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Christopher Hollister

Head of Scholarly Communication

Pronouns: he/him/his

324 Lockwood Memorial Library, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260

  • Ph: 716-645-1323
cvh2@buffalo.edu

Responsibilities

  • Create and manage a comprehensive scholarly communication program; collaborate with Libraries leadership and liaison librarians to advance research and scholarship across the disciplines; develop and advance initiatives to improve the visibility, impact, and volume of the University’s scholarly and creative output.
  • Monitor, evaluate, and report on activities and trends in scholarly publishing, open access, open and affordable education, and digital scholarship; conduct relevant training and workshops.
  • Develop and shepherd the University’s Open Access Policy for Scholarly and Creative Works; educate University authors and support their compliance; interpret policy, resolve related problems, and revise in consultation with Faculty Senate leadership and the Office of the Provost.
  • Coordinate with Libraries’ unit heads to align open access strategies with collection development policy and the University Libraries Statement of Open Access Values.
  • Administer open access publishing agreements (i.e., read-and-publish, community action, and subscribe-to-open); consult with Libraries leadership and liaison librarians to select and promote agreements suitable for the University’s authors and researchers; monitor, evaluate, and report on the impact of agreements.
  • Create, promote, and oversee the UB ScholarWorks library publishing / open access journal hosting initiative.
  • Consult on open and affordable education programs; promote the adoption and production of open educational resources.
  • Create and manage the E-textbook Initiative for the University’s transnational partnership program with the Singapore Institute of Management.
  • Supervise the scholarly communication team.

Publications

Journal Editorship

Journal Articles (refereed)

  • Hollister, C., Hosier, A., & Williams, J.A. (2023). Author perceptions of positive and negative behaviors among library and information science journal editors. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(3), 1-10. https://doi-org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/10.1016/j.acalib.2023.102707
  • Hollister, C., & Jensen, J. (2023). Research productivity among scholarly communication librarians. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 11(1), eP15621. doi: 10.31274/jlsc.15621
  • Hollister, C., & Patton, J. (2022). Faculty perceptions of an OER stipend program. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 28(4), 435-453. doi: 10.1080/13614533.2021.2000452.
  • Kruger, J., & Hollister, C. (2021). Engaging undergraduate public health students through a textbook creation project. Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 6(3), 226-234. doi: 10.1177/2373379920962416
  • Hollister, C., Bjork, K., & Brower, S. (2021): A Multi-institutional model for advancing open access journals and reclaiming control of the scholarly record, Serials Librarian, 80(1-4), 59-64. doi: 10.1080/0361526X.2021.1863141
  • Hollister, C. (2020). Using open pedagogy to engage LIS students: A case study. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 8(1), eP2357. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.235
  • Hollister, C. (2020). Collaborating with an international partner institution to mitigate the cost of course textbooks. Journal of Web Librarianship, 14(3/4), 57-73. doi: 10.1080/19322909.2020.1781019
  • Hollister, C. (2017). Perceptions of scholarly communication among library and information studies students. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 5(1), eP2180. doi: 10.7710/2162-3309.2180
  • Hollister C. (2016). An exploratory study on post-tenure research productivity among academic librarians. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 42(4), 368-381. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2016.04.021
  • Hollister C., & Schroeder, R. (2015). The impact of library support on education faculty research productivity: An exploratory study. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, 34(3), 97-115. doi: 10.1016/j.acalib.2016.04.021
  • Hollister C. (2014). Content analysis of papers submitted to Communications in Information Literacy, 2007-2013. Communications in Information Literacy, 8(1), 50-69. doi: 10.15760/comminfolit.2014.8.1.159
  • Schroeder, R. & Hollister C. (2014). Librarians' views on critical theories and critical practices. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, 33(2), 91-119. doi: 10.1080/01639269.2014.912104
  • Walsh, T. & Hollister C. (2009). Creating a digital archive for students’ research in a credit library course. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48(4), 391-400. doi: 10.5860/rusq.48n4.391
  • Hollister, C. (2008). Meeting them where they are: Library instruction for today’s students in the World Civilizations course. Public Services Quarterly. 4(1), 15-27. doi: 10.1080/15228950802135681
  • Brower, S., Hollister, C., Tysick, C., & Pirrung, T. (2006). Tenure and recruitment: A survey of human resources officers. JLAMS: Journal of the Library Administration and Management Section of the New York Library Association, 2(2), 5-20.
  • Hollister, C. & Jarvis, H. (2005). Expanding library instruction to the Web portal. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9(2), 151-155.
  • Hollister, C. (2005). Bringing information literacy to career services. Reference Services Review, 33(1), 104-111. doi: 10.1108/00907320510581414
  • Hollister, C. & Coe, J. (2003). Current trends vs. traditional models: Librarians’ views on the methods of library instruction. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 10(2), 49-63. doi: 10.1300/J106v10n02_05
  • Hollister, C. (2001). Price inflation and discrimination extends to non-STM disciplines: A study of library and information science journals. Current Studies in Librarianship, 24(1/2), 49-57.

Books

  • Hollister, C. (2013). Handbook of academic writing for librarians. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.(Revised ed., 2014)
  • Hollister, C. (Ed.). (2010). Best practices for credit-bearing information literacy courses. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Contributions to Books

  • Baer, A., & Hollister, C. (2025). Communications in Information Literacy (CIL). In K.F. Kaufman, & C. Maybee (Eds.), The information literacy handbook: Charting the discipline (pp. 473-476). London: Facet.
  • Vandegrift, M., & Hollister, C. Preface: Access is praxis. (2023). In M. Bonn, J. Bolick, & W. Cross (Eds.), Scholarly communication librarianship and open knowledge (pp. ix-x). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
  • Hollister, C. (2012). Rising temperatures: The politics of information. In Herreid, C.F., Schiller, N.A., & Herreid, K.F. (Eds.), Science stories: Using case studies to teach critical thinking (pp. 253-259). Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association.
  • Hollister, C. (2008). Making the case for enhanced learning: Using case studies in a credit-bearing library course. In Connor, E. (Ed.), An introduction to instructional services in academic libraries (pp. 95-105). New York: Haworth.
  • Hollister, C. (2005). A new approach to information literacy: Reaching out to student services. In D. Biggs (Ed.), Library instruction: Restating the need, refocusing the response (pp. 105-108). Ann Arbor: Eastern Michigan University by Pierian Press.

Conference Proceedings Papers (refereed)

  • Hollister, C., Lyon, C., & Park, K. (2025). Challenges confronting no-fee open access journals. In D. Mueller (Ed.), Democratizing knowledge + access + opportunities (pp. 383-393). Association of College and Research Libraries. https://www-ala-org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/sites/default/files/2025-03/ChallengesConfrontingNo-FeeOpenAccessJournals.pdf

Research

Current research interests: scholarly publishing, open access publishing, open educational resources, open pedagogical practices, critical information literacy, and social justice in professional practice