About the Scholarly Communication Office

"Scholarly Communication" is a term used to describe the ways that academics, researchers, scholars, and teachers share information, through publications and teaching.

At the University of Massachusetts, the W.E.B. Du Bois Library provides numerous services related to scholarly communication, including:

providing access to your work through the institutional repository, ScholarWorks
consultation on publication issues -- author's rights, fair use of included materials, licensing and assignment of your research and publication
education about open access and scholarly communication
development of open educational resources (OERs) and teaching materials
development of conferences, journals, workshops, datasets, and other scholarly communication

The Office of Scholarly Communication is the administrative unit coordinating these services. Staff include:

Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian. mbillings at library.umass.edu
Elizabeth Loving, Scholarly Communications Assistant. eloving at library.umass.edu
Laura Quilter, J.D., M.L.S. - Copyright and Information Policy Librarian. lquilter at library.umass.edu
Matt Sheridan, Digital Repository Resident Librarian. masherid at library.umass.edu

The Office works with other groups within the library to coordinate services, including the Scholarly Communication Team, the Teaching Commons Programming Team (TCPT), and the Digital Strategies Working Group. Members of these groups include:

Jessica Adamick, Science Librarian for the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
Abigail Baines, Coordinator of Digital Curriculum Reserve and Media
Meghan Banach-Bergin, Bibliographic Access & Metadata Coordinator
Sarah Hutton, Head Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Services
Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, Digital Strategies Coordinator
Scott Stangroom, Coordinator, Acquisitions Department

See also the History of Scholarly Communication at UMass (LibGuide).

Not sure who to contact? The Digital Scholarship & Consultation Services will connect you with scholarly communication, copyright, data management, preservation, ereserves, and other library services.

Last Edited: 1 February 2013