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The Potential Of Partnerships, Marilyn S. Billings
The Potential Of Partnerships, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
This webinar will use the University of Massachusetts‘ institutional repository as a case study to explore how the new digital repository service has affected the way librarians envision our place in the future of the academy, how the academy is changing its view of the library’s role, new tools and skills that we are developing to fulfill this service, and new partnerships that we have created and fostered to exploit this new vision. We hope to foster discussion and provide insights and opportunities for further exploration of how the role of libraries as publishers enables us to be key partners …
The Changing Landscape Of Scholarly Communication & The Role Of An Institutional Repository, Marilyn S. Billings
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.
Library As Publishing Agent: Exploring New Roles, Marilyn S. Billings
Library As Publishing Agent: Exploring New Roles, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
Academic libraries of all sizes can and must strategically position themselves as campus publishers. One means of doing this is to implement an Institutional Repository, providing opportunities to showcase senior theses, dissertations, award-winning papers, and student and faculty peer-reviewed journals. The Academic Librarians Section (ALS) presented Marilyn Billings from UMass Amherst to explain how this works in her library.
Scholarworks, The Umass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways Of Sharing Our Scholarly Work, Marilyn S. Billings
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.
Esence: The Ethics In Science And Engineering National Clearinghouse, Marilyn S. Billings
Esence: The Ethics In Science And Engineering National Clearinghouse, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
This talk provides an example, through ESENCe, of the benefit to librarians of partnering with faculty to pull in large grants.
Scholarworks As A Digital Publishing Platform, Marilyn S. Billings
Scholarworks As A Digital Publishing Platform, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
This presentation demonstrates how the University Libraries at UMass Amherst are using their Digital Commons IR ScholarWorks to provide digital publishing programs for UMass Amherst.
Documenting And Promoting Engagement Using Scholarworks, Umass Amherst’S Digital Repository, Marilyn S. Billings
Documenting And Promoting Engagement Using Scholarworks, Umass Amherst’S Digital Repository, Marilyn S. Billings
Marilyn S. Billings
The University of Massachusetts Amherst scholarly community is exploiting new digital technologies to showcase campus engagement initiatives. This session shows how a new partnership between the Outreach Division and the University Libraries has created opportunities for dissemination, institutional tracking, and understanding engagement as a vital component of teaching and scholarship.
Library Space Redesign (Virtual), Marilyn S. Billings
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.
To Host Or Not To Host, Or, Decisions Along The Way To A Successful Hosted Repository Investment, Marilyn S. Billings
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.