Dr Gavin Boyce

The University Library

Head of Faculty and Research Partnership

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g.boyce@sheffield.ac.uk
Western Bank Library

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Dr Gavin Boyce
The University Library
Western Bank Library
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
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Gavin is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with over 15 years of experience of leading change in a UK University environment. He works with senior leaders to ensure the value of library services in the future. He is an active member of the institution's Centre for Machine Intelligence and RLUK's Digital Scholarship Network. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and masters degrees in both STEM and non-STEM fields and has current interests in the application of AI in research library services and how to support the increasing Digital Scholarship activities of researchers.

Research interests

Papers & presentations:

2025 “Engagement with university leaders in AI conversations” - Presentation to SCONUL Directors

2024 “How Libraries support AI in Education. Leading change in a collaborative environment.” - Presentation to RLUK Digital Scholarship Network

2024 ”Artificial Intelligence in Libraries. How to lead the change.” - Presentation to LIBER

2024 “Library Architecture. Creating Welcoming Spaces” - Presentation to LIBER

2023 “Visualising the Digital Scholarship Activity in the Library” - Presentation to RLUK Digital Scholarship Network

2022 “Rights Retention” - Presentation to Academic Libraries North

2022 “Open Education Resources: A Digital Scholarship Case Study” - Presentation to RLUK Digital Scholarship Network.

2021 “How academic publishers will make money in an Open Access environment and why librarians should care.” - Presentation to Academic Libraries North Conference 2021.

2019 . The Journal of Academic Librarianship 45(5)

2019 “An Invitation to Obliquity”. Workshop at IATUL 2019; Shifting Sands and Rising Tides – Leading Libraries through Innovation. UWA. Perth. 

2018 “”. Presentation at RLUK18; Metamorphosis: The changing role of the modern research library.. British Library.

2017 “Brand Library”. Workshop at Relationship Management in HE Libraries Group Meeting. Lancaster.

2016 “What metrics for environments that nurture researcher development?“. Presentation at Researcher Education and Developer Conference. Sheffield.

2016 Tailored Doctoral Development for Impactful Doctoral Graduates. In conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education and Teaching. UKCGE. 

2015 Supporting a community of future leaders: the design of a fertile environment. UKCGE Conference proceedings.

2012 Creating Enterprising Researchers at UK Universities: The Knowledge Economy and the Perfect Storm. ISBE Conference Proceedings.