Jonathan Grunert
ALA Divisions:
Curious, enthusiastic, adaptable.
I'm currently enthralled by Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove, with a lot of other books on the every-expanding docket. Recently, I finished Stephen King's 11/22/63 and found that it lived up to the hype, and I'm looking forward to Katabasis (Kuang), Vigil (Saunders), and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Tokarczuk).
Listening to Resistance Rangers and If Books Could Kill to accompany my commutes.
Dedicated, supportive, community.
ACRL provides a community for librarians to identify trends in research, directions in librarianship, and viable solutions to common challenges. It also provides an outlet to share within that community, through books, articles, blogs, and the biannual conference.
I collaborate with a small scholarly communication team to work with researchers to amplify the reach of their work. Specifically, I manage the library's publishing program, which provides an no-fee alternative for researchers who want to develop and edit open access journals; I also co-facilitate a professional development program for new faculty, helping them navigate offices and personnel who help their research practices.
About halfway through my PhD program, I had a candid conversation with my advisor about pursuing a career in librarianship or in a history or science & technology studies (STS) department, as though they're mutually exclusive. I'm glad that I've been involved in academic libraries for the past decade, as my approach to librarianship relies a lot on methods and frameworks from STS, both for my own research as well as how I interact with other researchers.
Pronouns:he/him
Credentials:MSLS, The Catholic University of America; PhD, MA, MS Virginia Tech
Title:Scholarly Publishing Librarian
Workplace:University at Buffalo Libraries
Location:Buffalo, NY