Billings, Marilyn
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Head, Office of Scholarly Communication & Advisor to the Dean, University Libraries
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Marilyn
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Marilyn Billings is the head of the Office of Scholarly Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a position she has held since 2006. She provides leadership and education in alternative scholarly communication strategies and open scholarship topics, author rights, open access, open education, and library publishing initiatives. Current projects include oversight of the UMass Amherst’s digital repository ScholarWorks, the coordination of the UMass Amherst Open Education Initiative (OEI), co-chair of the MA Open Education Advisory Council with the MA Department of Higher Education, member of the Library Publishing Coalition, and member and partner presenter of the Open Textbook Network.
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Publication Copyright Issues for Faculty(2010-10-22) Sawyer, JC; Billings, MarilynIn this overview of copyright issues for instructors, we will discuss how you can protect the rights to your own works, share what you want to share, find copyright-free works, and properly use the copyrighted works of others. Special attention will be given to getting permission to use copyrighted works and to applying the "Fair Use" tests when getting permission is not an option.Publication 2011 Open Access Week Poster(2011-10-24) Billings, Marilyn SPublication Celebrating Open Access Journals and Conferences(2013-10-25) Billings, Marilyn SThrough services offered by the University Libraries, faculty and researchers can create new open access journals and host scholarly conference proceedings. This session will showcase this service and celebrate the launch of 2 new open journals and a long-standing conference.Publication OPEN ACCESS WEEK OCTOBER 24-28 “OPENING DOORS, OPENING MINDS”(2011-10-24) Billings, Marilyn SOpen Access Week, a global event in its fifth year, will be held from October 24 to October 28 this year. As part of 2011 Open Access Week, the UMass Amherst Libraries is hosting a series of events relevant to copyright and fair use, open educational resources, open data, and the launch of Credo, an online repository containing the digital collections of Special Collections and University Archives. All events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please check each day's activities, or contact Marilyn Billings at mbillings @ library.umass.edu.Publication Program Schedule: Research & Scholarship in the Digital Age: An Exploration(2006-04-06) Billings, Marilyn S; Michel, MarlaIn this inaugural event for the UMass Amherst Digital Quadrangle Series – an annual program brought to you by the UMass Amherst Libraries, Office of Research, Center for Teaching, and Graduate School – we will explore the changing nature of the representation of knowledge and how it will impact research and scholarship. NSF Program Director, Chris Greer, will speak about multi-disciplinary digital collections and toolkits for future applications. Selected faculty members will share their experiences of the impact the digital age has had on their research from online journals to implications of open source to new discoveries. The colloquium sponsors will discuss their services in the context of research and digital collections.Publication Program schedule: Showcasing Research & Teaching in the 21st Century: A Digital Approach(2007-03-29) Billings, Marilyn S; Michel, MarlaStrategies for leveraging technology to advance research, teaching, and scholarship will be the focus of the second annual event of the UMass Amherst Digital Quadrangle series. National Association for State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) Vice President for Academic Affairs David Shulenburger will explore the opportunities associated with open access to scholarly and scientific work. This will also be your opportunity to participate in the official launch of the ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst, the new digital repository for campus researchers and scholars. Selected faculty members will reflect on their early adoption of ScholarWorks and its impact on their research and teaching. The sponsors will discuss tools and policies to enable this new paradigm. Faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to attend.Publication Engaging the Web for Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Publication(2008-03-10) Billings, Marilyn SAs a Research Extensive institution, it is imperative for the academic community to maximize its research output and scholarly activity. One way to accomplish this is through the web, i.e., the Internet and its associated media which can assist in the dissemination and access of these products; Scholarworks@UMassAmherst is one way the campus is supporting this goal. This third installment of the Digital Quadrangle Series at UMass Amherst will further involve our community in the dialog regarding migration to a web-based research showcase and provide tools for achieving this goal. We are pleased to have Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, share his perspectives about this emerging “trans-field,” which is concerned broadly with the politics of information in contemporary, connected societies in a talk titled, “The Googlization of Everything.” He is one of academe’s best known scholars of intellectual property (IP) and its role in contemporary culture.Publication Program Schedule: Engaging the Web for Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Publication(2008-03-27) Billings, Marilyn S; Michel, MarlaScholarworks@UMassAmherst is one way the campus supports the open communication of the scholarship at UMass Amherst. Using this digital technology and the web has its benefits but its use also raises many questions including, “Have I been losing the rights to my own work?” “How can I keep my author rights?” and, "If my work isn't online, is it invisible?" For this 3rd installation of the Digital Quadrangle Series, we’re particularly pleased to have Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, join us for his talk, “The Googlization of Everything.” The program will also include a faculty panel presentation of Scholarworks implementations, remarks on the Carnegie Classification on Community Engagement, and a facilitated luncheon that will result in action plans for keeping your author rights and publishing in an online environment, addressing concerns about IP, and adopting ScholarWorks. Faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to attend. The event is open to the public although the luncheon is for campus members only.Publication The Power of Open Education to Affect Access to an Affordable Education, Student Success and Retention(2019-01-01) Billings, Marilyn SPublication 2015 Open Access Week full schedule(2015-10-19) Billings, Marilyn SFull schedule for 2015 Open Access Week events at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.