Marilyn S. Billings

Ditch Your Textbook: Academic Librarians Inspiring Faculty to go "Open"

Steven Bell et al. — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:09:06 PDT

College students descend on the academic library in search of current textbooks, typically discovering there are none. Seeking to assist, academic librarians struggle with the dilemma of how to best provide students with access to textbooks or they ignore the issue all together. Discover how two academic libraries took a totally different route by inspiring faculty to “ditch the textbook”, and instead compile a set of learning materials composed of open and library provided content.

Documenting and Promoting Research & Engagement Using ScholarWorks, UMass Amherst's Digital Repository

Marilyn S. Billings — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:37:28 PDT

At UMass Amherst, Marilyn Billings works with university administration and faculty to publish the University's community engagement research, providing a central location for documenting the university’s eligibility for the Carnegie Elective Classification in Community Engagement. Marilyn will discuss how they’ve developed these regional, community-oriented IR collections, the role of the IR collections in gaining grants and supporting continued research, and the benefits that open-access to such scholarship brings to the local community.

Office of Scholarly Communication: News and Updates

Marilyn S. Billings — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:22:46 PDT

This is a short update of recent activities and news from the Office of Scholarly Communication at UMass Amherst, given at an All-staff meeting.

The Open Education Initiative at UMass Amherst: Taking a Bite Out of High-Cost Textbooks

Marilyn S. Billings et al. — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:40:08 PDT

This presentation highlights the successful Open Education Initiative begun at UMass Amherst in the spring of 2011. This initiative is co-funded by the Provost's Office and the University Libraries and is leveraged by a strong partnership among the University Libraries, Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, and OIT's Academic Computing, key elements of its success.

Response to RFI on Public Access to Peer-reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting from Federally Funded Research

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:00:03 PDT

This report is the University of Massachusetts Amherst response to an RFI issued by the

Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, and the Berlin Declaration

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:40:13 PDT

Presentation given to the Faculty Senate Research Council prior to signing the Berlin Declaration.

The Transformation of Library Services in a Time of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:31:01 PDT

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 management plans with faculty, and most recently how librarians and library staff have become involved as key partners in our new Open Education Initiative, a partnership between the University Libraries and the Office of the Provost. We will end with an engaged discussion as we look to our future possibilities.

New Roles for Library Faculty Liaisons at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:24:16 PDT

Transforming Library Services in a Time of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:17:36 PDT

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.

The Open Education Initiative at UMass Amherst: Taking a Bite Out of High Cost Textbooks

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:09:17 PDT

Breakout session of conference: To describe the Open Education Initiative that began at the University of Massachusetts in Spring 2011.

A University Library Creates a Digital Repository for Documenting and Disseminating Community Engagement

William A. Miller et al. — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:34:40 PDT

Digital repositories are new tools for documenting the accumulated scholarly work produced at academic institutions and disseminating that material broadly via the internet. Digital repositories support all file types and can be adapted to meet the custom design specifications of individual institutions. A section for community engagement initiatives was created within ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst, the digital repository for University of Massachusetts Amherst. Collected materials can provide a comprehensive record of partnerships, results, and products that advance institutional goals while facilitating the development of individual academic portfolios. This innovative application of library science allows community engagement to be appropriately valued as the central organizing component of diverse academic activities.

Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, and the Berlin Declaration

Marilyn S. Billings — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:51:19 PST

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.

Managing a University Library in the Digital Age

Gerald J. Schafer et al. — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:44:24 PDT

This presentation discusses the structure and function of libraries, student and faculty services, scholarly communication and the role of institutional repositories, and professional qualifications of librarians and information professionals.

Building a Sustainable Business Model for Library Publishing Services

Marilyn S. Billings — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:41:36 PDT

Presentation on staffing models used by the ScholarWorks Team at UMass Amherst.

The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication: The Role of the Library & Its Partners

Marilyn S. Billings — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:33:00 PDT

Presentation for online ISIS group.

The Transformation of Scholarly Communication: Roles for Libraries

Marilyn S. Billings — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:13:07 PDT

Topic: Scholarly Communication and Institutional Repositories: the role of Librarians

Recruiting and Retooling To Staff the IR

Marilyn S. Billings — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:19:59 PDT

This presentation uses the IR at UMass Amherst, ScholarWorks, as a case study in finding creative ways to staff an IR.

Open Education Resources at UMass Amherst

Marilyn S. Billings — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:02:31 PDT

This presentation was the third part of a panel discussion entitled Open Textbook Models: View from the Library.

Academic Library as Publishing Agent: showcasing student, faculty, and campus scholarship and publications

Teresa Fishel et al. — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:16:27 PDT

Academic libraries of all sizes can and must strategically position themselves to be a campus publisher. A means of doing this is to implement an IR, providing institutions an opportunity to showcase senior theses, and student and faculty peer-reviewed journals. Presentation includes representatives from a small college, a consortium of small colleges, and a university with a university press.

The Institutional Repository as a Publishing Platform

Richard W. Clement et al. — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:16:26 PDT

J.G. will speak about the Edikit journal software. Jeff will speak about Open Journal Systems software. Rick and Marilyn will speak about publishing on their campus. Jay will talk about using online journal software.