The Authority File

This week, many of you will trek to Cleveland for the ACRL conference. This episode highlights just a few of the many attractions in Cleveland, like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and lets you know how to connect with Bill and the Authority File while you’re at the conference. We’ll be recording episodes live on the show floor, so if you’re going to be in Cleveland, be sure to listen to this episode for the lowdown, and even if you’re not, tune in anyway for a bit of a preview of the conference and the many interviews we’ll be posting shortly afterward.

In the final of four episodes focusing on nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews and the ongoing evolution of the organization, Bill talks with Richard Gallagher, the President and Editor-in-Chief, about Subscribe to Open, a pilot program that enlists subscribing libraries to help open up journal content. They also discuss Plan S, and Richard offers a few ideas for smaller publishers who are thinking about changing their business models.

In the third of four episodes focusing on nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews and the ongoing evolution of the organization, Bill talks with Richard Gallagher, the President and Editor-in-Chief, about Knowable Magazine, digital publication that’s free to read and reuse (CC BY-ND), and brings a journalistic lens to the organization’s expert content. They discuss how it serves as a bridge between Annual Reviews’ academic review articles and the broader needs of the science-interested public. Richard also articulates the importance of accurate scientific information to a well-informed democracy.

In the second of four episodes focusing on nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews and the ongoing evolution of the organization, Bill talks with Richard Gallagher, the President and Editor-in-Chief, about the organization’s desire and efforts to move to an open access publication model. The first journal test case was the Annual Review of Public Health, and Richard discusses the remarkable uptick in use the journal has seen. One surprise Richard highlights is the variety of places using the journal. More universities than ever have begun downloading the content as well as health policy organizations, and, interestingly, prisons. What lessons can be learned from this expanding usage? Listen to find out.

With this episode, Choice is pleased to wrap up a semi-regular series of interviews with OAT-winning authors. The Outstanding Academic Titles(OATs for short) are an annual list of the best academic titles reviewed by Choice. The 2018 list is just out and available in our January 2019 issue and online at ChoiceReviews.org.

In this series, Dr. Randolph Cornelius, professor of psychological science at Vassar College and longtime Choice reviewer, interviews Dr. Heidi Maibom, professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, about empathy and her most recent edited work, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy. Their discussion ranges widely over the volume’s chapters, and brings together Dr. Cornelius’ psychological work with Dr. Maibom’s philosophical insights. They begin their conversation with perhaps the most foundational question in the study of empathy: what, precisely, is it? And from that base, they build a nuanced and informative description of empathy that incorporates insights from science, philosophy, environmentalism, and spirituality.

Dr. Cornelius gets Dr. Maibom discuss how empathy, compassion, and moral decision making are related; what psychopaths can teach us about empathy, and whether there’s an empathy deficit in the United States.

With this episode, Choice is pleased to continue a semi-regular series of interviews with OAT-winning authors. The Outstanding Academic Titles(OATs for short) are an annual list of the best academic titles reviewed by Choice. The 2018 list is just out and available in our January 2019 issue and online at ChoiceReviews.org.

In this series, Dr. Randolph Cornelius, professor of psychological science at Vassar College and longtime Choice reviewer, interviews Dr. Heidi Maibom, professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, about empathy and her most recent edited work, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy. Their discussion ranges widely over the volume’s chapters, and brings together Dr. Cornelius’ psychological work with Dr. Maibom’s philosophical insights. They begin their conversation with perhaps the most foundational question in the study of empathy: what, precisely, is it? And from that base, they build a nuanced and informative description of empathy that incorporates insights from science, philosophy, environmentalism, and spirituality.

Dr. Cornelius gets Dr. Maibom discuss the role of empathy in altruism, the function of empathy, and the way in which the possible evolutionary history of empathy illustrates the deep ties that bind humans to the natural world.

With this episode, Choice is pleased to continue a semi-regular series of interviews with OAT-winning authors. The Outstanding Academic Titles(OATs for short) are an annual list of the best academic titles reviewed by Choice. The 2018 list is just out and available in our January 2019 issue and online at ChoiceReviews.org.

In this series, Dr. Randolph Cornelius, professor of psychological science at Vassar College and longtime Choice reviewer, interviews Dr. Heidi Maibom, professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, about empathy and her most recent edited work, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy. Their discussion ranges widely over the volume’s chapters, and brings together Dr. Cornelius’ psychological work with Dr. Maibom’s philosophical insights. They begin their conversation with perhaps the most foundational question in the study of empathy: what, precisely, is it? And from that base, they build a nuanced and informative description of empathy that incorporates insights from science, philosophy, environmentalism, and spirituality.

Dr. Cornelius gets Dr. Maibom dig into the nuts and bolts of empathy in this episode. They discuss the differences between cognitive and affective empathy, whether we can be overcome by empathy, and whether empathy is a two-faced emotion.

With this episode, Choice is pleased to debut a semi-regular series of special interviews with OAT-winning authors. The Outstanding Academic Titles (OATs for short) are an annual list of the best academic titles reviewed by Choice. The 2018 list is just out and available in our January 2019 issue and online at ChoiceReviews.org.

In this series, Dr. Randolph Cornelius, professor of psychological science at Vassar College and longtime Choice reviewer, interviews Dr. Heidi Maibom, professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, about empathy and her most recent edited work, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy. Their discussion ranges widely over the volume’s chapters, and brings together Dr. Cornelius’ psychological work with Dr. Maibom’s philosophical insights. They begin their conversation with perhaps the most foundational question in the study of empathy: what, precisely, is it? And from that base, they build a nuanced and informative description of empathy that incorporates insights from science, philosophy, environmentalism, and spirituality.

Dr. Cornelius gets Dr. Maibom to explain some of the thinking behind the structure of The Handbook in this episode, and in neat philosophical style, Dr. Maibom parses Dr. Cornelius’ probing about why empathy is an interesting phenomenon for a philosopher to study into its personal and disciplinary parts. Along the way, they begin to uncover some ideas about what differentiates “emotional contagion” from “empathy proper.”

For this mini-series, Bill chats with Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL’s executive director about the upcoming ACRL conference in Cleveland Ohio, Project Outcome, and the ACRL’s efforts around Equity Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Episode 70 starts with some must-sees at the ACRL conference, like Alison Bechdel (Bechdel? The Alison Bechdel!?), silent disco-ing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and just what ACRL means by “Recasting the Narrative.” Bill and Mary Ellen then move on to talk about Project Outcome: what it is, how librarians can use it, and where they will be able to find the results.

For this mini-series, Bill chats with Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL’s executive director about the upcoming ACRL conference in Cleveland Ohio, Project Outcome, and the ACRL’s efforts around Equity Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). In this episode, Bill and Mary Ellen discuss the ACRL’s recent action to adopt EDI as a core commitment. Mary Ellen articulates exactly what the ACRL board has committed to, what it means for the ACRL to have made such a commitment, how that commitment is changing the way the ACRL operates. She takes a few moments to talk about the ways EDI has been a longstanding value within the organization, and lists just a few of the ways ACRL’s activities promote inclusivity.