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Open Access And Copyright For Theses And Dissertations, Meghan Banach Jan 2015

Open Access And Copyright For Theses And Dissertations, Meghan Banach

Meghan Banach Bergin

The event will give graduate students an overview of open access and the benefits of choosing open access for electronic theses and dissertations. An overview of copyright and fair use as it relates to theses and dissertations will also be presented.


Scholarly Publishing Update: Commercial Publishing And Open Access In The Digital Age, Leslie Horner Button Feb 2012

Scholarly Publishing Update: Commercial Publishing And Open Access In The Digital Age, Leslie Horner Button

Leslie Horner Button

No abstract provided.


Science Boot Camp For Librarians – A Five Campus Collaboration., Naka J. Ishii, Elizabeth Winiarz, Marion Muskiewicz May 2011

Science Boot Camp For Librarians – A Five Campus Collaboration., Naka J. Ishii, Elizabeth Winiarz, Marion Muskiewicz

Naka J Ishii

Presentation at the ACRL New England Chapter annual conference, 13 May 2011 with with Marion Muskiewicz (UMass Lowell) and Elizabeth Winiarz (UMass Dartmouth) on the inception and collaborative creation of an annual "boot camp" for science librarians. This inexpensive and intensive program covers 3 science subjects over 2.5 days to bring librarians up to speed on these topics. Usually, one faculty member gives an overview of the field, and another describes a current research area. This event also provides librarians with an informal way to network and enjoy each other's company.


Author Rights, Or, The Rights Of Copyright, Marilyn S. Billings, Fred Zinn May 2010

Author Rights, Or, The Rights Of Copyright, Marilyn S. Billings, Fred Zinn

Marilyn S. Billings

This moderated discussion will cover the two roles that institutional repositories can play when talking to instructors about copyright and fair use. On the one hand, we show repositories as a source of materials for instructors who are confused or concerned about the rules related the use of copyrighted materials in their teaching. On the other, we demonstrate how our own institutional repository, ScholarWorks, can be used as a publishing tool by instructors who want more control over how their works are used in education. As a group, we will discuss strategies for talking to instructors about repositories, as well …


The Changing Landscape Of Scholarly Communication: The Role Of The Library And An Ir, Marilyn S. Billings Mar 2010

The Changing Landscape Of Scholarly Communication: The Role Of The Library And An Ir, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

No abstract provided.


New Partnerships With Faculty: Creating And Publishing Open Access Journals, Marilyn S. Billings Mar 2010

New Partnerships With Faculty: Creating And Publishing Open Access Journals, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation explores new collaborations with faculty to create, manage, and distribute open access journals using UMass Amherst's digital repository ScholarWorks as a case study. We will also touch on how we engaged with faculty to distribute conference proceedings and other scholarly materials.


The Changing Landscape Of Scholarly Communication & The Role Of An Institutional Repository, Marilyn S. Billings Nov 2009

The Changing Landscape Of Scholarly Communication & The Role Of An Institutional Repository, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation outlines new emerging areas of scholarly communication that are being seen in Academic Libraries, the relationship to institutional repositories, and to the changing roles of academic librarians.


Digital Creation & Preservation 101, Meghan Banach Bergin, Mj Canavan, Yuan Li, Aaron Rubinstein, Brian Shelburne, Kelcy Shepherd Nov 2009

Digital Creation & Preservation 101, Meghan Banach Bergin, Mj Canavan, Yuan Li, Aaron Rubinstein, Brian Shelburne, Kelcy Shepherd

Meghan Banach Bergin

This presentation gives an overview of digital preservation.


Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings Oct 2009

Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation about ScholarWorks digital repository, scholarly communication, ETDs, graduate student work, and open access publishing to the Graduate School's program for the Graduate Program Directors. This is an update of the presentation given in Sept 2008.


Library Space Redesign (Virtual), Marilyn S. Billings Jun 2009

Library Space Redesign (Virtual), Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This session will present a series of "think pieces" for both librarians and other campus constituencies to explore as we create new ways of working together to meet the needs of students, faculty and researchers of the 21st century. Topics will include new scholarly communication techniques, digital repositories, new partnerships and ways of marketing our scholarly outreach activities, and examine the implications for our current and future workforce.


Fishing Upstream: What Do Libraries Want From Vendors, Leslie Horner Button Apr 2009

Fishing Upstream: What Do Libraries Want From Vendors, Leslie Horner Button

Leslie Horner Button

No abstract provided.


To Host Or Not To Host, Or, Decisions Along The Way To A Successful Hosted Repository Investment, Marilyn S. Billings Jan 2009

To Host Or Not To Host, Or, Decisions Along The Way To A Successful Hosted Repository Investment, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

The decision to host a digital repository or purchase a hosted solution can be a daunting one. What are some of the factors involved? Who should be consulted along the way? How does one go about making this decision? This presentation addresses these questions and the decision process that led the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries to choose Digital Commons, the digital repository software developed and hosted by bePress. Several projects currently underway in ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst are highlighted.


Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings Sep 2008

Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation about ScholarWorks digital repository, scholarly communication, ETDs and graduate student work. Given at the Graduate School's program for the Graduate Program Directors, Sept 23, 2008.


Research Showcase Projects Within Scholarworks @ Umass Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings Jun 2008

Research Showcase Projects Within Scholarworks @ Umass Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation highlights various types of research projects that are contained in the digital repository ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst, a Digital Commons site.


Filling The Void: Publishing Within The Digital Repository., Marilyn S. Billings Jun 2008

Filling The Void: Publishing Within The Digital Repository., Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation showcases original digital publishing of journals, books, and other scholarly materials using the Digital Commons software.


Changing Scholarly Communications And The Role Of An Institutional Repository In The Digital Landscape, Marilyn S. Billings Feb 2008

Changing Scholarly Communications And The Role Of An Institutional Repository In The Digital Landscape, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation to University of Maine community (faculty, administration, librarians, and administration) about scholarly communication topics (author rights, copyright) and institutional repositories, using ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst as example of an IR.


Faculty Senate Research Library Council: Scholarly Communication Activities At The University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ma, Marilyn S. Billings Feb 2008

Faculty Senate Research Library Council: Scholarly Communication Activities At The University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, Ma, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

Presentation to University of Maine Faculty Senate Library Advisory Committee members about the work done by the UMass Amherst Faculty Senate Research Library Council in support of scholarly communication, digital repositories, and open-access publishing


Selected Digital Repository Projects At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings Jan 2008

Selected Digital Repository Projects At The University Of Massachusetts Amherst, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

In this presentation, I describe the Digital Commons service at UMass Amherst and show a wide variety of ways we have developed our instance, ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst


How To Keep Your Author Rights (And Influence People), Marilyn S. Billings Nov 2007

How To Keep Your Author Rights (And Influence People), Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

This presentation was part of the “Got Rights” UMass Amherst Science Faculty Colloquy, November 29, 2007.


Digital Repositories: A Umass Amherst Perspective, Fall 2007, Marilyn S. Billings Nov 2007

Digital Repositories: A Umass Amherst Perspective, Fall 2007, Marilyn S. Billings

Marilyn S. Billings

No abstract provided.