[BOAI] Fwd: [SCHOLCOMM] Bepress Announces First Graduating Class of Institutional Repository Manager Certification Course

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from bepress, via the ScholComm list.  --Peter Suber.]


This spring, bepress offered its first ever IR Manager Certification Course,
and we’re proud to announce our first graduating class. Hailing from
educational organizations from around the world, all twenty participants
rated
the course “extremely helpful” and indicated that they would recommend it
to others.

Jean-Gabriel Bankier, CEO of bepress, was delighted with the response to the
company’s first on-site training for repository managers, noting that
enrollment exceeded expectations. “We had to have a waiting list. It clearly
demonstrates the demand for this kind of training, and no one else is
offering
anything like it.”

Topics ranged from current trends in scholarly communications to best
practices
for digital collection development, copyright compliance, faculty
engagement,
and outreach. In addition, the course included workshops and training
sessions
where IR administrators worked directly with their Digital Commons
Consulting
Services representatives. Course participants gained hands-on experience
with
important tools for managing a repository and implemented immediate
improvements to their individual IRs.

Participants praised both the comprehensive scope and the individualized
attention the course offered. As Kristine Mudrick, Serials and Electronic
Resources Librarian at Saint Joseph’s University commented, “It was really
valuable to have one-on-one, real-time dialogue with my consultant.” Jeremy
Watson, Digital Services Librarian at Fordham University, remarked, “I am
totally inspired and ready to charge ahead with my repository more
efficiently
and dynamically.”

Based on positive feedback from our first graduating class, bepress will
repeat
the IR Manager Certification Course in the spring of 2014. For more
information, please contact Ann Taylor (ataylor at bepress.com), Director of
Outreach and Scholarly Communications, or Eli Windchy (ewindchy at bepress.com
),
VP, Consulting Services.

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About bepress

Founded by professors in 1999, bepress is the provider of Digital Commons,
the
leading hosted institutional repository software platform. Digital Commons
offers the features of a traditional IR as well as professional-grade
publishing software, management tools, and individual faculty and researcher
pages to promote and disseminate scholarship and serve academia.
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