Curtis Brundy has been named of University Libraries, effective April 1. Brundy is currently Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections at Iowa State University.
From a Letter to the UMass Community:
Curtis comes to UMass Amherst from Iowa State University (ISU), where he has been serving for the last seven years on the leadership team as the Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications and Collections. He oversees collections and open strategies, metadata services, access services, and research data services. Curtis recently led the Iowa State Library through several important initiatives including strategic planning, AI scenario planning, and the development of journal negotiation principles that were unanimously endorsed by the ISU Faculty Senate.
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Curtis received his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has also earned a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.