We are currently thinking through how the underlying principles that led to projects like the CUNY Academic Commons, Manifold, Blogs@Baruch, Vocat, OpenLab, CBox, ASHP, and the great OER work happening in CUNY's libraries should inform curricula, pedagogy, policy, and strategy related to genAI.

Finally, to read a 2009 throwback version of Matt's post, check out Jim Groom's anthemic "I Bleed CUNY Blood," written after we brought him in to speak at CUNY and just as we were getting the CUNY Academic Commons started

bavatuesdays.com/i-bleed-cuny...

A huge shoutout to the many people on our teams who do the hard work of supporting our users and thinking through new possibilities, among them @lukewaltzer.bsky.social @kmichael.bsky.social @lauriehurson.bsky.social, Robin Miller, and so many others.

We're sometimes better at doing the work than publicizing it, so I'm grateful to @mattseybold.bsky.social for highlighting our projects and potential, and to colleagues like @laurenfklein.bsky.social & @whitneytrettien.bsky.social for emphasizing it!

These projects were made possible by consistent support from CUNY (especially the CUNY Office of Library Services in recent years) & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social); funders like NEH, Mellon, and Sloan; and amazing teams (incl., for Manifold, @uminnpress.bsky.social & @castironcoding.bsky.social)

The CUNY Academic Commons is 16 years old and has over 50k users, offering members of the CUNY system opportunities to do their work within an open source, non-extractive platform tailored to the needs of its members.

For years, we've been developing projects like the CUNY Academic Commons (commons.gc.cuny.edu), Commons In A Box (cbox.org), and Manifold (cuny.manifoldapp.org), all in line with the mission of a 26-campus system that serves "the children of the whole people" of NYC.

Huge congrats, Claudia! Excited for you!