The Authority File

The Authority File delivers credible, institutionally grounded conversations with senior library and publishing professionals. For PR, the show is valuable for positioning thought leadership, accessing high-profile guests, and aligning library/academic narratives with publishing industry trends. Booking opportunities tend to favor senior academics and industry executives; expect a multi-step outreach and clear value proposition tied to scholarly communication.

446 episodes, Weekly, 4.9 rating

<1k, Male, USA

YouTube: 4.0k subscribers, Instagram: 993 followers

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Presenting a weekly conversation about the who, what, why, and how of research creation, publication, and discovery. Join your host Bill Mickey and a rotating cast of librarians, technologists, authors, and other academic library luminaries as they chat about the ways in which scholarly content is created, preserved, and distributed. Book talks, digital resource tours, the latest tech, and emerging trends in academic librarianship are all up for discussion in this award-winning podcast.

Bill Mickey

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Technology

Professors, senior librarians, or C-suite publishing/academic leaders with demonstrated scholarly or institutional impact

Published books/articles; senior leadership roles; recognised expertise in libraries/publishing; leadership in academia or scholarly communications

Paul db Watkins - Intersections Of Aesthetics, Rhetoric, Poetry And Music; Sonic Citizenship; Black Canadian Literary Canon, Harmen van Paradijs - AI Adoption In Publishing; Future AI Policy; Content Agreements With Libraries; AI Tools In Publishing, Jeffrey Gold - Value Of Libraries In Higher Education; Campus Priorities And Partnerships, Emily McElroy - Library Relations; Leadership In Academic Publishing; Narrative Around Library Partnerships, Hilary Craiglow - Communicating Library Value; Storytelling; Metrics; Donor Engagement

AI in scholarly publishing, Academic publishing, Libraries and librarianship, Research integrity, AI transparency, AI detection tools, Open access, Author tooling and translation, Library value storytelling, Scholarly communication