Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian and the Australian National University (ANU) describes what it means to her to be a librarian Tell us a bit about your career. Did you always want to be a librarian? Where was your first job? Where did you get your library qualification? My mother says that I wanted to beContinueContinue reading “Learning from Libraries – an interview with Roxanne Missingham”
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Mrs Lee Cheng Ean: a profile
I first met Mrs Lee Cheng Ean in January 2013 at dual advisory board meetings which I facilitated in Shanghai and Beijing, but her reputation long preceded that. She is extremely well-known in both the East and the West as one of the world’s most competent and inspired librarians. I have since met her atContinueContinue reading “Mrs Lee Cheng Ean: a profile”
White Rose University Press: the Library as Publisher
Triggered in part by the Open Access movement and also by the desire of early-career researchers and students (undergraduates as well as postgraduates) to find reputable publishing outlets for their work, in recent years there has been a steep increase in the number of university libraries setting up or encouraging the foundation of presses forContinueContinue reading “White Rose University Press: the Library as Publisher”
Changing sides: From Publisher to Library
In the academic publishing world, every now and again you meet librarians who have moved across to work for a publisher, or vice versa. We wondered about their motivations and experiences, so we decided to talk to some of them. Three weeks ago, we spoke to Tash Edmonds, who left her job as a librarianContinueContinue reading “Changing sides: From Publisher to Library”
How to make your publications more discoverable: tips from Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library
In today’s academic library world, there are scores if not hundreds of companies offering every possible kind of solution for cataloguing, displaying and making the library’s holdings discoverable. However, some of these are very expensive; and, as Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library points out, few willContinueContinue reading “How to make your publications more discoverable: tips from Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library”
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