at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Marilyn Billings Scholarly Communications Librarian W.E.B. Du Bois Library Faculty Senate Research Library Council: Scholarly Communication Activities

UMass Amherst UMass Amherst is flagship of UMass System Students 26,000 students; of those 5,770 are grad students Faculty 1,170 Academic 87 bachelor's degree programs, 6 associate's, 73 master’s and 51 doctoral programs in 10 schools and colleges Research Over $134 million / year

Faculty Senate Research Library Council, pt. 1 Scholarly Communication, early phase, Scholarly Communication colloquia, 2001–2005 Digital Quadrangle series, 2006 – present Institutional Repository Faculty Survey March 2006 Subcommittee to develop survey Faculty Senate “Committee of the Whole” panel discussion of scholarly communication, Feb 2006 Panelists: Jay Schafer, Director of Libraries; Bruce Wilcox, Director of the University Press; and Professor Robert Rothstein, representing the Research Library Council

Faculty Senate Research Library Council, pt. 2 Faculty Senate motion to support pilot IR, May _Digital_Repository.pdf Faculty Senate motion to support open access to scholarly communication, May g.pdf g.pdf National recognition Next steps Discussion of Harvard article

Background of Development Sabbatical: January–June 2005 Types of repositories Common features and functionality Recommendation Faculty Survey: Spring 2006 Text, E-journals Interest in participating

Digital Commons Pilot August 2006 – March 2007 Content Ph.D dissertations Faculty Survey participants Online journal Research Centers

Grand launch: March 2007 Provost and Office of Research Support Graduate School participation demo

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