Podcasts and Scholarly Communication

This podcast features an interview with George B. Adams III, Associate Director for Programs, Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University. Our interview was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

nanoHUB provides users with “fingertip access” to over 70 simulation tools for research and education. Users not only launch jobs that are executed on the state-of-the-art computational facilities of Open Science Grid and TeraGrid, but also interactively visualize and analyze the results--all via an ordinary Web browser. nanoHUB middleware hides the complexity of Grid computing, handling authentication, authorization, file transfer, and visualization, and letting the researcher focus on research. This approach also helps educators bring these tools to the classroom, letting them bypass the difficulties of Grid computing and focus instead on learning science and engineering.

This 16 minute podcast features an interview with Karla Hahn, Director of Scholarly Communication for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). It was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Surveys and interviews of members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have revealed that a majority are now developing publishing services. Publishing centered in research institutions has a long history. Departments, institutes and other campus publishing have complemented university press publishing, collectively producing a wide range of high-quality works. Research libraries are positioned to transform university publishing as they create organized publishing services.

Libraries launch publishing services in response to needs for new kinds of support for scholarly publications. Services focus on the local constituency, although much of the content they are publishing comes from outside the institution. Journal publishing is the most common genre supported, although a majority of programs also support monographic publishing.

This 31 minute podcast, recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting, features an interview with Tara McPherson, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Critical Studies at the University of Southern California, and Editor of Vectors: Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular.

On this podcast we feature an interview with Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information. He spoke to us from the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Clifford Lynch has been the Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) since July 1997. CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity.

This podcast features a keynote speech from the ELI 2008 Annual Meeting. It's by Bob Young, CEO at Lulu Enterprises, and is entitled, "Educational Publishing: Moving from the 18th to the 21st Century in One Step".

Today's competitive education industry requires that we deliver more relevant information to our students faster than ever before. Taking six months to prepare a document and another six months to print and distribute it simply no longer meets the needs of 21st-century students or the society we are preparing them for.

In this 11 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Kate Wittenberg, Director of the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC). She spoke to us at the Coalition for Neworked Information Fall 2007 Task Force Meeting.

In this 16 minute recording, we'll hear from Portico's Executive Director, Eileen Fenton.  Listen in as she shares some background on Portico their digital preservation work.   


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

The attached 14 minute recording provides coverage of an interview with Syracuse CIO, Paul Gandel. Listen in as Gene Spencer hosts a discussion about strategies for talking with the press, data visualization, scholarly communication and much more.

See also:

• Prints And Visual Communication
• Libraries: Standing at the Wrong Platform, Waiting for the Wrong Train?

In this 23 minute recording, we'll hear from Valparaiso's CIO, Dennis Trinkle. Listen in as he shares a few thoughts on his 361º Model for Transforming Teaching and Learning with Technology, scholarly communication in a digital age, learning space design and cyberliability insurance.

Other podcasts of potential interest include ...

• An interview with KT Tay of Singapore's Republic Polytechnic
• An Interview with Steve Wheatley, VP of ACLS
• An Interview with GMU's Roy Rosenzweig

Dennis was also recently quoted in a recent Chronicle article about cyberliability.

In this 14 minute recording, we'll hear from Nancy Eaton, Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at The Pennsylvania State University.  We'll talk about her unique role at Penn State, DPubS, Google books, and more. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org