The eleventh De Gruyter Brill webinar for librarians – and the third about Artificial Intelligence – took place on Thursday 11th September. The speakers were Dr Andrew Cox, Senior Lecturer in the School of Information, Journalism and Communication at the University of Sheffield and Dr Iman Magdy Khamis, the Library Director at Northwestern University inContinueContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence: the lowdown – webinar report”
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Webinar – Artificial Intelligence: The Lowdown
11 September 2025, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill Each year, one of the De Gruyter Brill quarterly webinar series explores Artificial Intelligence and its effect on academia, academics and university librarians. The picture is changing rapidly: in December 2023, AI, yet to be seriously trialled by mostContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Artificial Intelligence: The Lowdown”
Librarians delivering more than expected: the De Gruyter Brill Asia spring webinar 2025
The De Gruyter Brill Asia spring webinar 2025 took place between 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm SGT on Thursday 15th May. There were more than 450 registrants from around the world and more than 130 attendees at the actual event. The speakers were Dr Natalie Pang, University Librarian at the National University of Singapore, andContinueContinue reading “Librarians delivering more than expected: the De Gruyter Brill Asia spring webinar 2025”
Webinar – Open Access: Maintaining the Momentum
5 June 2025, 15.00-16.30 CET(2m-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill The open access movement made exponential progress in the past decade, but in the last year international, national and local difficulties have slowed its momentum. The squeeze on university finances caused by the removal of government support and /ContinueContinue reading “Webinar – Open Access: Maintaining the Momentum”
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”
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