Presentation given as part of the Scholarly Communications SIG panel at the 2012 ACRL New England Annual Meeting.

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. 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 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.

6. Seeds
 Relevant Topic Talks
◦ NIH Policy
◦ Open Access
 Memberships
◦ BioMed Central
◦ PLoS
 IR Communities &
Projects
 IR Features
◦ Integrated RSS Feeds
◦ Researcher Pages
◦ Publishing Platform

7. Labels and Markers
 Campus-wide Open Access Policy
Chair,
UMMS Faculty
Council Vote
Education and
Awareness
Campaign Implementation
Plan
…

8. Plastic Bags or Covers
The
Hardest
Part

9. Water and Light Source
 Support
◦ Research Funding Department
◦ Individual Researchers, Labs, and Departments
◦ Faculty Affairs and Faculty Council
 Staff
◦ Summer Workers
◦ Temporary Staff
◦ Paraprofessional Staff
 Success
◦ Success Breeds Success

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?