<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small">[Forwarding from bepress, via the ScholComm list. --Peter Suber.]</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>This spring, bepress offered its first ever IR Manager Certification Course,<br>
and we’re proud to announce our first graduating class. Hailing from<br>
educational organizations from around the world, all twenty participants rated<br>
the course “extremely helpful” and indicated that they would recommend it<br>
to others.<br>
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Jean-Gabriel Bankier, CEO of bepress, was delighted with the response to the<br>
company’s first on-site training for repository managers, noting that<br>
enrollment exceeded expectations. “We had to have a waiting list. It clearly<br>
demonstrates the demand for this kind of training, and no one else is offering<br>
anything like it.”<br>
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Topics ranged from current trends in scholarly communications to best practices<br>
for digital collection development, copyright compliance, faculty engagement,<br>
and outreach. In addition, the course included workshops and training sessions<br>
where IR administrators worked directly with their Digital Commons Consulting<br>
Services representatives. Course participants gained hands-on experience with<br>
important tools for managing a repository and implemented immediate<br>
improvements to their individual IRs.<br>
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Participants praised both the comprehensive scope and the individualized<br>
attention the course offered. As Kristine Mudrick, Serials and Electronic<br>
Resources Librarian at Saint Joseph’s University commented, “It was really<br>
valuable to have one-on-one, real-time dialogue with my consultant.” Jeremy<br>
Watson, Digital Services Librarian at Fordham University, remarked, “I am<br>
totally inspired and ready to charge ahead with my repository more efficiently<br>
and dynamically.”<br>
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Based on positive feedback from our first graduating class, bepress will repeat<br>
the IR Manager Certification Course in the spring of 2014. For more<br>
information, please contact Ann Taylor (<a href="mailto:ataylor@bepress.com">ataylor@bepress.com</a>), Director of<br>
Outreach and Scholarly Communications, or Eli Windchy (<a href="mailto:ewindchy@bepress.com">ewindchy@bepress.com</a>),<br>
VP, Consulting Services.<br>
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About bepress<br>
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Founded by professors in 1999, bepress is the provider of Digital Commons, the<br>
leading hosted institutional repository software platform. Digital Commons<br>
offers the features of a traditional IR as well as professional-grade<br>
publishing software, management tools, and individual faculty and researcher<br>
pages to promote and disseminate scholarship and serve academia. </div><br></div>