How modern librarians are tackling the obstacles they face head-on. A new blog series in partnership with Gold Leaf. It is no secret that universities across the world are experiencing financially challenging times. A powerful mixture of adverse circumstances – the outbreak of wars in Europe and the Middle East, the rise of far rightContinueContinue reading “New Series: Librarians investing ahead”
Category Archives: Learning from Libraries
Navigating the Shifting Sands – Two very distinguished librarians look back over their careers
On occasion the world of academic librarianship produces thought-leaders who dominate their profession, sometimes regionally, sometimes globally, for decades. Two such distinguished librarians are Mrs Lee Cheng Ean, who was University Librarian and Immediate Past University Librarian at the National University of Singapore [NUS] until 2023 and now holds the role of advisor and ambassadorContinueContinue reading “Navigating the Shifting Sands – Two very distinguished librarians look back over their careers”
A profile of Henian E; distinguished Chinese librarian
We hope you have enjoyed the series of six blog posts we wrote on behalf of De Gruyter, which gave the blog a great start to 2024. We should like to follow up with occasional interviews with more librarians from around the world. In this first piece Mr Henian E, a distinguished Chinese librarian whoContinueContinue reading “A profile of Henian E; distinguished Chinese librarian”
Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 6
An interview with Jochen Johannsen At RWTH Aachen University information literacy is liberating in a very literal sense: the Library stages Escape Rooms which you can only get out of by researching information!We spoke to Library Director Jochen Johannsen about this, Intellectual Freedom and navigating disruptions in our final part the De Gruyter interview series “Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom”: To readContinueContinue reading “Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 6”
Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 5
An interview with Marcela Rivera Cornejo Inclusive librarianship and keeping up with rapid changes in the academic landscape are just two of the many topics Marcela Rivera Cornejo, Deputy Director of Information Resources and Archives at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile talked to us about. Read the fifth instalment of our interviews with librarians series on De Gruyter Conversations: ToContinueContinue reading “Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 5”
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