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Scholarly Communication at UMass Amherst

         The University Libraries have been engaging the University community in scholarly communication issues for several years. The Director of Libraries has given presentations to multiple audiences. The University Libraries hosted several colloquia and later partnered with other Provost areas on a Digital Quadrangle series founded in 2006 when it was recognized that this is a campus-wide endeavor. The four partners, the Center for Teaching, Graduate School, Office of Research, and the University Libraries have hosted two colloquia to date.

Director's Presentation to Faculty Senate, March 2001

Director's Presentation to the Dean's Council, October 2004  

Scholarly Colloquium Series sponsored by the University Libraries:

October 2001 : We began the conversation by inviting Jean-Claude Guedon and David E. Shulenburger to speak to the dramatic increase in journal prices and to the new developments in scholarly communication such as BioOne.

October 2004 : “Freedom of Speech and Speech for Free: University Libraries, University Presses and the Law,”
featuring Peter J. Givler, Executive Director of the Association of American University Presses.

March 2005: “In the Public Interest: Expanding Access to Scholarly Research” with John Willinsky from the Public Knowledge Project and Jane Griffith from N.I.H.

September 2005: “ University E-Repositories: Solutions for the Scholarly Community” with Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries at MIT and Nancy Fried Foster, Lead Anthropologist at the University of Rochester .

Digital Quadrangle Series:

The third annual Digital Quadrangle Series Colloquium was held on March 28, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Campus Center, sponsored by the UMass Amherst Libraries, Office for Research, Center for Teaching, the Graduate School, and new this year, the Office of Outreach.