What Library?

Nate S Jacobs

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Nate interviews librarians, researchers, community leaders, and builders from all corners of scholarly communication asking the same simple question - what is a library?

OCT 30

Tim Dennis

Nate interviews Tim Dennis, the directer of the Data Science Center at the UCLA Library. Tim is a research data specialists with a long history working with large data sets for use in research. We discuss curating research data, coding and open source tooling for data science, building communities of practice, the difference between a data archive and a data library, and the past and future of big data in research. Baby Riley chimes in unexpectedly with her own raw take. Additional reading and featured links: UCLA Carpentries (https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/programs/the-carpentries/) Tim Dennis portfolio (https://www.tim-dennis.com)

1h 52m
MAR 28

Charlotte Colella

Nate interviews Charlotte, an aspiring young lady who is counting on us all to build the libraries of the future. We talk about our favorite libraries, how they don't have enough comic books, and why spider man is awesome. Charlotte also has a few requests for new digital libraries! Please consider donating to Rose & Resilience to improve treatment options for rare forms of muscular dystrophy: https://www.roseandresilience.com/

56 min
MAR 1

Rowan Cockett

Nate interviews Rowan Cockett, co-founder of curvenote.com an authoring tool for manuscripts with native support for code and executable figures, and publishing infrastructure designed for an open content ecosystem. We talk about our kids, careers, and how the business of science took us both away from our first passion - science - and what we can do make sure our kids don't have to worry about the complexities and inequities of scholarly communication. Learn more: https://curvenote.com

1h 48m
FEB 5

Rich Schneider (Part 2)

Nate finishes talking with Rich, focusing on his ongoing work on author rights when publishing articles, rights retention, and rights reversion for decades old publications. We discuss how a more solid legal foundation will be necessary for future development of open library infrastructures and services, e.g. using articles in AI services. Further reading: https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/sc-md-kn-ucolasc-statement-on-retention-of-author-rights.pdf

1h 10m
11/07/2023

Rich Schneider (Part 1)

Nate interviews Rich Schneider, research faculty at UCSF and one of the lead negotiators during recent UC publisher contract negotiations. We discuss qucks, green OA, transformative agreements, the enduring format of the research article, drum circles, and two decades of work in OA activism in the UC system. Further Reading: UC policy negotiated by Rich, the "Declaration of Rights and Principles to Transform Scholarly Communication" from 2019: https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/rm-jn-transform-scholarly-communication-declaration-2019.pdf

1h 26m
10/25/2023

Ashley Farley

Nate interviews Ashley Farley, the program officer of knowledge and research services at the Gates Foundation. We discuss rural libraries, open access policies, preprints, disentangling prestige and publishing, and our biggest pet peeves with academic publishers.

1h 23m
10/20/2023

Intro with Nate Jacobs

Nate introduces the podcast and why he started it, and provides a bit of context and his own experiences that led him to search for deeper answers to the question - what is a library?

19 min

7 Episodes

Nate interviews librarians, researchers, community leaders, and builders from all corners of scholarly communication asking the same simple question - what is a library?

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Nate S Jacobs
Years Active

2023 - 2024
Episodes

7
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What Library?

What Library?

Episodes

Tim Dennis

Charlotte Colella

Rowan Cockett

Rich Schneider (Part 2)

Rich Schneider (Part 1)

Ashley Farley

Intro with Nate Jacobs

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