Marilyn Billings, Against the Grain, Nov 2014, Pp 14-16

Marilyn S. Billings

170 E. Hadley Road, Apt. 95 Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 Home: (413) 256-5913 Office: (413) 545-6891 Cell: (413) 519-6725 Email: [email protected] Webpage: http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings

EDUCATION

University of Rhode Island M.L.I.S. 1985 Kingston, RI

Bates College B.S. Double Major in Biology and Psychology, 1975 Lewiston, Maine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Massachusetts Librarian V, 2009- Amherst, MA Librarian IV, 1998-2009

September 2006 – present. Head, Office of Scholarly Communication Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian

May 2004 – August 2006 Coordinator, Five College Cooperative Library Systems & Special Initiatives Librarian

July 1998 – April 2004 Coordinator and Head, Library Information Systems and Technology Services

Keene State College Associate Professor Keene, NH

July 1989 - June 1998 Systems Librarian

Franklin Pierce College Head, Circulation. AV and Inter-Library Loan Rindge, NH

Feb. - July 1989 Circulation Librarian / Audiovisual Coordinator

Bates College Cataloger Lewiston, ME

Sept. 1985 - Feb. 1989 Assistant Catalog Librarian

1 PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCH, AND REPORTS

“Spreading the Word, Building a Community: Vision for a National OER Movement”, by Nicole Allen, Steven Bell, and Marilyn Billings, Against the Grain, Nov 2014, pp 14-16. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/61/

“Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials: Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries,” by Marilyn S. Billings, Sarah C. Hutton, Jay Schafer, Charles M. Schweik, and Matt Sheridan, Research Library Issues: A Quarterly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, no. 280, Sept 2012. http://publications.arl.org/rli280/2

“A University Library Creates a Digital Repository for Documenting and Disseminating Community Engagement” by William A Miller and Marilyn Billings, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, North America, May 16, 2012. Available at:

“Institutional Repositories, Libraries and the Academy”, book chapter in American Library Association’s ALCTS IR series entitled The Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges, March 2012. Series is available at http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/papers/irs Book chapter is available at http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/51/

Response to Request for Information (RFI) issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications Resulting from Federally Funded Research”, comments on behalf of UMass Amherst, Jan 12, 2012. Available at http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/50/

“Strategies for Developing an Institutional Repository: A Case Study of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst” co-authored with Yuan Li, Journal of Library and Information Studies, 37 (1), 81-98 (April 2011) available at http://jlis.glis.ntnu.edu.tw/ojs/index.php/jlis/article/viewFile/618/571 “The Effectiveness of SelectedWorks Pages in Populating an Institutional Repository”, invited research participant, Berkeley Electronic Press (3 year study, July 2007 – June 2010)

“Documenting and Promoting Engagement Using ScholarWorks, UMass Amherst’s Digital Repository”, Peer- reviewed Program. 10th annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Sept 28-30, 2009. Co-presented with William Miller (UMass Amherst Continuing and Professional Education). http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/24/

"The Academic Library as Publishing Agent: showcasing student, faculty, and campus scholarship and publications”, Peer-reviewed Program; Co-presented with Terri Fishel (Library Director at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN), Part of the proceedings of the Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference, Seattle, WA March 12-15, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/teresa_fishel/12/

“To Host or Not To Host, or, Decisions Along the Way to a Successful Hosted Repository Investment” Invited Speaker, part of the ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) all day pre-conference symposium entitled “Implementing an Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges”, American Library Association, Midwinter meeting, Denver, CO Jan 22, 2009. Presentation was invited to be repurposed into webinar for the ALCTS series offered Spring 2009 - Spring 2010 and will be included as a book chapter in the ALCTS IR . http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/27/

“Changing Scholarly Communications and the Role of an Institutional Repository in the Digital Landscape”. This presentation, originally given as a presentation to University of Maine faculty and librarians Feb 14, 2008, has been re-published in the 2013 revision of the peer-reviewed ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit “Accelerating the Transition to a More Open System of Scholarship” http://acrl.ala.org/scholcomm/

2 MIRACLE Project (University of Michigan) http://miracle.si.umich.edu/index.html After participating in the “Census of Institutional Repositories”, I was asked to be one of the case studies in the MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories A Collaborative Learning Environment) Project research funded by the IMLS: to identify models and best practices in the administration, technical infrastructure, and access to repository collections. UMass Amherst was the first site visit of their 5 model IRs, June 26- 28, 2008. In her summary report, the PI Dr Soo Young Rieh stated: “The findings from the ScholarWorks case study helped us to broaden the scope of our case studies by including more diverse people who can talk about the future of digital libraries and open access movement” demonstrating that the work that we are doing is making an impact by changing IR research approaches.

NIH Public Access Policy Mandate LibGuide. Originally presented as “NIH Public Access Policy Mandate: Background and Action Steps” to UMass Amherst NIH grant fund recipients in partnership with the Office of Research, May 20, 2008, incorporated into LibGuide co-developed with Maxine Schmidt. http://guides.library.umass.edu/NIHpubpol

Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Online Learning, Chair’s final report, Spring 2008 http://www.umass.edu/senate/adhoc/ACOL_FINAL_REPOR_0508.pdf

“ScholarWorks @ UMassAmherst: digital repository” brochure, Spring 2007.

“ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst: Talking Points about the Digital Repository Service”, Jan 2006, revised Sept 2006. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/4

“A Study of Institutional Repositories; with analysis” by Marilyn Billings. Sabbatical report, Jan 30 – July 09, 2005. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/8

“Electronic Repositories: New England Land-Grant Universities Task Force Report” Task Force members: Marilyn Billings (chair), Sharon Fitzgerald (U Maine), Peter Murray (U Conn), Pongracz Sennyey (U Vt), Elizabeth Slomba (UNH). Dec 15, 2004.

Ferguson, Jessame, Joel Fowler, Marilyn Hanley (my former name), and Jay Schafer. "Building a Digital Library in Support of Distance Learning" in Journal of Library Administration, vol.37, no 3/4 2002, pp 317-331.

PRESENTATIONS

“Encouraging Openness at Your Institution: Trends in Open Education and Open Access”, invited speaker, Special Libraries Association (SLA) National Conference, Boston, MA, June 16, 2015 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/67/

“The New Now: Institutional Repositories and Academia”, invited keynote speaker, Institutional Repository Day @ USM, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, April 17, 2015 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/66/

“Seeking Alternatives to High-cost Textbooks: The UMass Amherst Example, invited speaker, Affordable Learning Georgia webinar series, panel with Cyril Oberlander (Humboldt State University) and Kate Pitcher (SUNY Geneseo), University System of Georgia Library Services, April 15, 2015 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/68/

Keynote address on open education co-presented with Nicole Allen, Teaching and Learning with Technology, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, April 10, 2015

“Building Your Fan Base: Promoting Your Repository On and Off Campus”, invited speaker, bepress IR All-Stars Tailgate pre-conference prior to Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) national conference, Portland, OR, March 25, 2015 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/65/

3 “UMA’s Open Education Initiative: Perspective After 4 Years In”, invited speaker, Association of South East Research Libraries (ASERL) webinar panel Lib-OER Community: Lessons from the Field: Models for Library Support of Alt-Textbooks with Steven Bell (Temple University), William Cross (NC State), Melanie Kowalski (Emory University), Jan 15, 2015 https://vimeo.com/116900928 and http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/64/

“Seeking Alternatives to High-cost Textbooks: A Case Study of the UMass Amherst Open Education Initiative”, invited speaker, various meetings in fy ‘15:  Bristol Community College, Aug 19, 2014  Bridgewater State University, Aug 19, 2014  Simmons GLIS, Nov 15, 2014  Boston College, Feb 26, 2015  University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, April 10, 2015  University of Southern Mississippi, April 17, 2015  Wheaton College, May 19, 2015 Example: http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/69/

“Open Educational Resources at UMass Amherst: Seeking Alternatives to High-Cost Textbooks”, co-presented with Charlotte Roh, Updates from the World of Open: SHARE, OERs, and MOOCs, ACRL/NEC Scholarly Communication Interest Group fall program, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Dec 5, 2014

“Hands Across the University: Partnering to Advance Scholarly Communication, invited speaker, part of Addressing the Emerging Trends in the Research Environment workshop co-sponsored by Boston Library Consortium and Digital Science, UMass Worcester, Nov 25, 2014 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/62/

“Libraries Leading the Way on the Textbook Problem”, co-presented with Charlotte Roh (UMA), William Cross (NC State) and Brendon O’Connell (NC State), Charleston Conference, SC, Nov 6, 2014 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/63/

“OERs for Online Teaching and Learning” co-presented with Marsha Marks and Charlotte Roh, at Is Education Open for Business? NERCOMP Open Education workshop, Norwood, MA Sept 22, 2014

“Librarian Engagement in OER Adoption: Leadership and Roles”, Invited Speaker, Lumen OpenEd Leadership Summit, Portland, OR, June 5-6, 2014 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/56/

“Libraries and Faculty Partnering To Advance Scholarly Communication”: Invited keynote speaker for day-long program entitled “Promoting Scholarly Communications Through Open Access Journals”, College at Brockport SUNY, March 28, 2014 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/58/ This conference was sponsored by SUNY’s Conversations in the Disciplines and was the spring program of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Western New York / Ontario Chapter. Conference website: http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/oajp/

“Seeking Alternatives to High-cost Textbooks: A Case Study of the UMass Amherst Open Education Initiative”, Invited Speaker, various meetings in fy ‘14:  MCCLPHEI (Massachusetts Commonwealth Consortium of Libraries in Public Higher Education Institutions, Inc) annual conference, Salem, MA, June 19, 2014. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/59/  CTDLC E3 Conference 2014: Engagement, Empowerment, and E-learning sponsored by the CTDLC, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, May 28, 2014. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/60/  Digital Staff Day, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, Mar 17, 2014.  Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition (SPARC) webinar, Mar 13, 2014. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/55/  AMICAL (American International Consortium of Academic Libraries) Consortium webinar with Jay Schafer, Feb 11, 2014 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/57/  OER Summit, co-sponsored by UMass Online, Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium 4 (CTDLC) and Massachusetts Colleges Online (MCO), UMass Collaborative Services Facility, Shrewsbury, MA, Oct. 29, 2013. Keynote speaker was Cable Green, Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons. Additional panel speakers were Paul Dobbs, Director of Libraries Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Patrick Masson, Special Advisor to UMassOnline, Karin Moyano Camihort, Dean of Online Learning & Academic Initiatives at Holyoke Community College, and Jonathon Sweetin, System Administrator for the North Carolina Learning Objects Repository (NCLOR).

“Ditch Your Textbook: Academic Librarians Inspiring Faculty To Go “Open”, co-presented with Steven Bell (Temple University), Mei-Yau Shih (Center for Teaching and Faculty Development UMass Amherst), and Kristina Morris Baumli (Temple University), peer-reviewed conference presentation, Association of College and Research Libraries, Indianapolis, IN, Apr 12, 2013 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/54/

“Documenting and Promoting Research & Engagement Using ScholarWorks, UMass Amherst’s Digital Repository”, Part 2 of 3-part bePress webinar series entitled: “Institutional Repositories Supporting Community Engagement, online, Apr 4, 2013 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/53/

“The Open Education Initiative @ UMass Amherst” Taking a Bite Out of High-Cost Textbooks” co- presented with Sarah Hutton at the UMass System-Wide Curricular Re-Design Symposium, Shrewsbury, MA, Jan 16, 2013 http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/51/

“The Open Education Initiative at UMass Amherst: Alternatives to High-Cost Textbooks”, part of a Faculty Senate panel discussion entitled: “Current Perspectives on Online Education”, UMass Amherst, Oct 11, 2012 (abbreviation of Sept 20 talk)

“Transforming Library Services in a Time of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change” Invited Speaker, Library Vision Symposium, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, Sept 28, 2012

“The Open Education Initiative at UMass Amherst: Alternatives to High-Cost Textbooks”, Invited Speaker, Future of the Academic Library Symposium sponsored by Library Journal et al, Rice University, Houston, TX, Sept 20, 2012

“The Open Education Initiative at UMass Amherst: Taking a Bite Out of High Cost Textbooks”, Invited Speaker, Living the Future Conference, University of Arizona, Apr 23, 2012. Available at http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/45/

Indiana University, University of North Carolina, Washington State University and University of Washington: “Transforming Library Services in a Time of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change”, Apr– May, 2012. Part of sabbatical site visits. Available at http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/46/

Purdue University: “New Roles for Library Faculty Liaisons at the University of Massachusetts Amherst”, Mar 26, 2012. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/47/

Syracuse University: “The Transformation of Library Services in a Time of Rapid Scholarly Communication Change”, Mar 23, 2012. Available at http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/48/

Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Virtual Roundtable, “Digital Archiving and Access: A Conversation with ScholarWorks, JSTOR, and NYPL”, Invited Moderator, Jan 19, 2012

“Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, and the Berlin Declaration”, presentation to the Faculty Senate Research Council, Nov 18, 2011, Available at http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/49/

Harvard-MIT Open Access Meeting, Invited Speaker, Topic: Open Access Publishing, Harvard University, Oct 28, 2011

5 “ScholarWorks, the UMass Amherst Digital Repository: Showcasing New Ways of Sharing Our Scholarly Work”, Invited Speaker, presented at the Graduate Program Directors Workshop, Oct 25, 2011

“Managing a University Library in the Digital Age”, co-presentation with Jay Schafer to the China Institute BUPT Higher Education Executive Training Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Aug 16, 2011. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/42/

“The Transformation of Scholarly Communication: Roles for Libraries, Invited Speaker, MCCLPHEI (MA Commonwealth Consortium of Libraries in Public Higher Education Institutions) annual conference, Salem, MA, June 16, 2011. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/39/

“Building a Sustainable Business Model for Library Publishing Services”, Invited Speaker, presentation during 2 day workshop entitled “Library-based Publishing: Strategies for Success” funded by IMLS, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, May 18-20, 2011. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/41/

“The Digital Textbook Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Academic Libraries”, Invited Speaker, Panel discussion on April 2, 2011 with panelists Sue Polanka (Wright State and chair of panel), Michele Sordi (Sage Publications), Eric Frank (Flat World Knowledge), Stephen Acker (Ohio Digital Bookshelf Project Director), and myself, Association of College and Research Libraries, Philadelphia, PA, Mar 30-Apr 02, 2011

“Recruiting and Retooling To Staff the IR”, Invited Speaker, ACRL / SPARC IR Pre-conference to the Association of College and Research Libraries, Philadelphia, PA, Mar 30-Apr 02, 2011. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/38/

“The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication: The Role of the Library and its Partners” Invited Speaker, NERCOMP/NITLE ISIS online seminar series, Mar 18, 2011. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/40/ “Open Education Resources at UMass Amherst”, Invited Speaker, part of panel “Open Textbook Models: The View from the Library” co-presenters: Greg Raschke (North Carolina State University) and Jeff Shelstad (Flat World Knowledge), 30th annual Charleston Conference, Charleston, SC, Nov 3- 6, 2010. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/37/

“Author Rights, Or, The Rights of Copyright”,co-authored with Fred Zinn (Academic Computing, UMass Amherst), NERCOMP Workshop entitled “Copyright and IP for Image Use”, UMass Amherst, May 4, 2010. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/33/

“The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication: The Role of the Library and an IR”, Invited Speaker, SUNY Buffalo panel discussion entitled “Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Institutional Repositories”, Buffalo, NY, Mar 26, 2010. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/32/

“New Partnerships with Faculty: Creating and Publishing Open Access Journals”, NERCOMP Workshop entitled Exploring New Options in Digital Publishing, UMass Amherst, Mar 23, 2010. Co- organized with Dan Schnaidt (Wesleyan University) http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/31/

“The Potential of Partnerships: Dissolving Silos for a Successful IR Implementation”, part of the ALCTS IR 2009-10 webinar series and originally based on my presentation at the ALA Midwinter 2009 ALCTS pre- conference entitled “Implementing an Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges” Webinar broadcast, Dec 16, 2009.http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/23/

“Library as Publishing Agent: Exploring New Roles”, Invited Speaker, New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference, Hartford, CT, Oct 19, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/25/

“ScholarWorks: the UMass Amherst Digital Repository, showcasing new ways of sharing our scholarly work” Invited Speaker, UMass Amherst Graduate School’s Graduate Program Director’s Update 6 Workshop, Oct 6, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/29/

“ESENCe: the Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse” lightning talk at the American Library Association. LITA National Forum, Salt Lake City, UT, Oct 2-4, 2009 to highlight activities of our NSF grant, of which I was Co-PI with Jane Fountain, faculty member in the Center for Public Policy and Administration. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/28/

“ScholarWorks as a Digital Publishing Platform”, Invited Speaker, regional conference Institutional Repositories: Disseminating, Promoting, and Preserving Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT, Sept 30, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/26/

“Documenting and Promoting Engagement Using ScholarWorks, UMass Amherst’s Digital Repository”, Peer-reviewed program; Co-presented with William Miller (UMass Amherst Continuing and Professional Education), National Outreach Scholarship Conference, 10th annual, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Sept 28-30, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/24/

“Evolving Models of Scholarly and Scientific Publishing”, part of Scholarly Communication 101 Workshop sponsored by ACRL NEC Scholarly Communication SIG, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, July 23, 2009.

“The Role of an Institutional Repository in Today’s Digital Landscape” Invited Speaker, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME June 25, 2009.

“Library Space ReDesign (Virtual)”, Invited Speaker, Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) annual conference, Keene State College, Keene, NH June 21, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/22/

“Exploring Ways that IRs Facilitate New Roles and Partnerships for Libraries and the Academy”, Invited Speaker, Czech and Slovak Library Information Network (CASLIN) annual conference, Plzen, CZ, June 7-11, 2009.

“The Changing Scholarly Communication Landscape – an Overview”, Invited Speaker, Program entitled “Scholarly Communication and Open Access: Faculty Open Access Symposium”, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Apr 08, 2009.

"The Academic Library as Publishing Agent: Showcasing Student, Faculty, and Campus Scholarship and Publications”, Peer-reviewed program; Co-presented with Terri Fishel (Library Director at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN) and Allegra Gonzalez (Claremont, CA Consortium), Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference, Seattle, WA Mar 12-15, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/teresa_fishel/12/

“To Host or Not To Host, or, Decisions Along the Way to a Successful Hosted Repository Investment” Invited Speaker, ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) pre-conference symposium entitled “Implementing an Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges”, American Library Association, Mid-Winter meeting, Denver, CO Jan 22, 2009. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/27/

“UMass Grad Student Takes on Publishing Giant, Wins Author Rights Victory”. Presented at Innovation Fair section (peer-reviewed) of SPARC Digital Repositories meeting, Baltimore, MD, Nov 17-18, 2008.

“ScholarWorks: the UMass Amherst Digital Repository, showcasing new ways of sharing our scholarly work” Invited Speaker, UMass Amherst Graduate School’s graduate program director’s update workshop, Sept 23, 2008

“The Role of the Digital Repository in our Changing Scholarly Communication Environment”, Invited Speaker, Colby College, Waterville, ME, July 16, 2008.

7 “Filling the Void: Publishing Within the Digital Repository”, and “Research Showcase Projects within ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst”, Invited Speaker for bePress sessions, American Library Association, Anaheim, CA, June 30, 2008. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/15

“Meet… Digital Commonwealth”, Co-presenter with Julie Bartlett (Forbes Library, Northampton, MA),  National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Office, Pittsfield, MA, June 26, 2008.  Western MA Regional Library System Office, So Deerfield, MA on April 24, 2008.

“The Digital Transformation of Libraries”, Invited Speaker, Western MA Regional Library System (WMRLS) Academic Library Roundtable, Mt Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, June 19, 2008.

“NIH Public Access Policy Mandate: Background and Action Steps”, Presented to UMass Amherst NIH grant fund recipients in partnership with the Office of Research, May 20, 2008.

“The Elephant in the Room: Some strategies for the cohabitation of the traditional library with the digital repository” Invited Speaker and Co-Presenter with Meghan Banach, New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) annual meeting, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, April 04, 2008.

“Scholarly Communication and Open Access Initiatives – recent updates”, Peer-reviewed program; Co- presenter with Barbara DeFelice (Dartmouth) and Carolyn Mills (University of Connecticut), NERCOMP annual conference, Providence, RI, March 11, 2008.

“Cyberinfrastructure and the Transformation of Libraries”, Invited Speaker, NERCOMP Workshop: “Cyberinfrastructure and The Liberal Arts: Institutions and the Future of Discipline-Based Research”, UMass Amherst, March 04, 2008. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/20

“DEDCC sponsored brown bag lunch discussion: 2007 Conference Updates”, Spoke on Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) conference, Amherst College, Feb 15, 2008.

“Changing Scholarly Communications and the Role of an Institutional Repository in the Digital Landscape”, Invited Speaker, University of Maine, Orono, ME, Feb 14, 2008. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/14

“Selected Digital Repository Projects at the University of Massachusetts Amherst”, Invited Speaker for bePress session, American Library Association Mid-Winter meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Jan 13, 2008. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/10 [

“How To Keep Your Author Rights (and Influence People)”, Invited Speaker, “Got Rights” UMass Amherst Science Faculty Colloquy, Nov 29, 2007. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/11

Scholarly Communication Lunch Discussion series for October 2, 2010. UMass Amherst Librarians:  How to Talk with Faculty, Sept 20, 2007  Author Rights and Peer Review, Oct 20, 2007

“Five College Digital Asset Update Session”, ScholarWorks presentation at Five College DEDCC program, Smith College, May 08, 2007.

“Open Access Journals and Institutional Repositories: Opportunities and Challenges in Utilizing this New Medium to Enhance Teaching and Learning”, University of Massachusetts Instructional Technology Conference Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: Technology & Reflective Practice, Sturbridge, MA, April 05, 2007. Peer-reviewed Program; Co-presented with Linda Enghagen, faculty member in UMass Amherst’s Hospitality and Tourism Department.

“The Role of the Institutional Repository in Preserving the Scholarly Record of the University of Massachusetts”, University of Massachusetts Instructional Technology Conference Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: Technology & Reflective Practice, Sturbridge, MA, April 05, 2007. Peer- reviewed Program; Co-presented as poster session with Mary Piorin and James 8 Comes (UMass Medical School) http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/lib_articles/59/ [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst as a way to preserve your research activities” Invited Speaker  School of Nursing, Feb 21, 2007  Department of Music, Feb 06, 2007  Department of Anthropology, Feb 05, 2007  Department of Linguistics, Dec13, 2006

“ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst”, Faculty Senate University Computing & Electronic Communications Committee, Nov 10, 2006.

“ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst, a digital repository for faculty research materials”, Provost’s Deans Council, Oct 03, 2006.

“MyDropBox” plagiarism prevention software, University Libraries’ Faculty Reception, April 11, 2006.

“Institutional Repositories”, Research Council, April 07, 2006; Research Library Council, Dec 14, 2005; University Libraries Senior Management Group, Feb 09, 2005.

“Research and Publication in the Digital Age” Moderator, Faculty Senate panel discussion, UMass Amherst, Feb 09, 2006.

“Repositories: Features, Functions, and Flops?” NERCOMP workshop entitled: “Repositories – How are they Evolving”, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Sept 26, 2005. http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/5

“Repositories: New Beginnings for Libraries,” Invited Speaker, NELINET seminar: Institutional Repositories: Models & Approaches, Southborough, MA, Jan 27, 2005.

“NECOP Electronic Repository Task Force report highlights”, Chair’s report to the NECOP Directors of Libraries, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Dec 17, 2004.

"Building a Digital Library in Support of Distance Learning", Co-presented with Jessame Ferguson; later published.10th Off-Campus Library Services Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 19, 2002.

“Library and OIT Collaborations”, University Libraries staff, UMass Amherst, Nov 20, 2001.

“OIT / Libraries Collaborations, FY ’01”, Invited Speaker, OIT staff retreat, Holyoke, MA, June 27, 2001.

“Boston Library Consortium Virtual Catalog”, University Libraries staff, UMass Amherst, April 05, 2001.

“Library IT: Into the future” part of panel presentation entitled “Hot Topics in Library IT”, Peer- reviewed Program; Co-presented with Leslie Button and Barbara Morgan. NERCOMP / ITC 2000, Sturbridge, MA, March 19–21, 2000.

“The New Kid on the Block, Challenges Facing the New Systems Administrator," Peer-reviewed Program; Innovative Users Group, Oakland, CA, April 24–27, 1999.

CLASSES TAUGHT

Honors 391A: Workshop in the Study of Knowledge Commons, assisted in course taught by Dr. Charles Schweik, Commonwealth Honors College, UMass Amherst, Fall semester 2014. 9

“Scholarly Communication, Open Access Publishing, and ScholarWorks”, presentation to Computer Competency Course, along with set of 10 questions to assess students’ learning, UMass Amherst Commonwealth Honors College, Nov 18, 2011

“The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication & the Role of an Institutional Repository”, http://works.bepress.com/marilyn_billings/30/  Guest Lecturer, Anne C Moore’s Academic Libraries 451 class at Simmons College Graduate School in Library & Information Studies West campus, Mount Holyoke College, So Hadley, MA, March 27, 2010  Guest Lecturer, Claudia Morner’s Academic Libraries 451 class at Simmons College Graduate School in Library & Information Studies, Boston, MA, Nov. 18, 2009.  Guest Lecturer, Anne C Moore’s Academic Libraries 451 class at Simmons College Graduate School in Library & Information Studies West campus, Mount Holyoke College, So Hadley, MA, Feb 23, 2008

“The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication”, Guest Lecturer for Marc Achermann, “Ethics for Scientists and Engineers”, Physics 690, UMass Amherst, April 08, 2008.

“Scholarly Communication & the Role of Institutional Repositories”. Guest Lecturer for Anne C Moore, Academic Libraries 451, Simmons College Graduate School in Library & Information Studies, Mount Holyoke College, So Hadley, MA, Sept 23, 2006.

CONFERENCES AND COLLOQUIA PLANNING

Open Ed Forum Opening Minds, Sharing Knowledge, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA March 13, 2015. “Ex officio” panel participant and advisor for program design.

ACRL/SPARC Open Education pre-conference, Chicago, IL, Jan 30-31, 2015. One of the organizers of the pre-conference. I gave a talk on the Open Education Initiative at UMass Amherst as part of the programming and discussed best practices and lessons learned since its start in 2011.

Open Access Week, UMass Amherst, October 21–25, 2014. Participated with the other librarians in the Scholarly Communication Office in the planning of the week’s activities, primarily being responsible for recruiting Peter Suber as the keynote. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2014/

“Open Access and the Humanities: Contexts, Controversies and the Future” presentation by Dr Martin Paul Eve, October 2, 2014. Organizer of his visit to UMass Amherst and Five College sites.

Is Education Open for Business? NERCOMP Open Education workshop, Norwood, MA Sept 22, 2014. One of the organizers of this workshop.

Altmetrics: Help Your Researchers Measure Their Full Impact, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) New England Chapter Scholarly Communication Interest Group program (member of program committee), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Nov 14, 2013.

Open Access Week, UMass Amherst, Oct 21-25, 2013. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2013/ I coordinate the planning for this annual week to celebrate our ongoing efforts with open access work at UMass Amherst.

“New Roles for Supporting Digital Scholarship in Academic Libraries”, ACRL NEC Scholarly Communication SIG program, Egan Research Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 19, 2013

Information & Communication Technology Summit 2013: “Innovation: The Role of Higher Education”, UMass Amherst, MA, Mar 28, 2013.

10 “The ARL Code of Best Practices and Beyond: Copyright and Fair Use on Your Campus”, ACRL NEC Scholarly Communication SIG program, Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center, Shrewsbury, MA, Dec 4, 2012.

Digital Commons Northeast Users Group meeting, primary organizer, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, May 17, 2012

SPARC Open Access meeting, program committee and member of lightning talk evaluation team, Kansas City, MO, March 11-12, 2012

ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Summit 2012: “Defining the Next Decade, Creative Technology”, UMass IT Task Force and Curriculum Committee, Amherst, MA, March 2, 2012

ACRL NEC Scholarly Communication SIG program: Open Access & Scholarly Societies: Opportunities and Challenges, Nov 2011

Open Access Week at UMass Amherst, October 24-28, 2011 “Opening Doors, Opening Minds” program planning. Kickoff speaker, Patricia Aufderheide “Beyond the Copyright Wars: Fair Use, Free Speech, and Reframing the Policy Debate”, Oct 24 http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2011/

“New Tools for Knowledge: An Overview of Resources That Support Research Analytics, Faculty Profiles, and Bibliographies”, ACRL NEC Scholarly Communication program, Boston, MA, Northeastern University April 15, 2011.

ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Summit 2011, UMass IT Task Force, Amherst, MA March 31, 2011.

SPARC 2010 Digital Repositories Meeting Program Committee, Baltimore, MD, Nov 7-9, 2010.

Open Access Week programs, UMass Amherst, Oct 18-24, 2010. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2010/

“How Can a Textbook Be Free? Keeping Higher Education Affordable with Open Resources”, UMass Amherst, Sept 21, 2010.

“Exploring New Options in Digital Publishing”, NERCOMP Workshop, UMass Amherst, March 23, 2010. Co-organized with Dan Schnaidt (Wesleyan University)

Open Access Week programs, UMass Amherst, Oct 21-23, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/2009/

“The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research & Scholarship: A Call to Action” Stuart Shieber (Harvard University) and Ann Wolpert (MIT) guest speakers, UMass Amherst Digital Quadrangle series program, Sept 24, 2009. Fourth annual series event co-sponsored by the University Libraries, Office of Research and Engagement, the Graduate School, and the Office of the Provost. Organized and convened with Marla Michel, Director of Research Liaison and Development, Office of Research.

Association of College and Research Libraries, New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) Scholarly Communication SIG. ACRL/NEC’s Scholarly Communication 101 Workshop, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, July 23, 2009.

Digital Commonwealth Third Annual Digital Library Conference and Vendor Fair, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, March 31, 2009. Organized with other Digital Commonwealth Executive Board members.

Association of College and Research Libraries, New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) Scholarly Communication SIG. First meeting and Inaugural Program (Open Access), Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, Dec 04, 2008. Lead organizer with Barbara DeFelice (Dartmouth College), Ellen Finnie Duranceau (MIT), and Carolyn Mills (University of Connecticut) 11

Boston Library Consortium, “Day of Scholarly Communication”, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April 22, 2008. Lead organizer with Mark Caprio (Boston College), Barbara DeFelice (Dartmouth College), Ann Devenish (MBL-WHOI), Carolyn Mills (University of Connecticut), and Brendan Rapple (Boston College)

“Engaging the Web for Scholarship, Pedagogy and Publication”, Siva Vaidyanathan as guest speaker, UMass Amherst Digital Quadrangle series program, March 28, 2008. Third annual series event co- sponsored by the University Libraries, Office of Research, Office of Outreach, Center for Teaching, and Graduate School. Organized and convened with Marla Michel, Director of Research Liaison and Development, Office of Research. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dq/ [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Institutional Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy: Ensuring Deposit Rights” webcast by Association of Research Libraries, March 07, 2008. Convened for librarians and others interested in this topic.

“A Day of Scholarly Communication: Developing Your Institutional Plan”, NERCOMP Workshop, UMass Amherst, Nov 14, 2007. Workshop based on ARL/ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication. Organized with Barbara DeFelice (Dartmouth), Elizabeth Kirk (Dartmouth), Carolyn Mills (University of Connecticut) and Dan Schnaidt (Wesleyan University). http://nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=1243 [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Next Generation Catalogs”, Five Colleges program, UMass Amherst, Nov 7, 2007. Organized with other Five College Digital Environment and Development Coordinating Committee members.

Digital Commonwealth Second Annual Digital Library Conference and Vendor Fair, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Oct 25, 2007. Organized with other Digital Commonwealth Executive Board members.

“Five College Digital Asset Update Session”, Five College DEDCC program, Smith College, May 8, 2007. Organized with Sika Berger (Smith College) and other DEDCC members.

“Showcasing Research & Teaching in the 21st Century: A Digital Approach”, David Shulenburger as guest speaker, UMass Amherst Digital Quadrangle series program, March 29, 2007.Second annual series event co-sponsored by,the University Libraries, Office of Research, Center for Teaching,and Graduate School. Organized and convened with Marla Michel, Director of Research Liaison and Development, Office of Research. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dq/ [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Author Rights” webcast by Association of Research Libraries / Association of College & Research Libraries, Nov 29, 2006. Convened.

“Education for our Times: Expertise and Engagement”. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Web Symposium, May 24-25, 2006. Convened.

“Research & Scholarship in the Digital Age: An Exploration”, UMass Amherst Digital Quadrangle series program, April 06, 2006. Inaugural Digital Quadrangle series event co- sponsored by the University Libraries, Office of Research, Center for Teaching, and Graduate School. Organized and convened with Marla Michel, Director of Research Liaison and Development in the Office of Research. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dq/ [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Kuali: Open & Community Source”, NERCOMP Workshop, UMass Amherst, Feb 07, 2006. Organized and convened with Eileen McMahon (UMass Boston). http://nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=334 [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Google Scholar: What it Means for Libraries” Five College DEDCC program, Mount Holyoke 12 College, Jan 12, 2006. Organized and convened with Janet Ewing (Mount Holyoke College) and Sika Berger (Smith College), part of the Five College Digital Environment and Development Coordinating Committee.

UMass Amherst Libraries’ sponsored Scholarly Communication Colloquium series held at UMass Amherst. Organized.  “University E-Repositories: Solutions for the Scholarly Community” with keynote speakers Ann J. Wolpert and Nancy Fried Foster, Sept 29, 2005.  “In the Public Interest: Expanding Access to Scholarly Research” with keynote speakers John Willinsky and Jane Griffith, March 03, 2005.  “Freedom of Speech & Speech for Free” with keynote speaker Peter Givler to honor the “Year of the University Press”, Oct 15, 2004.

“Repositories: How are They Evolving?”, NERCOMP workshop, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Sept 26, 2005. Organized, convened and presented. http://nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=242 [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Digital Commons”, presentation by ProQuest to the NECOP Electronic Repository Task Force and NECOP Directors of Libraries, ALA Midwinter Conference, Boston, MA, Jan 15, 2005. Organized.

“Institutional Repositories: Revealing Our Strengths”, an Association of Research Libraries and SPARC webcast, June 10, 2004. Convened.

Learning Commons workshop with Joan Lippincott from the Coalition for Networked Information in Washington, DC, UMass Amherst, April 2, 2004. Co-organized with members of IT Task Force

“Learning Spaces: New Visions”, NERCOMP workshop, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, March 2, 2004. Organized and convened. http://nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=104 [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“Geographic Information and the Academic Experience”, NERCOMP workshop, Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, October 7, 2003. Organized and convened. http://nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=121 [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

“DSpace@MIT: an Open Source Institutional Digital Repository” NERCOMP workshop, MIT, Cambridge, MA, April 30, 2003. Convened. http://nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=126 [Accessed Oct 2, 2010]

Educational workshops on context-sensitive linking of online resources and federated searching, Five College librarians, Smith College, Northampton, MA, Jan 2003. Organized and facilitated with Five College Digital Environment and Development Coordinating Committee members. New England III Users Group meeting, New England Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Nov 20, 2002. Chair, Planning Committee and facilitator.

All-Campus IT Workshop, UMass Amherst, Oct 26, 2001. As a member of the IT Task Force, coordinated and co-authored report.

Boston Library Consortium virtual union catalog training session for library staff, UMass Amherst, Sept 20, 2001. Organized.

Five Campuses Digital Library Planning Day, Worcester, MA, Aug 30, 2000. Member, Planning Committee of UMass Library Directors and IT Directors.

“Where Will Your Information Come From?”, Five College Libraries Symposium - response to videoconference entitled “Building the Earth’s Largest Library” by Steve Coffman of the Los Angeles Public Library, Mullins Center, UMass Amherst, April 11, 2000. Organized with Tom Warger (Five Colleges), Bonnie Jo Radasch and Emily Silverman. 13

New England III Users Group meeting, New England Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Sept. 18, 1998. Chair, Planning Committee.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Library Association (ALA) Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) ACRL New England Chapter. Scholarly Communication Interest Group ACRL University Libraries Section

Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Task Force representative EDUCAUSE participating representative

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (selected)

University Libraries:

Member, Digital Strategies Group and Implementation Task Force, 2011- Member, InterNano Advisory Board, 2007-2010; InterNano Executive Board, 2008-2012 Member, Librarians Personnel Committee, 2002-2003 Mentor, Librarian Mentoring Program Member, Liaison Advisory Committee, 2014- Liaison, NELINET (regional affiliate of OCLC), 2000-2008 Chair, ScholarWorks Development Committee, 2006-2008 Chair, Scholarly Communication Team, 2006- Member, Senior Administrative Group, 1998–2001 Member, Senior Management Group, 2002- ; Research self-study group, 2007 Member, SFX Implementation Team, 2003-2004 Chair, Systems Liaison Advisory Group, 1998–2004 Member, Teaching Commons Advisory Committee Member, Teaching Commons Program Planning Committee Chair and member, Various search committees

University:

Member, Bookstore RFP Committee, 2014-2015 Member, Chancellor’s Search Committee, 2007-2008, 2011-2012 Member, Chief Information Officer Search Committee, 2012-2013 Member, Digital Humanities Advisory Board, 2011- Member, Information Technology Program Steering Committee, 2014-2015 Member, Information Technology Standards and Policies Council, 2004 Member, Information Technology Strategic Planning Enterprise Systems, 2014- 2015 Member, Information Technology Task Force and Curriculum Committee Member, Provost’s Search Committee for Director of Libraries, 2004-2005 Member, Vice Chancellor University Relations Search Committee, 2010

University of Massachusetts System: Board of Trustees meetings, Associate Delegate to the BOT for Faculty Senate, 2007- Intercampus Faculty Council, 2007- Faculty Senate: Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Digital Scholarship, 2009-2011 Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Online Learning, 2004-2008 14 Faculty Senator, 2001- ; Acting Faculty Senate Secretary, Jan-June 2010 Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Strategic Oversight, 2008-2011 Member, Athletic Council, 2010-2013 Member, Committee on Committees, renamed to Nominating Committee, 2001- Member, Executive Advisory Council, 2007- Member, Joint Task Force on Strategic Oversight, 2011- Member, Nominating Committee for Faculty Senate Secretary, 2015 (appointed by Chancellor) Member, Research Library Council, 2006-2015 Member, Rules Committee, 2004- ; chair, 2006-2007; Associate Delegate to the Board of Trustees, 2007-

Five Colleges:

Member, ALEPH Implementation Committee, 2004-2006 Member, Digital Environment Development and Coordinating Committee, 2002–2008 Member, Digital Humanities Steering Committee, 2012- Member, Integrated Library Systems Committee, 2003-2004

Other professional service:

Association of College and Research Libraries. New England Chapter. Scholarly Communication SIG, established 2008 (Co-chair, 2008-2009) - Co-Chair, Boston Library Consortium, Scholarly Communication COI, 2006-2009 Member, Digital Commonwealth Executive Board, 2007-2011 Member, Innovative Users Group, 1991-2005 Member, Library Publishing Coalition, 2013- Chair, NERCOMP (an EDUCAUSE affiliate) Library SIG, 2003-2007, dissolved Chair, New England Council of Presidents (NECOP) Digital Repository Task Force, 2004 Member, Open Textbook Network, 2015 – Program Committee, SPARC IR workshop, 2009-10 Program Committee, SPARC Open Access Meeting, 2011-2012