1. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Marilyn Billings Scholarly Communications Librarian W.E.B. Du Bois Library mbillings@library.umass.edu 413-545-6891 Faculty Senate Research Library Council: Scholarly Communication Activities

2. 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

3. Faculty Senate Research Library Council, pt. 1 Scholarly Communication, early phase, 2001 - 2005 Scholarly Communication colloquia, 2001–2005 Digital Quadrangle series, 2006 – present Institutional Repository Faculty Survey March 2006 Subcommittee to develop survey http://www.library.umass.edu/forms/insfacrepository.html 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 http://www.library.umass/presentations

4. Faculty Senate Research Library Council, pt. 2 Faculty Senate motion to support pilot IR, May 2006 http://www.umass.edu/senate/fs_docs/SEN_DOC_NO_06- 038_Digital_Repository.pdf Faculty Senate motion to support open access to scholarly communication, May 2007 http://www.umass.edu/senate/councils/RLC_resolution_scholarly_publishin g.pdf http://www.umass.edu/senate/councils/RLC_resolution_scholarly_publishin g.pdf National recognition http://www.arl.org/sc/faculty/index.shtml Next steps Discussion of Harvard article http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521835 http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521835

5. Background of Development Sabbatical: January–June 2005 Types of repositories Common features and functionality Recommendation http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/8 Faculty Survey: Spring 2006 Text, E-journals Interest in participating http://www.library.umass.edu/forms/insfacrepository.html

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

7. Grand launch: March 2007 Provost and Office of Research Support Graduate School participation http://scholarworks.umass.edu demo http://scholarworks.umass.edu

19. Comments, Questions? Thank You for Your Attention! Contact Information: Marilyn Billings Scholarly Communication Librarian University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 413-545-6891 mbillings@library.umass.edu