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Send us a message!We've got BIG news to share! In this special bonus episode, we welcome back industry powerhouse Amy Hinote to reveal all the exciting details about the 2025 Women's Summit!What better time to celebrate this announcement than during International Women's Day on March 8, 2025? This global day of recognition honors the achievements of women in every industry—including the incredible women shaping the vacation rental space. And what better way to continue that celebration than by gathering in person this August?Taking place August 19-21, 2025, at the historic Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, SC, the Women's Summit has become a must-attend event, bringing together property managers, vendors, thought leaders, and trailblazing women from across the industry. Don't miss out on this exclusive update from Amy Hinote as she shares insider details on what to expect at this year's event!Key Topics Discussed:1️⃣ The Women's Summit 2025 – What to Expect & Why You Should Attend2️⃣ Keynote speakers3️⃣ The event's focus on mentorship, leadership, and career growth4️⃣ How the summit fosters cross-generational conversations in the industry5️⃣ An inside look at the session tracks6️⃣ Volunteer and Sponsorship Opportunities – How to Get InvolvedConnect with Amy Hinote:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amymutual/ Register for the VR Women's Summit and use code ALEXANDANNIE at checkout to save $100 on your registration: https://vrwsummit.com/ Ready to take your operations to the next level? Visit https://tnsinc.com/podcasts-alex-and-annie/  to learn more.Get $50 credit and $0 onboarding fee when you sign up for Beyond, the leading dynamic pricing tool for vacation rentals: http://beyondpricing.info/alexandannie#WomensSummit2025 #VacationRentals #ShortTermRentals

It's a running theme on this show: Charleston is chock full of haunted hotels. We can add The Francis Marion Hotel to that list, as it is said to be haunted by a man who took his own life after being rejected by his lover. Also, the Angel Oak in Charleston is one of the oldest trees this side of the Mississippi River. Many people come from all over to take in its beauty and admire its ability to withstand many horrendous storms over the years, including Hurricane Hugo. Some even say that is brings a ghostly energy at night. And later, we have a short story from the book Spooky South Carolina about a man who encountered a ghost on the infamous Crybaby Bridge. Pick up a copy of Spooky South Carolina here: https://scparkstore.com/products/spooky-south-carolina-adi00785 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scspookshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scspookshow/support

Erin McLaughlin, our VP of Private Markets Resources joined the show to talk about ACEC's upcoming symposium on the intermodal and logistics market taking place in Charleston, SC on December 2-3. The event will bring together leaders in business, trade, and real estate to discuss the future of the Port of Charleston, new developments in supply chain and logistics, and many other topics critical to the regional economy.  Here are the details: Intermodal and Logistics Symposium  Hosted by the American Council of Engineering Companies December 3, 2021, from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, S.C. Early bird registration ends Nov. 12   Speakers at the event will include: Walter Kemmsies - Economist, focusing on global trade, logistics, and real estate with JLL and the Kemmsies Group Chris Novack - Senior Director, Engineering Facilities Maintenance with the Georgia Ports Authority Walter Lagarenne - Senior Director, Engineering & Facilities with the South Carolina Ports Authority Stephanie Few - Attorney with Womble, Bond Dickinson, focusing on economic development and land, former City of Charleston Director of Economic Development Brian Gwin - Industrial Development Manager with Norfolk Southern Railway Lynette Cardoch, PhD - Director of Resilience and Adaptation with Moffatt & Nichol Sarah Cox - Project Manager of freight and intermodal planning with BCD Council of Governments The event includes an optional tour of the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal at the Port of Charleston following the day's discussions.  Early Bird Member Rate (Valid until 11/12): $395  Member Rate: $450 Non-Member Rate: $795 Learn more at: https://programs.acec.org/private-market-symposiums/  

In today's podcast episode, we take a look into the history behind Marion, Virginia's historic General Francis Marion Hotel. This boutique hotel located in downtown Marion is full of rich history and stories from many years past. We had the chance to go and visit the hotel, view all of the amenities, and learn about its history. If you would like to book a stay at the hotel, or even just take some time to visit, you will find a lot of great historical pieces such as newspaper clippings, original architecture, as well as the well-managed renovations which preserve the hotel's historic significance. If you would like to learn more about the General Francis Marion Hotel or book a stay, be sure to visit their website at: https://www.gfmhotel.com/ To learn more about Southwest Virginia and all we have to offer, please visit our website at: www.visitswva.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/storiesfromswva/message

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2018 REPA Convention Charleston SC at the Francis Marion Hotel.  Your Radio Show Hosts interview the Retired Eastern Pilots, wives and friends on the Convention floor.  Join us at 1:00 pm ET as we depart of Flight 381. See you at the gate

Welcome to episode 64 of ATG: The Podcast. This week’s installment features audio that was recorded live at the 2017 Charleston Conference as part of our Penthouse Suite interviews. Dave Tyckoson, Librarian, California State University, is interviewed by Tom Gilson of Against the Grain and Jack Montgomery of Western Kentucky University. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled “Views from the Penthouse Suite.” These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Videos of these interviews are available on the Charleston Conference YouTube channel and on the Conference website video page. Thanks for listening! Links: Dave Tyckoson Interview Video https://youtu.be/iMbPBeaobnU Charleston Conference YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlestonConference ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite Videos: http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/atg-penthouse-interviews/

If you listened to last weeks’ episode, you know that I’m on the road with my family for the summer. Today I’m recording in San Antonio, TX, where we’re getting ready to visit the Alamo and bike the Missions Trail. The audio for episode 61, however, was recorded live at the 2017 Charleston Conference as part of our Penthouse Suite interviews. Loretta Parham, CEO & Library Director of Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, is interviewed by Tom Gilson of Against the Grain and Glenda Alvin of Tennessee State University. Ms. Parham was also a keynote speaker for the conference, and her presentation can be viewed at https://youtu.be/F-0nqy44KIo.  Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled “Views from the Penthouse Suite.” These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Videos of these interviews are available on the Charleston Conference YouTube channel and on the Conference website video page. Thanks for listening! Links: Loretta Parham Interview Video https://youtu.be/f_EiqLKOy04 Charleston Conference YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlestonConference ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite Videos: http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/atg-penthouse-interviews/  

Today, on episode 59, we’re featuring audio from the 2017 ATG Penthouse Suite interview with Georgios Papadopolous, Founder and CEO of Atypon. Georgios is interviewed by Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled “Views from the Penthouse Suite.” These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Videos of these interviews are available on the Charleston Conference YouTube channel and on the Conference website video page. Links: Georgios Papadopolous Interview Video https://youtu.be/P0OaGfzgStQ Charleston Conference YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlestonConference ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite Videos: http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/atg-penthouse-interviews/  

Today, on Episode 57, we’re featuring audio from the 2017 ATG Penthouse Suite interview with Judy Luther, President of Informed Strategies. Judy is interviewed by Erin Gallagher, Director of Collections Services at Reed College, and Jack Montgomery, Coordinator of Acquisitions and Collection Services at Western Kentucky University. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled “Views from the Penthouse Suite.” These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Videos of these interviews are available on the Charleston Conference YouTube channel and on the Conference website video page.  Links: Judy Luther Interview Video https://youtu.be/tXMcwm5uw-k Charleston Conference YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CharlestonConference ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite Videos: http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/atg-penthouse-interviews/  

Today, for episode 53, we’re featuring the audio from the interview at the 2017 Charleston Conference with Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian of Internet Archive. Our hosts are Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Albert Joy, Library Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont. Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled “Views from the Penthouse Suite.” These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Videos of these interviews are available on the Charleston Conference YouTube channel and on the Conference website video page. Brewster Kahle Interview Video: https://youtu.be/lhblEZfqX_k List of all Penthouse Suite Interviews: https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/atg-penthouse-interviews/ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/  

Each year, ATG is pleased to release a series of video interviews titled “Views from the Penthouse Suite.” These interviews occur at the Charleston Library Conference, and it has become something that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Videos of these interviews are available on the Charleston Conference YouTube channel and on the Conference website video page. Today, for episode 49, we’re featuring the audio from the interview at the 2017 Charleston Conference with Maggie Farrell, Dean of Libraries, University Nevada, Las Vegas. Our hosts are Tom Gilson, Associate Editor of Against the Grain, and Albert Joy, Library Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont. Also, a special thanks to Jared Seay, our video engineer! https://youtu.be/Sx84NhJ92uk https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/atg-penthouse-interviews/ Maggie Farrell is the Dean of Libraries at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas leading the library system serving over 30,000 students in a diverse and energetic community. Previously, Maggie was the Dean of Libraries at Clemson University and the University of Wyoming. Maggie also has served as Associate Dean of Libraries at Montana State University; Consultant for the US Government Printing Office; Head of Government Publications at UNLV; USIA/ALA Fellow at Dalhousie University, Canada; and Documents Librarian at Arizona State University. Maggie earned Master’s degrees in public administration from Arizona State University and library science from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor’s degree in American Studies from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. This varied experience contributes to Maggie’s interest in library leadership and management, including authoring the "Leadership Reflections" column in the Journal of Library Administration as well as other presentations and writings.  

Welcome to episode 42 of ATG: The Podcast. For readers of Against the Grain, our guest this week will be familiar from her long-time contributions to the “Copyright Questions and Answers” column. Laura N. “Lolly” Gasaway is the Paul B. Eaton Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita of UNC Chapel Hill. This week, she’s reading her column from the February 2016 issue of Against the Grain, v28 #1. As always, Lolly answers many intriguing questions. Included are questions sent in from an academic librarian, a public librarian, an elementary school teacher and more. But first, a few announcements. When this podcast is aired on Monday, November 6, it will be the start of the Charleston Conference week! We’re looking forward to seeing all of our attendees, presenters, sponsors, and exhibitors there. Please check in upon arrival to receive your name badge and attendee materials. Name badges will be required for entry into conference venues, the reception, and conference shuttles. The registration check-in desk will be located in the upper lobby of the Francis Marion Hotel at 387 King Street. Hours are posted on the conference website at the link provided in the show notes. The 2017 Conference Reception, sponsored by Elsevier, will be held on Wednesday, November 8, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the SC Aquarium. Shuttle transportation will be available from the Francis Marion Hotel to the aquarium. The entire aquarium, plus the Shark Shallows touch tank outside on the deck, will be open for attendees to visit. Delicious Lowcountry specialties, like shrimp and grits, as well as more traditional reception fare will be served and beer, wine and soft drinks will be available at the bar. Live musical entertainment will be provided by The Soulfeathers. Side note – the awesome guy on drums is my brother! We’ll also have a photo booth, sponsored by Duke University Press, to take pictures with fun and goofy props. Conducting a Conference takes a lot of dedication, time, and assistance from a lot of people. It also takes money. The Charleston Conference would like to thank all of our sponsors that made generous contributions: Adam Matthew, American Mathematical Society, Better World Books, Cambridge University Press, Canadian Science Publishing, CHOICE, Clarivate Analytics, Credo Reference, Duke University Press, EBSCO Information Services, Elsevier, Gale, a Cengage Company, HighWire Press, IGI Global, IOP Publishing, MDPI, the OECD, Oxford University Press, ProQuest, Rittenhouse, SAGE Publishing, Springer Nature, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group, University of Hawaii Press, the Wall Street Journal, and Yewno. Please thank their representatives when you see them! --------------------------- And now, a few updates to the “If Rumors Were Horses” column from Katina Strauch. I hope that you have all heard that Leah Hinds has been appointed Executive Director of the Charleston Conference! Leah is tireless and deserves all the recognition we can give her! Look at all the new initiatives that have begun with ATG and ATG media! Speaking of which there was a free webinar on Wednesday -- Charleston Library Conference Tips and Tricks for Attending. Heather Staines and Leah organized it and many of the Charleston Conference regulars will be on the webinar. Here is a link to it for your use! It will be available on the Conference website as of Thursday November 2. https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/webinars See the Charleston Conference November print issue (v.29#5, p.85) of ATG for a picture of the awesome (we used to call him “the nemesis” in earlier ATGs) Chuck Hamaker who has retired from UNC-Charlotte. Chuck is pictured with his Emeritus certificate from UNC-C. What a career Chuck has had. He will be presenting at the Charlotte Initiative Symposium on Monday afternoon. 2017charlestonconference.sched.org/ If you haven’t encountered Carol Apollo you need to! Carol and Leah met when they were neighbors in Gilbert, SC. Carol is a Social Media Manager and Strategist who believes that a good social media campaign has the power to change the world. She has worked mostly with non-profit and volunteer organizations to optimize their Internet presence and engage their audience and has been working with Against the Grain Media for the past 6 months. Carol’s podcast on social media for libraries is available on the ATG newschannel. Carol has moved back up north but she will be in Charleston helping with the podcast at the Conference in the Gaillard Center lobby - recording takeaways and comments from attendees. She will also be helping with the Speed networking during the poster sessions at the Conference http://atgthepodcast.libsyn.com/podcast/atgthepodcast-039-libraries-and-social-media-with-carol-apollo Speaking of the Poster sessions, Tom Gilson has worked diligently with Jesse Lamarre of Morressier Gmbh in Berlin. Thank also to Sven Fund for hooking us up with Morressier and to John Williams who has worked with Tom and Jesse to make the virtual posters a reality. Hope that you all like them! There will be 37 Virtual posters in Charleston this year! jesse.lamarre@morressier.com www.morressier.com Fast Pitch finalists have been selected and we're in the process of coaching. Be sure to come and vote for our favorite at the session on Wed 11/8 at 4:40 PM.  Glenda Alvin is introducing Loretta Parham, one of our keynote speakers at the Conference. Glanda was reminiscing about African American Librarians attending the Conference. Many of them have retired and we are searching for more to take up the mantle! Be sure and meet Aaisha Haykal, manager of archives at the Avery Center for Research in African American History, who is attending this year! We told you in the print November ATG that Franny Lee is now VP of Product Development at Chegg, a publicly-traded company with a learning platform and product lines that include textbook rental, tutoring services, test pre, etc. Tom Gilson had a Penthouse Interview scheduled with Franny during the Charleston Conference but we have just learned that Franny is not able to come to Charleston because of a medical procedure. www.chegg.com/ I was poking around the ATG newschannel and learned that Napoleon was a bibliophile! He traveled with a library of miniature books and was a voracious reader. This was John Riley’s ATG Quirky ATG Quirkies: Napoleon’s Kindle on October 25. I seem to remember that Elisabeth Chapman was a collector of miniature books. Liz is retired but I’ll bet she is still collecting miniature books! Returning to John Riley! He will NOT be in Charleston this year because he is running for political office! Mayor of Northampton! That's the good news. The bad news is that he will have to miss his first Charleston Conference in 32 years! With the election being held on November 7 he just can't break away on time. Speaking of the 37th Charleston Conference! I am looking forward to it! I am not the spring chicken that I once was so I am having trouble getting around! BUT I WANT very much to meet all of you so please come up and interrupt me and let’s talk! Thanks and much love always, Katina Yr Ed.  

This week, we have another installment of “Let’s Get Technical” by ATG Column Editors Stacey Marien (Acquisitions Librarian, American University Library) and Alayne Mundt (Resource Description Librarian, American University Library) focusing on practical problems and solutions in Technical Services departments. Columns covered are: Let’s Get Technical - A Technical Services Perspective On Taking On A Shared Retention Project, Part Two Let’s Get Technical - The Paper Chase, How One Library Tracked the Chaos of Media Ordering Let’s Get Technical - Desk Tracker, A New Way of Tracking Cataloging Statistics But first, Leah Hinds has a couple of quick announcements for the conference. The Call for Papers deadline was Friday, July 14, and we received a ton of fantastic proposals, as always. The conference planning committee will review all of these proposals over the next week and will be contacting the primary session organizers with decisions by August 1. There are a couple of applications that are open for opportunities at the conference I’d like to draw your attention to. First, the Charleston Fast Pitch Competition is looking for proposals that pitch a winning idea to improve service at an academic or research library. This contest is designed to recognize and reward new innovation in academic library and information management. The Juried Product Development Forums, or JPDF’s, are designed to offer publishers and vendors a chance to discuss new products in development, or improvements to existing products, and receive feedback from librarians and library workers. The Charleston Premiers are lightning round sessions designed to showcase new products and innovations already in the marketplace but that may not be widely known yet. Details on all of these events are available on the conference website at the links provided in the show notes. New this year, our Virtual Posters will be displayed on large flatscreen monitors with iPad kiosks. The app on the iPads will function much like Netflix, where you can scroll through categories with poster thumbnails and titles, then select a poster to view on the big screen. You can zoom and swipe on the iPad to enlarge the view on the big screen as well. We’re really excited about this new format for viewing posters and look forward to sharing it with our attendees! The virtual posters will be on display during the Poster Session on Wednesday, November 8, from 6:00 – 6:45 pm outside the Carolina Ballroom in the Francis Marion Hotel. Running concurrently will be the Happy Hour Networking event and Speed Networking in the Calhoun Room down the hall. The print posters and poster presenters will be inside the Carolina Ballroom. Appetizers will be provided, and a cash bar will be available as well. Also, as a reminder, we have a fantastic line-up of preconferences that will be held on Monday and Tuesday, November 6 and 7, prior to the start of the main conference. We’ve had a series of preconference previews in the last couple of podcast episodes, and we’ll continue that in the future with more episodes that interview the presenters and give a little bit more background and detail on the sessions themselves. You can find registration for these sessions on the main conference registration page, and session details are available on the conference website. Once again we hear about the exciting travel award announcement from JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments. Link to the Travel Award Charleston Fast Pitch Competition Juried Product Development Forums Charleston Premiers Preconference schedule with session details Registration for the Charleston Conference, including preconferences  

Views from the Penthouse Suite Interview with Michael Levine-Clark Against the Grain, the premier journal linking publishers, vendors, and librarians, is pleased to release a series of interviews titled "Views from the Penthouse Suite." These interviews are an annual occurrence at the Charleston Library Conference; one that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Mark Clark Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Michael Levine-Clark, Dean & Director, University of Denver Libraries, is interviewed by Tom Gilson and Jack Montgomery in November 2016 in an “Against the Grain” Penthouse interview at the 2016 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. We start with a conversation about a panel Michael participated in at the Charleston Conference which focused on alternative ways of expanding the "discovery ecosystem" and how librarians and publishers can enhance library discovery tools. The interview continues as Michael talks about a recent study that he and two colleagues reported on dealing with freely available content including open access, “rogue” content, and pirated content. The role librarians can play is also discussed. Next Michael discusses the possible threat open access might pose to the library’s role in funding collection development and how libraries might best react. The conversation continues as Michael talks about the position he took as one of the two featured debaters in the Conference's annual Hyde Park debate. The interview ends with his observation that although it was not planned, his various presentations melded and complimented each other by dealing with related issues. The interview video on YouTube www.against-the-grain.com www.atgthepodcast.com www.charlestonlibraryconference.com Leave us a comment    

Views from the Penthouse Suite Interview with Jayne Marks Against the Grain, the premier journal linking publishers, vendors, and librarians, is pleased to release a series of interviews titled "Views from the Penthouse Suite." These interviews are an annual occurrence at the Charleston Library Conference; one that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Mark Clark Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. Jayne Marks, Vice President, Global Publishing, Wolters Kluwer Health is interviewed by Tom Gilson and Albert Joy in November 2016 at the 2016 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Jayne offers several suggestions of how publishers might assist authors, editors, and reviewers in navigating the publishing process. How librarians can assist is also discussed. The conversation moves on to the essential importance of archiving and then to a discussion of publishing standards with a focus on how publishers and librarians might collaborate in both these areas. Jayne continues the interview talking about the value of discovery services and how they might be enhanced and then suggests ways publishers and librarians might work together in guiding patrons to quality resources. Open access is next on the agenda. Jayne thinks of OA as a different route for publishers to get their content to the reader. She says that the real concern is the quality of that content. The interview ends with Jayne wondering how we are going to cope with the "enormous portfolio" of information available and get readers the high-quality content they need. The interview video on YouTube www.against-the-grain.com www.atgthepodcast.com www.charlestonlibraryconference.com Leave us a comment  

ATG Views from the Penthouse Suite Interview with Judith Russell Against the Grain, the premier journal linking publishers, vendors, and librarians, is pleased to release a series of interviews titled "Views from the Penthouse Suite." These interviews are an annual occurrence at the Charleston Library Conference; one that we look forward to every year. Select speakers and attendees are invited to the Mark Clark Penthouse Suite on the 12th floor of the Francis Marion Hotel in historic downtown Charleston, SC, to discuss wide-ranging topics and issues of importance to the publishing and library world. This episode contains the audio from the video recorded by Jared Seay. Judith C. Russell, Dean of University Libraries, University of Florida is interviewed by Tom Gilson and Jack Montgomery in November 2016 in an "Against the Grain" Penthouse interview at the 2016 Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Judith discusses her experience as the first female Superintendent of Documents and how it helped prepare her for her position as Dean of University Libraries, University of Florida. The conversation moves on to a unique pilot project in which UF Libraries and Elsevier are making their platforms interoperable to help showcase UF faculty research. Additional project benefits, including a fuller awareness of the faculty’s open access publishing and increased visibility of UF research, are also highlighted. Judith then continues with a discussion of a similar arrangement that UF Libraries are developing with CHORUS and its member publishers. Judith also notes that this arrangement is serving as a model for other libraries that are interested in working with CHORUS publishers. The interview then switches to a discussion of collaborative collection development and several successful projects in which UF Libraries are participating. Judith continues the focus on collaborative collection development by describing ASERL’s Collaborative Federal Depository Library program. The LLMC Digital Law library and the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) are also offered as examples. Judith then moves on to discuss future possibilities for national collaborative collection development. The conversation ends with Judith noting the difficulty in choosing which projects to pursue among all the possible opportunities and stressing the need to be realistic. The interview video on YouTube www.against-the-grain.com www.atgthepodcast.com www.charlestonlibraryconference.com Leave us a comment