How to Grow a Department: Research & Scholarly Communication Services at the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS ACRL-NEC Annual Meeting Scholarly Communications SIG Panel May 18, 2012
Getting Started: Basics Get your garden (department) going: Containers (staff, digital repository) Potting Soil (environment) Seeds (ideas, programs) Labels and markers (strategy, plan) Plastic Bags or Covers (incubation period) Water and Light Source (food) Illustration: Amy Bryant “Boys’ Life”, January 2000
Containers February 20, 2006
Institutional Repository Librarian Containers Department Head Institutional Repository Librarian September 27, 2008
Potting Soil The NIH Public Access Policy implements Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008) The law states: The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
Seeds Relevant Topic Talks Memberships IR Communities & Projects NIH Policy Open Access Memberships BioMed Central PLoS IR Communities & Projects IR Features Integrated RSS Feeds Researcher Pages Publishing Platform
Education and Awareness Campaign Labels and Markers Campus-wide Open Access Policy Chair, UMMS Faculty Council Vote Education and Awareness Campaign Implementation Plan OA Policy …
Plastic Bags or Covers Part Hardest The OA Policy
Water and Light Source Support Staff Success Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Research Funding Department Individual Researchers, Labs, and Departments Faculty Affairs and Faculty Council Staff Summer Workers Temporary Staff Paraprofessional Staff Success Success Breeds Success OA Policy
Our Garden Today Ever-growing IR OA Policy in progress Education Funding Agency Requirements Copyright Authors Rights Host and Publish eJournals Publishing eBook *CCTS Evaluation*
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ~ Rudyard Kipling Thank You. Questions?