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ATGthePodcast 336 - A Conversation with Harry Collins, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (opens the original)
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Description for Show Notes : Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Harry Collins , Professor Emeritus, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Harry is one of the most distinguished academics involved in the sociology of science and has authored 25 books throughout his career. He earned his master's in sociology from Essex University, went on to earn his PhD in the same field, and spent 45 years studying one group of physic
ATGthePodcast 335 - A Conversation with Daniel Dollar, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources, Yale University (opens the original)
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Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Daniel Dollar , Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources, Yale University. Daniel started out by studying politics in the early 90's, going to Washington, D.C., bouncing around between jobs on Capitol Hill, and working for a senator from N.C. until a former staff director and a senior advisor to the Senate Rules Committee advised him to apply to the Library of Congress for a job
ATGthePodcast 334 - A Conversation with Ulrich Herb, Head, Publication and Research Support, Saarland University Library (opens the original)
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Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Ulrich Herb , Head, Publication and Research Support, Saarland University Library. Ulrich has been based for over 20 years at Saarland University. He talks with Michael about being born and raised in Saarland (the smallest federal state in Germany), and growing up in a village directly at the River Saar, the frontier between France and Germany with a unique and turbulent history. His father wa
ATGthePodcast 333 - A Conversation with Elizabeth Gadd, Chair, INORMS Research Evaluation Group (opens the original)
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Full title: A Conversation with Elizabeth Gadd, Chair, INORMS Research Evaluation Group, and Head of Research Culture and Assessment, Loughborough University Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Elizabeth Gadd , Chair, INORMS Research Evaluation Group, and Head of Research Culture and Assessment, Loughborough University. Elizabeth says that she had an amazing English teacher in school, which led her to pursue an English degree, e
ATGthePodcast 332 - A Conversation with Josh Cromwell, Scholarly Communications Manager, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries (opens the original)
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Today's episode features guest host Michael Upshall (guest editor, Charleston Briefings) who talks with Josh Cromwell , Scholarly Communications Manager, University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. Josh is author of the recent Charleston Briefings Institutional Repositories . He has a background in history, and when asked what the appeal of joining a library was to him, he says it merged two of his interests: education and research. In this conversation, he talks with Michael about his early w
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