The UB Libraries presents a public talk by Jeffrey Spies, co-leader of SHARE and co-founder of the Center for Open Science (COS), who will discuss the critical role the library can play in supporting open academic research.

Scholarship is at risk. Academic incentives are driven by centuries-old publishing practices where professional success is gauged by what is publishable rather than what is rigorous, reproducible, replicable, and reusable. In the current ecosystem, researchers don't own their own work, forcing institutions to buy publications back at ever-increasing prices and further limiting access.

The library is well-positioned to address this precarious situation in partnership with scholars, through its expertise in sharing, reproducibility, and preservation. It is one of the few--if not the only--naturally interdisciplinary places on our siloed campuses. Spies will discuss how the library could become a campus hub for innovation, large-scale interdisciplinary collaboration, and research workflow support… or whether it's already too late.

This event will also be streamed online; join us virtually (no need to register) by following this link.