Curtis Brundy

Thanks, Eric! Great info here to help libraries negotiate better pricing.

What Gets Missed in the Discourse on Transformative Agreements Transformative agreements have a crucial role to play in the transition to open access, and while they may not fix structural problems, they are a reflection of the dynamic publishing landscape and th...

Excellent new piece out in Katina today from @deradam.bsky.social about the Max Plank Digital Library's approach and progress with transformative agreements.

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Scenario Planning for the AI-Driven Future of Research Libraries AI is already transforming research libraries. But how can we plan for the future when the landscape is evolving so rapidly? This scenario-planning exercise helped us see our way forward.

#AI dominated the Center for Networked Information meeting. Scott Samuelson and @curtisbrundy.bsky.social share insights from a scenario-planning exercise that helped envision what’s next for research libraries in the age of AI. Read now at #KatinaMagazine katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Curtis Brundy Named Dean of University Libraries | UMass Amherst Brundy, whose appointment is effective April 1, is currently Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections at Iowa State University.

Warmest congrats 👏 to @curtisbrundy.bsky.social on being appointed the new Dean of University Libraries @umasslibraries.bsky.social.

Announcement: arevie.ws/Brundy_umass

#OpenKnowledge #KatinaMagazine

Thanks Chris! I’m super excited to be coming out.

Thanks Marcel! I’m looking forward to join the neighborhood.

Engaging Monograph Authors in the Open Access Movement The ACLS Open Access Book Prizes reward exceptional humanistic scholarship that has been published openly, demonstrating its relevance within and beyond academia. Here are some lessons learned during ...

Wonderful piece by Sarah McKee on the OA book prizes from American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) with support from Arcadia, which are helping to raise awareness of the quality, reach, and benefits of publishing monographs openly.

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What Have We Learned from Subscribe to Open? Six years after the first journals transitioned to open access under S2O, two of the model’s early adopters take stock

Excellent piece in Katina on #S2O from two early adopters, Vivian Berghahn and Charlotte Van Rooyen. @chashub.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social

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A Paper Mill Target Reflects The paper mill crisis has polluted the scholarly record and eroded public trust in science. Miriam Maus of IOP Publishing shares her view from the front lines of the fight for publishing integrity.

Check out the latest Open Knowledge article from Katina Magazine. @curtisbrundy.bsky.social interviewed IOP Publishing's Miriam Maus on the paper mill crisis, which has polluted the scholarly record and eroded public trust in science. Read the full article now at:
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A Paper Mill Target Reflects The paper mill crisis has polluted the scholarly record and eroded public trust in science. Miriam Maus of IOP Publishing shares her view from the front lines of the fight for publishing integrity.

We just posted a great interview on Katina with Miriam Maus about IOPP's work around #researchintegriy and #papermills

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‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say

Sad to see paper mill pollution already having detrimental downstream impact on science: www.science.org/content/arti...

Do Coding Boot Camps Make Sense in an A.I. World? Coding boot camps once looked like the golden ticket to an economically secure future. But as that promise fades, what should you do? Keep learning, until further notice.

It will be interesting to see AI driven evolution of CS programs over the coming years www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/b...