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Trends in Global Academic Library Spending Survey Are you a librarian involved in acquisitions? Would you be available to spare 10 minutes for us, and raise some funds for IFLA? On behalf of De Gruyter Brill, Gold Leaf is conducting a short global survey on trends in academic library spending and would especially appreciate helpContinueContinue reading “Survey: Trends in Global Academic Spending”

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DOAJconsultation DOAJ has commissioned Gold Leaf to consult with the community to ensure that the data collected by the service is relevant, necessary, and useful. All global stakeholders and users of DOAJ, regardless of location, are encouraged to participate in the survey, which can be found here. The survey is also available in French, Spanish or Portuguese. TheContinueContinue reading “DOAJ metadata survey now live”

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)  has appointed Gold Leaf, a small consultancy based jointly in the UK and the USA, to conduct a thorough survey of the journal-level metadata it collects. Currently, DOAJ indexes more than 20,300 journals. Every entry is checked manually. The new survey will seek feedback from all stakeholders worldwide –ContinueContinue reading “DOAJ commissions a new metadata survey”

The research publishing and library services consulting firm Gold Leaf welcomed Brigitte Shull to its team in June, 2023. Brigitte joins as Senior Consultant, focusing on strategic planning, open research transformation, digital product innovation and product management, and publishing development.   “We are delighted to welcome Brigitte to the Gold Leaf team and expand our presenceContinueContinue reading “Brigitte Shull joins Gold Leaf “

White Rose Libraries (WRL) and Gold Leaf are very happy to announce that Gold Leaf has been appointed to work on an advocacy and communications strategy for White Rose University Press (WRUP). The project will take approximately two months to complete and will involve working with WRUP’s three parent universities – the Universities of Leeds,ContinueContinue reading “White Rose University Press advocacy and communications strategy“