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APE Conference 2026: Scholarly Communication at a Turning Point

Conference participants on their way to the next session (© Photothek) What does it take to uphold research excellence? What do librarians think about AI in the scholarly environment? How can we combat inequalities in academic publishing? This year’s APE conference tackled these questions and more. Every year, the APE Conference (Academic Publishing in Europe) brings togetherContinueContinue reading “APE Conference 2026: Scholarly Communication at a Turning Point”

Webinar – Open Access in Asia – not a cookie-cutter approach

5 March 2026, 14.00-15.30 China/Singapore time(11.30am-1pm India time) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill Publishers and librarians are agreed that to achieve maximum impact, Open Access needs global adoption. However, this does not mean that every country must take the same approach. Individual OA models are likely to work better inContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Open Access in Asia – not a cookie-cutter approach”

Webinar – Building the airplane while taking control and flying it: AI and academic libraries

29 January 2026, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill How are AI tools reshaping academic libraries’ strategies, services, and workflows—and what new content, platforms, and tools are libraries seeking from publishers? De Gruyter Brill has long been tracking the progress of Artificial Intelligence in academic libraries worldwide. EachContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Building the airplane while taking control and flying it: AI and academic libraries”

Webinar – Preserving our cultural heritage: academic libraries in the community

4 December 2025, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill The academic library has always played a major role in curating rare works. Some libraries hold unique collections of ephemera and artefacts, while others deploy modern technologies to capture past oral traditions or the literature of ethnic minorities beforeContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Preserving our cultural heritage: academic libraries in the community”

“Budget is an issue but there are deeper challenges.” – An Interview with Mimi Calter

A conversation with Mimi Calter, Chair of the Academic and Research Libraries Section of IFLA and Vice Provost and University Librarian at Washington University St Louis (WashU). This interview is the last in our current series Librarians Investing Ahead. In it, Mimi describes the sweeping changes that are taking place in librarianship and the fundamentalContinueContinue reading ““Budget is an issue but there are deeper challenges.” – An Interview with Mimi Calter”