Insights

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• Special collection: Repositories transforming scholarly communication

  Guest editors Hellen Ndegwa, Karatina University, Kenya and Iryna Kuchma, EIFL, Ukraine, have curated a new Insights special collection, ‘Repositories transforming scholarly communication’. They have also written an overview of repository development which you can read here.

  This curated collection brings together the articles published on this subject in Insights over the last twelve years. Their contrasting viewpoints, from scepticism about the compromise between green repositories and subscription publishing to the optimistic view of repositories as a liberating force for universities, reflect the tensions and complexity of the scholarly publishing landscape.

  We are proud to share this collection and grateful to all the authors who have submitted articles our guest editors have selected.

• Call for papers: Innovation in academic libraries and academic publishing

  The focus of this call is on innovation and stories about the projects and initiatives that are identifying new ways to support education and research. It is an opportunity for information professionals to share their experiences and insights. If you are interested in submitting a paper, here are some potential areas of interest for a successful submission:

  User Experience, Resource Discovery, and Accessibility:

  • Share innovative approaches to enhancing user experience.
  • What are your strategies for improving resource discovery and accessibility for diverse user groups?

  AI:

  • How are you embracing artificial intelligence to meet challenges and leverage opportunities?
  • What AI applications are you using and what is their impact on services and operations?

  Staff Talent Development:

  • Share successful practices for growing and optimizing staff talent.
  • Discuss professional development initiatives, mentorship programs, or innovative training approaches.

  Digital Collections to Meet User Needs:

  • Showcase projects related to the development and management of digital collections.
  • How do your digital collections align with and fulfill the evolving needs of library users?

  Communication, Outreach, and Open Science:

  • Share effective communication and outreach strategies for engaging with library users.
  • How are your projects and initiatives contributing to the open science movement

  Please send in your paper suggestions to Insights@uksg.org

• Special Collection: Discovery is the researcher’s dream

  We would like to announce the publication of an Insights special collection, ‘Discovery is the researcher’s dream’, which compiles some previously published articles from the journal spanning the last ten years. 

  This special collection is not an exhaustive history of the work that has been going on during those years in improving metadata and resource discovery, but it gives an overview of some of the debates and ends with some important questions about the role of the library as search engine technology finds and delivers ‘everything’ to the desktop. 

  Our guest editors are Rebekah Cummings, Marriott Library, University of Utah and Magaly Bascones, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.