Category Archives: Libraries

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”

Variety is the spice of life: bibliodiversity, scholarly publishing and the inexact science of making ends meet – webinar report

The ninth webinar in the De Gruyter Brill series “Challenging the Status Quo: Taking Libraries into the Future” took place on Thursday 6th March. It was the first of the series to be presented in 2025. The speakers were Mimi Calter, Vice Provost and University Librarian, Washington University in St. Louis, USA, Aleksandra Trtovac, LibraryContinueContinue reading “Variety is the spice of life: bibliodiversity, scholarly publishing and the inexact science of making ends meet – webinar report”

Variety is the spice of life: bibliodiversity, scholarly publishing and the inexact science of making ends meet.

6 March 2025, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill The open access movement has brought a spotlight to bibliodiversity—the preservation and promotion of scholarly research at both national and international levels. For countries with rich cultural heritage and talented researchers, but limited publishing funds, bibliodiversity is especially critical.ContinueContinue reading “Variety is the spice of life: bibliodiversity, scholarly publishing and the inexact science of making ends meet.”

Taming the dragon: librarians, creativity and AI

5 December 2024, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill The grand finale of last year’s De Gruyter Brill webinar series for librarians addressed the emerging phenomenon of AI. Boon or world-buster? Enable or destroyer? The myths about AI persist and some are grounded in logic: AI needs carefulContinueContinue reading “Taming the dragon: librarians, creativity and AI”

Space for study: the art and science of modern library creation

19 September 2024, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Today’s academic library must take a proactive approach to modern study and research. It is not merely a repository of information, not merely a place for individual scholarship and not merely a building: though it is also all of theseContinueContinue reading “Space for study: the art and science of modern library creation”