ATGthePodcast 283 - A Conversation with Stephen Webster, Director, Science Communication Unit, Imperial College, London

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Rice Majors, Associate University Librarian, University of California, Davis. Rice studied music and worked in the library as an undergraduate, where he was initially hired during the Summer to work on a retroactive barcoding project of their collections, looking at stacks of the music library. In this conversation, Rice talks more about his background, his current role as Associate University Librarian and his involvement as principal investigator for Project LEND, a major investigation into the use of digital books within institutions. LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricemajors/ Keywords:  #DigitalLibraries #HigherEducation #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #KnowledgeSharing #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Ronald Snijder, CTO, Head of Research, OAPEN Foundation. Ronald first obtained his bachelor’s in librarianship, then worked in IT, and then moved into academic publishing with Amsterdam University Press. He says he combines all these experiences with OAPEN library work, where he focuses on open access for books, and is responsible for the technical infrastructure of both OAPEN and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). In this interview, he talks about his compelling career, which includes libraries, Not-for-profit foundations, and software companies. LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldsnijder/ Keywords:  #OAPEN #DOAB #OpenAccess #OpenAccessBooks #PublishingTech #DigitalLibraries #HigherEducation #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #LibraryScience #KnowledgeSharing #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Brian Nosek,  Executive Director, Center for Open Science. Brian is co-founder of three different non-profit organizations: The Center for Open Science, Project Implicit and the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, all of which are centered around advancing research and education on implicit bias, improving research culture, transparency, integrity and reproducibility.   He also co-developed the Implicit Association Test, a method that advanced research and public interest in implicit bias. Brian is also a social psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. In this interview, he talks about these roles and how they intersect. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-nosek-682b17114/ Keywords:  #COS #OpenScience #OpenSource #OpenResearch #Research #ResearchCulture #FutureOfResearch #ScientificIntegrity #Reproducibility #Transparency  #ResearchIntegrity #BehavioralScience #ImplicitBias #SocialPsychology #AcademicResearch #OpenAccess #HigherEducation #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Damien Pattinson, Executive Director, eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. Damien earned his PhD in neuroscience. After a postdoc at Kings College, London, UK, he began his career in scholarly publishing almost twenty years ago, first joining BMJ as a scientific editor, then PLOS ONE as executive director and then as editorial director, and Research Square as VP of Publishing Innovation.  Damien joined eLife in 2020. In this conversation, he talks about Open Science and the eLife publishing model.  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-pattinson-b054508/ Twitter: Keywords:  #eLife #OpenScience #OpenResearch #Research #FutureOfResearch #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicResearch #OpenAccess #OpenSource #PeerReview #HigherEducation #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

This episode is sponsored by Taylor & Francis, and the views, opinions, and content expressed during this sponsored episode are those of the participants, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcast or the Charleston Hub. Sponsorship does not imply endorsement of any products, services, or statements made during the episode. Thank you to Taylor & Francis for supporting ATG the Podcast and its mission to connect librarians, publishers, and vendors.  Today’s episode features Emily McElroy, Vice President, Academic Relations, Taylor & Francis, who talks with Matt Carson, Head of the Data Management and Technology Department, Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center at Northwestern University; Wind Cowles, Associate Dean for Data Research and Teaching at Princeton University Library; and Dr. Rebecca Taylor-Grant, Director of Open Science Strategy & Innovation, Taylor & Francis.   In this conversation, Matt and Wind, whom have both built strong data services programs and contributed to national efforts to improve them, describe the data services that their libraries provide for their campuses, how they help fill in the gaps for research support, meet researchers where they are, and their work to spread awareness of what their libraries can offer for researchers. Rebecca, who offers the perspective of a humanities and social sciences publisher who works to facilitate data sharing policies, talks about what is valuable for libraries in supporting their institutions and supporting better data sharing practices.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-mcelroy-677a377/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbcarson/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/wind-cowles-8040614/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rebecca-taylor-grant-45931931/  Keywords: #Taylor&Francis #LibraryScience #DataCuration #DataSharing #DataResources #OpenData #SocialSciences #ResearcherSupport #ResearchData #OpenResearch #DataServices #HigherEducation #InstitutionalSupport #StudentSuccess #LibraryCollections #LibraryInnovation #career #partnerships #collaboration #scholcomm #FacultySupport #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #LibrarySpaces #UniversityLibrary #AcademicLibrary #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with John Willinsky, Founder, Public Knowledge Project. In this conversation, John talks about his career beginnings as a schoolteacher, then becoming a college professor and researcher. In 1998, he became frustrated with being unable to share research findings with the public due to copyright issues. So, he founded the Public Knowledge Project to improve discoverability and indexing in scholarly research. The PKP has since grown into a global, open-source initiative now used by over 50,000 journals, working with Google Scholar and OpenAlex. John believes research integrity and public education is important and talks about the development of open access and the challenges that remain today with implementing it.  The video of this interview can be found here:  Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ Keywords: #PublicKnowledgeProject #KnowledgeSharing #Research #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicResearch #OpenAccess #OpenSource #HigherEducation #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Stephen Webster, Director, Science Communication Unit, Imperial College, London. Stephan began his career by studying biology and the life sciences and attended Cambridge University where he studied the philosophy of science, and became interested in how science is understood and taught. He spent several years as a secondary school science teacher in London and eventually led one of the first science communication master’s programs, and is currently a senior lecturer at Imperial College. Stephen believes that engaging and listening to the public is very important with science communication to build trust, and to see the public as partners who could be very knowledgeable. He also says that good science is built on well-supported scientists.  The video of this interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/yG6kJtvfx7A Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-webster-36723853/ Twitter: Keywords: #SciComm, #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #ScienceEducation #HigherEducation #OpenScience #ResearchCulture #EthicsInScience #CommunityEngagement #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with David Worlock, Publishing Veteran and Digital Strategy Advisor. David began his career in the scholarly publishing industry over 50 years ago. In this conversation, he reflects on the evolution of scholarly communication since the 1970’s when he began working in law publishing, the shift to digital formats and working with other publishers and, currently, the transformation brought on with AI. He also talks about preprints, self-publishing, and the evolving role of librarians and libraries as data collectors, aggregators, and curators of digital content as well as educators. David believes critical thinking is very important, and says “The more central the machines become, the more important the human-to-human interaction will become.” The video of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/9h-0h9PseOk Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidworlock/ Twitter: Keywords: #AIinPublishing #DigitalLibraries #DigitalTransformation #OpenAccess #Preprints #HigherEducation #LibraryInnovation #Innovation #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Liam Bullingham, Assistant Director of Academic and Research Services, University of Essex. Liam is a Trustee and a conference organizer of UKSG, serves on the Library Advisory Group for Open Research Europe, co-organizes 'Open Research Week' with colleagues in Liverpool and Lancashire, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Liam earned a Master’s in Literary Studies at the University of Glasgow and later earned a Master’s in Librarianship from the University of Sheffield.  He has worked in various roles in institutions across the UK and Scotland during his library career ranging from library shelver to Knowledge Management Resources Assistant to Information Advisor to Liaison Librarian, Research Support Librarian, Head of Research Support Services and now to his current role as Assistant Director of Academic and Research Services. Liam believes being a librarian isn’t just about books, but also about fairness, inclusivity, innovation and collections as a service. The video of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/1LlizrOThK8 Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/liambullingham/ Twitter: Keywords: #InformationServices, #DigitalLiteracy #HigherEducation #ResearchSupport #OpenResearch #AcademicResearch #LibraryManagement #Innovation #Inclusivity #LibraryDiversity #LibraryJobs #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts

Today’s episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Richard Sever, Assistant Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Richard earned his PhD in molecular biology and has been with Cold Spring Harbor for over 17 years. He recently became Chief Science and Strategy Officer at Open Archive, which oversees bioRxiv and medRxiv. Richard says he has always been fascinated with figuring out how things work, and that led him to a career in science. He realized that he didn’t want a career in academic research but enjoyed science communication instead. Richard moved into scientific publishing, enjoying the range of topics and collaboration with authors, and eventually chose Cold Spring to work with because of the high caliber research and mission driven innovation there.  Richard and his colleague John Inglis founded bioRxiv, a biology preprint server, with hopes to improve how science is evaluated and shared.   The video of this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/9dOa9gJy1Y0 Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mupshall/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardsever/ Twitter: Keywords: #ColdSpringHarbor #BioRxiv #MedRxiv #STEMCareers #ResearchInnovation #OpenScience #ScientificPublishing #SciComm #ScienceCommunication #preprints #career #collaboration #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication #libraries #librarianship #LibraryNeeds #LibraryLove #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #publishing #LibrariesAndPublishers #podcasts