An interview with Fiona Greig “The concept of great literature doesn’t work for everyone. The literature that works for you is what you should explore.” Fiona Greig from University of Winchester talks about the role of the librarian today and many more in our latest instalment of the “Academic librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change”ContinueContinue reading “Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 4”
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Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 3
An interview with Beau Case This week, Beau Case reflects on his career as a university librarian, culminating in his current role as the Inaugural Dean of Libraries at the University of Central Florida. He talked to us about the challenges he had faced, social bias in libraries, and why he doesn’t mind students puttingContinueContinue reading “Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 3”
Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, part 2
An interview with Michelle Blake The second part of our series of interviews with Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change is out now: Annika Bennett in conversation with Michelle Blake, University Librarian at University of Waikato, New Zealand. To view the interview, click here.
ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND CHANGE, PART 1
AN INTERVIEW WITH JEREMY UPTON We’re starting this New Year with a new series of interviews with Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, which we have conducted on behalf of De Gruyter.The first one was published today: Linda Bennett in conversation with Jeremy Upton, Director of Library & University Collections at The University of Edinburgh. To view the interview,ContinueContinue reading “ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND CHANGE, PART 1”
Learning from Libraries: UK academic librarians support their teaching colleagues during Covid-19
Introduction “A man will turn over half a library to make one book.” Dr Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, 1775 Dr Johnson’s words were more prophetic than he knew. He lived in an age which thought of libraries as storage houses for thousands of codex volumes. And that, of course, is what libraries continued to beContinueContinue reading “Learning from Libraries: UK academic librarians support their teaching colleagues during Covid-19”
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