A tribute to World Book Day Today’s post, which celebrates World Book Day, is a translation of an article written by Mr Henian E, a prominent Chinese librarian, for a Chinese magazine. Mr E is the Library Director at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China, and has devoted himself to higher education for theContinue reading "In the Age of AI, does reading still matter?"
Open Access in Asia: Not a Cookie Cutter Approach – webinar report
Open Access looks different across the globe. In our latest webinar for librarians, we explored how two Asian institutions have been finding their own paths toward Open Access implementation, and what lies ahead. The first De Gruyter Brill webinar of 2026 took place on Thursday March 5th. Entitled “Open Access in Asia: not a cookie cutterContinue reading "Open Access in Asia: Not a Cookie Cutter Approach – webinar report"
Ave et Vale, Brigitte!
[written by Brigitte Shull] Next week I will return to Springer Nature, joining the OA team. It isn’t goodbye to Gold Leaf though, I’m hopeful that there will be more opportunities for me to collaborate with Linda and Annika Bennett again. I’ve done so for the past 13 years, first as a client at CambridgeContinue reading "Ave et Vale, Brigitte!"
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 togetherContinue 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 inContinue reading "Webinar – Open Access in Asia – not a cookie-cutter approach"
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