1. 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

2. 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

3. Containers
February 20, 2006

4. Institutional Repository Librarian
Containers
Department Head
Institutional Repository Librarian
September 27, 2008

5. Potting Soil
The NIH Public Access Policy implements Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL (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.

6. 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

7. 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 …

8. Plastic Bags or Covers
Part
Hardest
The
OA Policy

9. 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

10. 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*

11. Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. ~ Rudyard Kipling
Thank You.
Questions?