How Publishers and Librarians Can Work Together to Support Early Career Researchers

Duration: 30 mins
Publication Date: May 2025

About the session

Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are at the heart of the future of research. They bring fresh perspectives and unique insights, but often lack the support, publishing experience, and connections that more experienced researchers have. With up to 80% or more of ECRs pursuing a career outside academia post PhD, much of the research created by ECRs goes unpublished. This is a significant loss to the knowledge creation infrastructure. This panel brings together publishers and librarians to discuss how we can work together to better support ECRs throughout their different career paths and ensure that their key insights are not lost but rather amplified.

Panelists will address:

• how we can better bridge the gap between libraries, research offices, and publishers

• rethink the division of labor between libraries, research offices and departments

• make better use of the resources that our publishing editors have at their disposal to support ECRs

Collection

Annual Meeting (2025)

Speakers

Head of Communications, US ,Springer Nature
Senior Consultant, Gold Leaf

Brigitte Shull is Senior Consultant at the research publishing and library services consulting firm, Gold Leaf. She has held management and editorial positions at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, and Pearson Education, and co-chaired the AUPresses 2022-2023 Open Access Committee.
Head Librarian, Scholarly Communications and Discovery Services, Boston College Libraries

Elliott Hibbler is the Head Librarian, Scholarly Communications at Boston College. He provides advice and support on a number of publishing topics, including copyright, open access, author rights, author identity, journal submissions, licensing, and institutional repositories. He also administers Boston College’s Open Access Publishing Fund and its Institutional Repository. Prior to joining Boston College, Elliott was the Senior Law Librarian for Publishing Services at Northeastern University School of Law, and has taught classes on legal research at Simmons University and Suffolk University. He holds a J.D., an M.S. in Urban Informatics, and an M.S. in Information Science.
Human Rights Lawyer

Ms. Chiseche Mibenge is a Human Rights Lawyer, Researcher and Educator. She has worked as a Lecturer at Stanford University, Assistant Professor at Lehman College, and Director of International Research at Guttmacher Institute. She currently serves on the Governance Board of the Global Interfaith Network and is also a series editor for the Human Rights Interventions book series.
Executive Editor, Springer Nature

Dr. Anca Pusca is Executive Editor at Springer Nature. She is an International Studies specialist and runs the International Studies book commissioning team. She is a former Senior Lecturer in International Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has also taught at the CUNY Graduate Center and the New School.