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Curtis Brundy
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curtisbrundy.bsky.social
Thanks, Eric! Great info here to help libraries negotiate better pricing.
eschares.bsky.social Eric Schares @eschares.bsky.social · Feb 26
Excellent summary of a dataset and paper that collected actual pricing paid by different universities for WoS, Scopus, and SciFinder.

It shows how negotiating in the dark leads to widely different prices for access to the same databases.

@curtisbrundy.bsky.social and Joel Thornton
#ScholComm
Academic Databases and the Art of the Overcharge
Clarivate, Elsevier, and the American Chemical Society are comfortable pursuing a strategy of pricing discrimination. But libraries don’t have to go along with it. This data can help.
katinamagazine.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
curtisbrundy.bsky.social
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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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...
katinamagazine.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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chashub.bsky.social
#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...
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.
katinamagazine.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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annualreviews.bsky.social
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
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.
arevie.ws
January 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
curtisbrundy.bsky.social
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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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 ...
katinamagazine.org
January 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
curtisbrundy.bsky.social
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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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
katinamagazine.org
December 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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chashub.bsky.social
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.
katinamagazine.org
December 5, 2024 at 11:21 PM
curtisbrundy.bsky.social
We just posted a great interview on Katina with Miriam Maus about IOPP's work around #researchintegriy and #papermills

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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.
katinamagazine.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:40 PM
curtisbrundy.bsky.social
Sad to see paper mill pollution already having detrimental downstream impact on science: www.science.org/content/arti...
‘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
www.science.org
December 4, 2024 at 12:46 AM
curtisbrundy.bsky.social
It will be interesting to see AI driven evolution of CS programs over the coming years www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/b...
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.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 1:49 PM