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2012

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How To Be A Gamechanger With Your Ir: Managing The Institutional Repository At Umass Medical School, Lisa A. Palmer Jul 2012

How To Be A Gamechanger With Your Ir: Managing The Institutional Repository At Umass Medical School, Lisa A. Palmer

Lisa A. Palmer

An overview of the implementation of eScholarship@UMMS, the institutional repository (IR) at UMass Medical School, including services, staffing, and lessons learned.


So You Want To Be A Publisher: Planning And Publishing The Journal Of Escience Librarianship, Raquel Abad, Sally A. Gore, Donna Kafel, Elaine Russo Martin, Lisa A. Palmer, Mary E. Piorun Apr 2012

So You Want To Be A Publisher: Planning And Publishing The Journal Of Escience Librarianship, Raquel Abad, Sally A. Gore, Donna Kafel, Elaine Russo Martin, Lisa A. Palmer, Mary E. Piorun

Lisa A. Palmer

Objective: To describe the planning process and activities of the University of Massachusetts Medical School's Lamar Soutter Library around the publication of the new Journal of eScience Librarianship (JESLIB).

Methods: The University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Lamar Soutter Library through funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine has been a leader in educating librarians about eScience and its impact on librarianship. In spring 2011 the Library began to explore the idea of publishing a peer-reviewed, open access electronic journal about eScience and data management for librarians. Planning and implementation considerations included: choosing a unique and appropriate name; infrastructure …