is [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/does-format-matter-usage-of-e-books-and-p-books/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/what-provosts-think-librarians-should-know/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/what-provosts-think-librarians-should-know/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:06:33 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20520     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

One  of the best sessions was this humorous and highly insightful one with university provosts.  Many librarians probably don’t know what provosts do, and may only see them very occasionally at administrative meetings.  They may [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/what-provosts-think-librarians-should-know/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-last-decade-in-e-journal-licensing/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-last-decade-in-e-journal-licensing/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:50:45 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20512     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Kristin Eschenfelder, Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, reported on a study of licensing data that she has conducted.  Licensing refers to the terms and conditions under which content [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-last-decade-in-e-journal-licensing/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/conference-reception-and-dinner/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/conference-reception-and-dinner/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:10:30 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20505     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

The conference reception and dinner were held on Thursday evening at the Charleston Visitor Center.  The menu featured low-country specialties such as shrimp and grits, ham on sweet potato cakes, and crab cakes.

Greg Tannenbaum, CEO, ScholarNext, writes a column with that title in Against the Grain, and it has become a tradition at the Charleston Conference for him to present a live version.  This year, his event [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/i-hear-the-train-a-comin/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/curating-a-new-world-of-publishing/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/curating-a-new-world-of-publishing/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:55:52 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20433     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

A panel of publishing industry executives discussed how libraries can deal with the flood of information being published today.

This panel addressed these questions:

New Curation Models
Mark Coker, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/curating-a-new-world-of-publishing/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/integrating-discovery-and-access-for-scholarly-articles/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/integrating-discovery-and-access-for-scholarly-articles/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:54:19 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20468     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Anurag Acharya, Lead Engineer Google Scholar, set out to build something he would want to use himself, and 8 years later, it became Google Scholar. He took us on a fascinating tour of its ideas [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/integrating-discovery-and-access-for-scholarly-articles/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-changing-world-of-e-books/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-changing-world-of-e-books/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:58:33 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20451     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Peter Brantley began by noting that e-books originally were repurposed print equivalents, initially in PDF format. But that has all changed.  Peter Brantley, Director, Bookserver Project at the Internet Archive, and Mike Shatzkin, [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-changing-world-of-e-books/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/a-publishers-new-job-description/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/a-publishers-new-job-description/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:57:54 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20422     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Annette Thomas, CEO of Macmillan Publishers, kicked off the conference with a brief history of Macmillan and her career.  She noted that Macmillan is very focused on science and education and how publishing supports scientists. [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/a-publishers-new-job-description/feed/ 1 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/dictionary-of-american-regional-english/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/dictionary-of-american-regional-english/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:04:51 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20417     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

I stopped by the exhibit on the Dictionary of American Regional English  (DARE) and found it fascinating.  Brianna Ross from the Harvard University Press (HUP) explained it to me.  DARE can tell you all [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/dictionary-of-american-regional-english/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-founder-mover-and-shaker-of-the-conference/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-founder-mover-and-shaker-of-the-conference/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:31:47 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20408     By Donald T. Hawkins      About Me     Email Me

Why, that would be none other than Katina Strauch!

Katina started the conference 32 years ago, and at first it was about 20 people gathered in a conference room at the College of Charleston, where [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/the-founder-mover-and-shaker-of-the-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/welcome-to-the-charleston-conference-blog/ http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/welcome-to-the-charleston-conference-blog/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:44:48 +0000 dthawkins http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=20342

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Welcome to the blog for The Charleston Conference 2012: “Accentuate the Positive”, which is the 32nd in the series since it began in 1980. I look forward to bringing [...]]]> http://www.against-the-grain.com/2012/11/welcome-to-the-charleston-conference-blog/feed/ 0