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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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”
London Book Fair 2025
The London Book Fair 2025 took place between 11th and 13th March. The venue was Olympia, as it has been for the past few years – and although earlier fairs have been held at Earl’s Court, Excel and even, in the distant past, at the Barbican, to old lags, alias seasoned fairgoers, Olympia feels likeContinueContinue reading “London Book Fair 2025”
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
In another whirlwind year for advances in artificial intelligence, librarians took bold steps to find innovative applications for AI tools. The final webinar of 2024, the Year of the Dragon, was a brilliant exchange of strategy for mastering AI in libraries. Unusually, the most recent webinar featured three sessions and four speakers before concluding withContinueContinue reading “Taming the Dragon: librarians, creativity and AI”
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