How to Grow a Department:Research & Scholarly Communication Services at theLamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Sally Gore, MS, MS LISACRL-NEC Annual MeetingScholarly Communications SIG PanelMay 18, 2012

Getting Started: BasicsGet 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

Containers

September 27, 2008

Department Head

Institutional Repository Librarian

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.

SeedsRelevant Topic Talks

◦ NIH Policy◦ Open Access

Memberships◦ BioMed Central◦ PLoS

IR Communities & Projects

IR Features◦ Integrated RSS Feeds◦ Researcher Pages◦ Publishing Platform

Labels and Markers

Campus-wide Open Access Policy

OA

Polic

y

Chair,UMMS Faculty

Council

Education and Awareness Campaign

Vote

Implementation Plan

…

Plastic Bags or Covers

Part

Hardest

The

OA

Polic

y

Water and Light SourceSupport

◦ 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

Polic

y

Our Garden TodayEver-growing IROA Policy in progressEducation

◦ 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?