Academic Publishing

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”

Webinar – Artificial Intelligence: a global phenomenon with regional variations?

23 October 2025 12.00-13.30 Chinese Standard Time(5am-6.30am BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill Artificial Intelligence makes the headlines every day. It is an especially hot topic at universities worldwide, where its relevance and proper use for teaching, learning and research is fiercely debated. Often the librarian is the arbiter ofContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Artificial Intelligence: a global phenomenon with regional variations?”

Webinar – Artificial Intelligence: The Lowdown

11 September 2025, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill Each year, one of the De Gruyter Brill quarterly webinar series explores Artificial Intelligence and its effect on academia, academics and university librarians. The picture is changing rapidly: in December 2023, AI, yet to be seriously trialled by mostContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Artificial Intelligence: The Lowdown”

Webinar – Open Access: Maintaining the Momentum

5 June 2025, 15.00-16.30 CET(2m-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill The open access movement made exponential progress in the past decade, but in the last year international, national and local difficulties have slowed its momentum. The squeeze on university finances caused by the removal of government support and /ContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Open Access: Maintaining the Momentum”

Webinar – Librarians delivering more than expected: fluid library management and how it works

15 May 2025, 15.00-16.30 SGT(8am-9.30am BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill Perceptions of modern librarians’ roles are frequently out-dated. Often subject librarians belong to the past; cataloguers are increasingly rare; hierarchies are flatter; and even senior librarians juggle several roles and step in at any level as required. Squeezed budgetsContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Librarians delivering more than expected: fluid library management and how it works”