Category Archives: Trends in Publishing

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”

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.”

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”

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”

20 June 2024, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Academic institutions worldwide are increasingly embracing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As centers of knowledge and information, academic libraries are ideally positioned to promote DEI. But what exactly does DEI entail, and why is it so crucialContinueContinue reading “Embracing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: social justice and the modern university”