Jonathan Grunert
Scholarly Publishing Librarian
Pronouns: he/him/his
420C Lockwood Memorial Library, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
- Ph: 716-645-8573
- Fax: 716-645-3859
Responsibilities
As Scholarly Publishing Librarian, Jonathan Grunert works with departmental liaisons to identify and develop services to meet the evolving publishing needs of University researchers and scholars, advocating for innovative and experimental models of scholarly publishing. He works to provide scholarly communication education through collaboration with departmental liaisons, information technologists, and university researchers in an effort to develop tools and services to facilitate sustainable scholarly production. This includes investigating collaborative library publishing opportunities with University and external partners. Working with University and external partners, including researchers and instructors, as well as institutional repository administrators, he aims to advance open research and scholarship and to build capacity in the open research environment.
Dr. Grunert manages UB ScholarWorks, UB Libraries’ open access publishing platform for University-created electronic journals. Future projects may include conference proceedings, capstone projects, literary magazines, scientific datasets, and other born-digital materials.
Education and Training
PhD Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.), 2019
Grunert, J. (2026). When Public Access Policy Meets Publishing Power. Katina, March 17, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-031726-1
Grunert, J. (2026), From Forum to Open Access: Stories, Strategies, and Shared Successes. Blog post for the Library Publishing Coalition. https://librarypublishing.org/from-forum-to-open-access-stories-strategies-and-shared-successes/
Grunert, J. (2025), The promise of public access: A recent history. Science and public policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaf075
Grunert, J., editor. (2025) Library publishing: How to launch, enhance, and sustain your program, Association of College and Research Libraries. https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/9798892553766.pdf
Grunert, J. (2025), Can dissent be meaningfully measured in an overwhelming consensus? A citation network case study in climate change research. PLOS climate. 4(6): e0000666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000666
Grunert, J. & Estrada, N. (2025). Trans-substantive instructors: Scholarly communication librarians facilitating communities of practice. Journal of librarianship and scholarly communication, 13(1), eP18271. https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.18271
MS Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.), 2014
MA History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.), 2012
MSLS Library and Information Science, The Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.), 2009
BA History, English Literature, Templeton Honors College at Eastern University (St. Davids, Pa.), 2005
Employment
2022-present: Senior Assistant Librarian, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, N.Y.
Scholarly Publishing Librarian
2018-2022: Senior Assistant Librarian, The State University of New York, College at Geneseo, Geneseo, N.Y.
Scholarly Communications Librarian
Research Instruction Librarian, Sciences
2016-2018: Assistant Professor of Library Services, Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, Colo.
Information Literacy Coordinator
Liaison Librarian, Sciences
Honors Faculty Fellow (2018)
2010-2016: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Research Assistant, CIDER / Department of Engineering Education (2013-2016)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Science, Technology, and Society (2013)
Teaching Assistant, Department of History (2011-2012)
Library Assistant, University Libraries (2010-2011)
Publications
Grunert, J. (2026). When Public Access Policy Meets Publishing Power. Katina, March 17, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-031726-1
Grunert, J. (2026), From Forum to Open Access: Stories, Strategies, and Shared Successes. Blog post for the Library Publishing Coalition. https://librarypublishing.org/from-forum-to-open-access-stories-strategies-and-shared-successes/
Grunert, J. (2025), The promise of public access: A recent history. Science and public policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scaf075
Grunert, J., editor. (2025) Library publishing: How to launch, enhance, and sustain your program, Association of College and Research Libraries. https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/9798892553766.pdf
Grunert, J. (2025), Can dissent be meaningfully measured in an overwhelming consensus? A citation network case study in climate change research. PLOS climate. 4(6): e0000666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000666
Grunert, J. & Estrada, N. (2025). Trans-substantive instructors: Scholarly communication librarians facilitating communities of practice. Journal of librarianship and scholarly communication, 13(1), eP18271. https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.18271
Research
Public access policy in the United States
Library publishing programs
Professional Memberships
- FORCE11 (Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship)
- Community member, 2019-present
- Board of Directors, 2025-2027
- FSCI (FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute)
- Participant Experience Committee, 2020-present (committee co-chair: 2023; committee chair: 2026)
- Planning Committee, 2024-present; Committee co-chair: 2025-2026
- ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries)
- member, 2023-present
- Science and Technology Section (STS), member, 2023-present
- STS, Scholarly Communication Committee, 2023-2025
- Digital Scholarship Section (DSS), member, 2023-present
- Library Publishing Coalition Research Committee, 2020-2022
Presentations
2026
Free to read, free to publish: Library publishing and global scholarly communication. Competitively selected paper presented at All Things Open, Kennesaw State University.
Citations, countries, communities: A global view of library publishing. Lightning talk at Charleston Conference Asia (Bangkok, Thailand).
Library publishing and global scholarly communication. A course for FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship) Scholarly Communications Institute preconference, Charleston Conference Asia (Bangkok, Thailand).
2025
Intellectual property in an AI world, or artificial intelligence in an IP system. Paper presented at Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) Virtual Conference.
(Re)considering library publishing in a remade information ecosystem. Paper presented at Eastern New York ACRL chapter conference, Albany, N.Y.
2024
Analyzing public access policy to guide scholarly communications outreach. A course for FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship) Scholarly Communications Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
2023
Managing data, opening science? Implications for, and contributions of, STS in policy and practice. Panel organized for the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Honolulu, Hawaii, with K. Gregory and A. Hoffman.
“Public access mandates as a legal reaction to guerrilla open access.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Honolulu, Hawaii.
“Expanding the Open Science Paradigm.” Invited talk at Scholarship in the 21st Century, R.I.T., Rochester, N.Y., with M. M. Garcia.
“From Reading Group to Funded Entity: Starting and sustaining a digital scholarship program.” Roundtable presented at ACRL Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Penn., with N. Estrada
2022
Open Access Week Panel Discussion: Open for Climate Justice. Online panel discussion with Gretchen Goldman (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), Emily Diamond (University of Rhode Island), Mona Ramonetti (Stony Brook University Libraries), and Ed Gerstner (Springer Nature), University at Buffalo Libraries, Buffalo, N.Y. Organized and moderated by J. Grunert.
“Open licensing for science research: Some considerations.” Lightning talk delivered at the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians, Rochester, N. Y. (In-person conference cancelled due to a local COVID-19 outbreak.)
2021
Fostering Open Science across the Curriculum. A course for FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship) Scholarly Communications Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
2020
“Reaching across the disciplinary divide to extend Open Science.” Presented at NYSCILIB (Upstate New York Science Librarians Group) Annual Meeting, Binghamton, N.Y.
Clusters of Dissent: Bibliometrics of Closed Research Networks. A paper presented at EASST / 4S (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology / Society for the Social Study of Science) Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
“ ‘OK Publisher’: Undergraduate Internships as a Model for Sustainable Publication.” Paper presented at Library Publishing Forum annual meeting, Worcester, Mass., with N. Callahan. (In-person conference cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis. This presentation was modified into a blog post for the virtual conference.) Available at https://librarypublishing.org/lpforum20-ok-publisher/
2019
“Populating a Repository with Useful Materials.” Paper presented at Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference, Lewisburg, Pa. Available at https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/digital-scholarship-conference/budsc19/presentation/8/
“Are Diversity Residencies Serving Diverse Student Populations?” Lightning talk presented at ACRL Annual Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
2018
“ ‘This Is Honestly a Disaster’: How Librarians Respond to a Changed ILS.” Lightning talk delivered at California Conference on Library Instruction, San Francisco, Calif.
2017
“You Can Do It, We Can Help: Empowering Students to be Active Scholars through Library Instruction.” Workshop delivered at California Conference on Library Instruction, San Francisco, Calif., with E. Christian.