25 June 2026, 13.00 India time / 14.30-16.00 Thailand Time
(8.30am-10am BST)
Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill
Publisher-provided resources are now available in many options and consequently business models often complex. Trust and partnership are essential characteristics of the librarian / publisher relationship, alongside negotiation and give-and-take. Consortium deals, especially, can be many-faceted. Our two speakers, Dr Jomkwam Polparsi, Assistant President for Research and Innovation and Director of the Central Library at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce [UTCC] in Bangkok and Dr Kishor Chandra Satpathy, Chief Librarian and Head of the Library, Documentation & Information Science Division at the Indian Statistical Institute [SIS], Kolkata , describe their relationships with publishers, focusing especially on the consortial context.
Speakers are:
Dr Jomkwan Polparsi, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Thailand.
Dr Kishor Satpathy, Indian Statistical Institute, India.
The webinar is sponsored by De Gruyter Brill and will be moderated by Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf. Registration is free of charge.
For more details and to book your place on the seminar, click here.
Who should attend
Academic librarians; public librarians; publishers; members of librarian support groups; members of consortia and trade associations; academics and students interested in sustainability; environmentalists.
Dr Jomkwan Polparsi chairs the Educational Resources and Technology Committee of the Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand (APHEIT) and the Thai Private University Libraries (ThaiPUL) Network, advancing national collaboration, resource sharing and policy development across private university libraries. Most recently, under her direction, UTCC Central Library became Thailand’s first member organization of UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance, positioning the university as a regional leader in AI literacy, media and information literacy, and future oriented academic library innovation.
Dr Kishor Satpathy has been actively involved in major policy and negotiation frameworks, including price negotiation committees and national digitisation initiatives, gaining valuable insights into evolving librarian–publisher partnerships. He serves as a member of the Library Advisory Boards for several publishers and supports other academic institutions besides his own. His experience aligns closely with India’s One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative and broader transformative agreements that shape access to scholarly content.
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