JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. Organizational strategy for ITHAKA. Board member, Center for Research Libraries. Contributor at the Scholarly Kitchen.
New York, NY
Joined March 2009
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Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
A sweeping project involving hundreds of researchers in several dozen countries showed that across the social sciences, the findings of roughly half of all papers cannot be replicated independently, and there’s no reliable way to tell in advance which ones will falter. scim.ag/47Dd2w6
Job opening here at ITHAKA: Digital Collections Curator, Reveal Digital, focusing on important cultural, social, and political histories, especially those that have been dispersed, under-described, or difficult to access at scale. Full job description: ithaka.org/job/4672453005/?g…
arXiv is being spun out from Cornell University and is looking for an inaugural CEO. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961…
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
"The Purpose of Stewarding Distinctive Collections: Discovery and Impact" by Roger Schonfeld" (via @JSTOR) about.jstor.org/blog/the-pur… #libraries
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
Announcing New Leadership for Ithaka S+R sr.ithaka.org/blog/announcin… via @IthakaSR
I am incredibly excited about our launch of JSTOR Publisher Collections, which will dramatically increase access to scholarly monographs through an innovative new model based on tiered annual participation fees for both front-list and back-list books. about.jstor.org/blog/a-new-m…
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
The discussion now gets animated: "Let's get rid of the Impact Factor!" But there is value in IF, as a tool to ensure quality or misuse of science.
Science is not in a vacuum - our publications are implemented and translated.
#FutureSciPub
"The original motivation for GetFTR came in response to a stark presentation by Roger Schonfeld at the Frankfurt STM meeting in 2015...." 1/ researchinformation.info/ana…
"Schonfeld mapped out the fragmented and frustrating researcher experience – bouncing between discovery tools, re-authenticating, and often hitting paywalls despite entitled access." 2/ researchinformation.info/ana…
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
AI doesn’t care about articles. It cares about tasks and chunks.
But in those chunks, it often loses the plot—like forgetting a paper was retracted.
This is a must read from @aarontay
open.substack.com/pub/aaront…
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
In a desperate attempt to stave off the loss of billions of dollars every year, a coalition of higher education groups has agreed with the U.S. government that it’s time to revamp how universities are reimbursed for the cost of supporting research on their campuses. scim.ag/3HY0Zzg
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
I am very excited to announce that I have been named the Senior Vice Provost & Director of the UT Libraries. Looking forward to working with the team at #UTLibraries
Robert H. McDonald (@CUBoulder) has been named Senior Vice Provost & Director of the UT Libraries, effective August 16, 2025.
A leader in digital strategy & academic innovation, brings deep experience to his new role.
Welcome to the Forty Acres!
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Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
We interviewed #UChicago researchers and shared their responses with @IthakaSR for this study: Researcher Challenges and Experiences with Data Services, doi.org/10.18665/sr.322388 #researchdata #RDMS
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
Great to see the results of this study made public. SBU Libraries and colleagues form the University were part of 19 institutions helping chart the impact of AI on higher ed. Plenty more to do!
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #HigherEducation @IthakaSR
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Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
Jan Lewis, our Academic Library Services director, was a leader and instrumental to the #ECU role in contributing to this unprecedented “Making AI Generative for Higher Education” cohort project.
The research report is out ⤵️
sr.ithaka.org/blog/generativ…
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
Today’s platforms shine for human eyes. Tomorrow’s will shine for LLMs. Scrapeable, readable, reason-ready. The AI Gateway is opening — are we ready to step through? #ScholarlyPublishing #AIGateway
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
What does the future of AI look like through the eyes of a bright Hunter High School student? Zadie Schonfeld, a 10th grader, wrote a piece on the complex future of AI, and it was featured in the @nypost:
nypost.com/2025/04/22/lifest…
Roger C. Schonfeld retweeted
Geek out on the history (and future!) of scholarly publishing infrastructure in my first ever podcast appearance.
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Today, my colleagues and I at Ithaka are announcing the launch of @JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services -- a set of tools designed for libraries and archives to process and make discoverable the vast and growing collections that remain hidden from view. 1/