Susann Leonhardt

Susann Leonhardt serves as a Research Fellow at the Georg Eckert Institute – Leibniz Institute for International Textbook Research (GEI), actively contributing to the Global Textbook Resource Center (GLOTREC) and Specialised Information Service on Educational Science and Educational Research (FID). Her core responsibilities encompass the digital expansion of research library media holdings and development of licensing models for international educational media.

Education:

• Bachelor of Arts in Library Management, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (2010-2013)
• Master of Science in Library Informatics, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (completed February 2019)

Research Focus: Her work centers on systematic infrastructure development for digital educational media, with emphasis on international textbook accessibility, repository systems, and user-centered resource evaluation. This bridges library informatics with educational technology through practical workflows for digital preservation and open access initiatives.

Publication Trends: Her scholarly output demonstrates evolution from cultural aspects of library services (2014) toward technical infrastructure solutions, culminating in recent work on modernized digital textbook platforms for open humanities. Key themes include automated workflows, electronic resource evaluation, and sustainable licensing models for educational media.

Project Leadership: She holds Principal Investigator roles in externally funded initiatives including FID (2015-2026) and deputy leadership in digital textbook licensing projects (2021-2023), while contributing as Co-Investigator to GLOTREC's strategic infrastructure development through 2026.

Operational Context: As integral to GEI's GLOTREC and FID teams, she develops practical tools for global textbook research including the GEI-Digital platform, with recent activities focusing on international conference presentations about digital library modernization and e-book license frameworks.