Category Archives: Learning from Libraries

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”

This blog-post is the fourth of the Librarians Investing Ahead series within the De Gruyter Brill Conversations series that explores how librarians continue to triumph in the increasingly resource-squeezed Higher Education environment. This month’s interview in the Librarians Staying Ahead series is with Madame Mazmin Mat Akhir, University Librarian at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. MazminContinueContinue reading ““Service is our watchword” – An Interview with Mazmin Mat Akhir”

This blog-post is the third of athe Librarians Investing Ahead series within the De Gruyter Brill Conversations series that explores how librarians continue to triumph in the increasingly resource-squeezed Higher Education environment. An interview with Amanda Rust, Associate Director of Research and Learning, University of Massachusetts Lowell [UMass Lowell], University Library. Amanda Rust, Associate DirectorContinueContinue reading “Guardian of the Past, Enabler of the Future – An Interview with Amanda Rust”

Megan Heady is the Director of Knowledge and Resource Management and the Associate University Librarian at West Virginia University. She kindly agreed to talk about how her library is taking the initiative to meet modern research and teaching needs. LB: Could you tell us a little more about West Virginia University? MH: West Virginia UniversityContinueContinue reading “Librarians staying ahead: making the most of what we have”

This blog-post is the first of a new thread within the De Gruyter Brill Conversations series that explores how librarians continue to triumph in the increasingly resource-squeezed Higher Education environment. Ms Hasina Afroz, University Librarian at BRAC University, Bangladesh, shares her views and inspirations with Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf. Ms. Hasina Afroz, University LibrarianContinueContinue reading “Librarians Investing Ahead: An Interview with Hasina Afroz”