Marilyn S Billings

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.

Vision for the Future

G. Sayeed Choudhury et al. — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:16:25 PDT

This discussion will include 5 minute lightening talks by each presenter with an open floor discussion about the future of Institutional Repositories.

Author Rights, Or, The Rights of Copyright

Marilyn S. Billings et al. — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:04:41 PDT

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 as share favorite sites for finding and publishing educational materials.

The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication: The Role of the Library and an IR

Marilyn S. Billings — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:31:50 PDT

New Partnerships with Faculty: Creating and Publishing Open Access Journals

Marilyn S. Billings — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:03:59 PDT

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 — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:40:53 PDT

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.

ScholarWorks, the UMass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing new ways of sharing our scholarly work

Marilyn S. Billings — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:43:36 PDT

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 — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:38:44 PDT

This talk provides an example, through ESENCe, of the benefit to librarians of partnering with faculty to pull in large grants.

To Host or Not To Host, or, Decisions Along the Way to a Successful Hosted Repository Investment

Marilyn S. Billings — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:42:14 PDT

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 as a Digital Publishing Platform

Marilyn S. Billings — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:32:11 PST

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.

Library as Publishing Agent: Exploring New Roles

Marilyn S. Billings — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:30:02 PST

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.

Documenting and Promoting Engagement Using ScholarWorks, UMass Amherst’s Digital Repository

Marilyn S. Billings — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:26:42 PST

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.