Academia & Publishing

Academia & Publishing

The Future of Academic Libraries: A Utopian Vision for 2040 and Beyond

Envision a not-too-distant future, in which society has been completely transformed by digitization. Printed books have become obsolete and data management is completely run by artificial intelligence. What would happen to university libraries and their role in higher education? In this scenario, they would be anything but irrelevant.

Academia & Publishing

Book Bans and Biases: Is There a Place for Sexually Explicit Materials in the Library?

Whether American libraries should host sexually explicit content has been a matter of ongoing debate throughout history, and it continues to be a heated topic of discussion today. The persistent failure, however, to recognize patrons as fully embodied human beings with physical and intellectual dimensions reveals deep cultural biases at play.

Academia & Publishing

Frauen in der Wissenschaft sichtbarer machen – so kann es gelingen

Forscherinnen sind in klassischen Medien und der Wissenschaftskommunikation unterrepräsentiert – mit gravierenden Auswirkungen. Ein neues Projekt der Fachhochschule Potsdam möchte das ändern.

Academia & Publishing

How to Measure the Impact of Scholarly Work with Research Metrics

Bibliometric data is indispensable when it comes to evaluating the impact of your scientific work. If you’re not afraid of facing one or two mathematical formulas, then you can learn how to interpret the most common metrics, such as Impact Factor or CiteScore, here.

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