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”
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LIBRARY COMMUNITY GIVES BACK: 2023 WEBINAR SPEAKERS’ CHARITY PICKS
Since the beginning of 2023, Gold Leaf has organised a series of librarian webinars on behalf of De Gruyter. Thee success of the webinars depends hugely on the generosity of the speakers. If the 11 distinguished external speakers who presented in the 2023 series had not given freely of their time and expertise, the webinarsContinueContinue reading “LIBRARY COMMUNITY GIVES BACK: 2023 WEBINAR SPEAKERS’ CHARITY PICKS”
Assessing the Impact: Transformative Agreements in Scholarly Publishing
21 March 2024, 16.00-17.30 CET(3pm-4.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter The first Transformative Agreements [TA] were developed more than five years ago. Hundreds have since been signed throughout the world (though predominantly in the West). At its most basic, the TA asks libraries to pay for both the ‘read’ andContinueContinue reading “Assessing the Impact: Transformative Agreements in Scholarly Publishing”
ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND CHANGE, PART 1
AN INTERVIEW WITH JEREMY UPTON We’re starting this New Year with a new series of interviews with Academic Librarians on Intellectual Freedom and Change, which we have conducted on behalf of De Gruyter.The first one was published today: Linda Bennett in conversation with Jeremy Upton, Director of Library & University Collections at The University of Edinburgh. To view the interview,ContinueContinue reading “ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND CHANGE, PART 1”
The Australian Universities Accord
Read the Interim ReportThroughout the world, and particularly in the so-called “first world”, universities are reinventing themselves to make the courses they offer more relevant and attractive to wider groups of people. “Promoting diversity”, drawing students from “non-traditional backgrounds” and “ensuring student success” are all phrases which frequently occur in universities’ mission statements. In mostContinueContinue reading “The Australian Universities Accord”
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