University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lamar Soutter Library
Research and Scholarly Communication Servicesescholarship.umassmed.edu/about.html
United States
Primary Contact:
Rebecca Reznik-Zellen
Head of Research & Scholarly Communication Services
508-856-6810
Program Overview
eScholarship@UMMS is a digital repository offering worldwide access to the research and scholarly work of the University of Massachusetts Medical School community. The goal is to bring together the University’s scholarly output in order to enhance its visibility and accessibility. We help individual researchers and departments organize and publicize their research beyond the walls of the Medical School, archiving publications, posters, presentations, and other materials they produce in their scholarly pursuits. Our publishing services—including the Journal of eScience Librarianship and two other open access peer-reviewed electronic journals, student dissertations and theses, and conference proceedings—highlight the works of University of Massachusetts Medical School authors and others.
Year publishing activities began: 2007
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: library staff (1)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (75); grants (25)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
Advisory/editorial board:
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2014:
Library publications in 2014: faculty-driven journals (3); monographs (1); textbooks; (1); faculty conference papers and proceedings (125); student conference papers and proceedings (49); ETDs (77); finding aids (7); book reviews (8)
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Media formats: text; images; audio; video; multimedia/interactive content
Disciplinary specialties: library science; psychiatry/mental health research; neurology; clinical and translational science; life sciences
Top publications: Journal of eScience Librarianship (journal); ETDs; Psychiatry Information in Brief (journal); Neurological Bulletin (journal); A History of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (e-book)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students
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Publishing platform(s): bepress (Digital Commons)
Digital preservation strategy: in-house; digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: copy-editing; marketing; outreach; training; metadata; ISSN registration; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; open URL support; dataset management; peer review management; author copyright advisory; hosting of supplemental content; audio/video streaming; altmetrics data
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: Expanding our publishing services to additional departments within the medical school, incorporating more multimedia, and enhancing publications with altmetrics data.View All Entries