Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings Recent documents in Marilyn S Billings en-us Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:25:47 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/22 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/22 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:49:55 PDT 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. Marilyn S. Billings Scholarly publishing Institutional repositories Scholarly communication http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/21 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/21 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:38:26 PST This survey was created in February 2006 and distributed to all faculty at UMass Amherst in March. The goals were to get a sense of faculty interest in and understanding of the meaning of an institutional repository, to specifically determine types of content that faculty would contribute and to obtain names of faculty interested in participating in a pilot project. Permission was received from MIT and the University of Maine to use their surveys as templates. Marilyn S. Billings Institutional repositories http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/20 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/20 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:28:11 PST Libraries are beginning to exploit the transformation that cyberinfrastructure allows: for example, for discovery and access, for changing scholarly communication, for next-generation catalogs. This presentation will be an overview of some recent developments and describe ways that we all can participate in this transformation. Marilyn S. Billings Scholarly communication Libraries, Digital http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/19 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/19 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:44:32 PDT The W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst and the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Worcester are both working to provide faculty with alternative solutions in the rapidly changing nature and practice of scholarship. One example that gives both a showcase for faculty research and an alternative to traditional publishing models is provided by institutional digital repositories. The first part of the presentation will explore the changing landscape of scholarly publishing such as author's rights, open access, copyright, preservation of digital scholarly materials, and the creation of digital journals. The repository system has proven to be an effective tool in all of these areas including preserving the scholarly record. The efficiencies of a repository will be described to faculty in the context of giving them more control, visibility and a forum to share their research with colleagues and fellow researchers. The second half will be a demonstration of the institutional digital repository software, showcasing a number of projects from each campus: Department Collections(Amherst) Description: More academic departments are creating scholarly materials online and need a centralized place to store, preserve, and access their journals, projects, databases and other collections. See how the UMass Amherst digital repository is providing a place to showcase this work. Personal Researcher Pages (Amherst) Description: Individual faculty members can easily create their own web pages to showcase their scholarly works, including journal articles, book chapters, supplemental materials in a variety of digital formats, without having to learn html. The library will ensure their long-term preservation and access. Senior Scholars (Worcester) Description: Through the Office of Medical Education, the Senior Scholars program encourages students to take on a research project and submit their findings to a conference. The abstracts from these research projects are being added to the repository to preserve the work and provide the students with a forum to display their work. International Medical Education Program (Worcester) Description: Many of the medical students spend time working abroad as part of their medical education. In order to increase access to their trip reports the Library has added the full text of trip reports, personal reflections, photos and even trip blogs. The students use the collection to search and plan future trips. Presented April 5, 2007 at the Instructional Technology Conference: The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: Technology & Reflective Practice, University of Massachusetts, April 5, 2007 Sturbridge, MA. Mary E. Piorun Publishing Research Open access publishing Libraries, Digital Faculty Scholarly publishing Institutional repositories University of Massachusetts at Amherst http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/18 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/18 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:44:28 PDT As a Research Extensive institution, it is imperative for the academic community to maximize its research output and scholarly activity. One way to accomplish this is through the web, i.e., the Internet and its associated media which can assist in the dissemination and access of these products; Scholarworks@UMassAmherst is one way the campus is supporting this goal. This third installment of the Digital Quadrangle Series at UMass Amherst will further involve our community in the dialog regarding migration to a web-based research showcase and provide tools for achieving this goal. We are pleased to have Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, share his perspectives about this emerging "trans-field," which is concerned broadly with the politics of information in contemporary, connected societies in a talk titled, "The Googlization of Everything." He is one of academe's best known scholars of intellectual property (IP) and its role in contemporary culture. Marilyn S. Billings http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/17 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/17 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:57:37 PDT 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. Marilyn S. Billings Scholarly communication http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/16 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/16 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:32:15 PDT This presentation highlights various types of research projects that are contained in the digital repository ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst, a Digital Commons site. Marilyn S. Billings Institutional repositories Scholarly communication http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/15 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/15 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:27:37 PDT This presentation showcases original digital publishing of journals, books, and other scholarly materials using the Digital Commons software. Marilyn S. Billings Open access publishing Scholarly publishing http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/14 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/14 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:38:17 PST 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. Marilyn S. Billings Institutional repositories Scholarly communication http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/13 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/13 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:33:06 PST 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 Marilyn S. Billings