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The New Now: Institutional Repositories And Academia, Marilyn S. Billings
The New Now: Institutional Repositories And Academia, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
This keynote presentation provides a general overview of the changing digital landscape for scholarly communication with an emphasis on the role that institutional repositories play in these changes.
Libraries And Faculty Partnering To Advance Scholarly Communication, Marilyn S. Billings
Libraries And Faculty Partnering To Advance Scholarly Communication, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Since the 1990s serials crisis brought a struggle for university libraries to keep up with the escalating cost increases to maintain collections of scholarly materials, libraries have been exploring new models of scholarly communication. This presentation will discuss open access journals as one of these new models and examine trends in open access mandates, data management plans for scholarly research and new alternative metrics.
The Transformation Of Library Services In A Time Of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change, Marilyn S. Billings
The Transformation Of Library Services In A Time Of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Academic libraries of all sizes can and must strategically position themselves to capture, manage, and disseminate the digital scholarship of their respective institutions. There are many new opportunities and challenges that these roles are providing for librarians in their relationships with faculty and other members of the campus community. Our discussion topics will include how the liaisons are participating in engaged discussions with the faculty about how to manage rights to their scholarly articles and creative works, describe services provided by our institutional repository (ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst) and how this has facilitated new partnerships, describe librarians’ active role in creating data …
New Roles For Library Faculty Liaisons At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings
New Roles For Library Faculty Liaisons At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Academic libraries of all sizes can and must strategically position themselves to capture, manage, and disseminate the digital scholarship of their respective institutions. Explore the new opportunities that these roles are providing for liaison librarians in their relationships with faculty and other members of the campus community at UMass Amherst.
Transforming Library Services In A Time Of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change, Marilyn S. Billings
Transforming Library Services In A Time Of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Variation of sabbatical talks given at University of Washington, Indiana University, University of North Carolina, and Washington State University that discusses strategic scholarly communication and digital library developments, and open education initiatives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, And The Berlin Declaration, Marilyn S. Billings
Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, And The Berlin Declaration, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Presentation to the Faculty Senate Research Council to facilitate discussion of UMass Amherst as a potential signatory to the Berlin Declaration. Discussion included new scholarly communication models, author rights, peer review, work already undertaken by the university, the Faculty Senate, and other related developments throughout the country.
Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, And The Berlin Declaration, Marilyn S. Billings
Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, And The Berlin Declaration, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Presentation given to the Faculty Senate Research Council prior to signing the Berlin Declaration.
The Transformation Of Scholarly Communication: Roles For Libraries, Marilyn S. Billings
The Transformation Of Scholarly Communication: Roles For Libraries, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Topic: Scholarly Communication and Institutional Repositories: the role of Librarians
Building A Sustainable Business Model For Library Publishing Services, Marilyn S. Billings
Building A Sustainable Business Model For Library Publishing Services, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Presentation on staffing models used by the ScholarWorks Team at UMass Amherst.