Scholarly Communications

The library is migrating to a new website platform for eScholarship@UMassChan, which will bring substantial benefits in searching, submission, workflow, and efficiency.  On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, URLs for content in eScholarship will redirect to the new website:

The Journal of eScience Librarianship has moved to a new publishing platform! Moving to Janeway aligns with JeSLIB’s goal to utilize an open-source platform that integrates with existing open-source scholarly infrastructure and tools.

Take a break from the summer heat and meet other R users at UMass Chan at these two upcoming R Café Gatherings!

During this hands-on workshop, participants will learn tips and tricks for creating effective charts in Excel. The workshop will cover best practices for chart layout, color choices, labeling, visualizing data responsibly, and more. All experience levels with Excel are welcome.

In August 2022, all content in the eScholarship@UMassChan repository will move to a new web platform.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 from 1-2pm on Zoom.

Looking for data for your next project? This workshop will cover strategies for finding data, some of the challenges for finding and accessing data, and how to approach those challenges.

You're invited to the launch of the UMass Chan R Café on Thursday, June 23 at 2pm on Zoom!

Join us for this data cleaning workshop on April 27 at 1-2pm on Zoom.

Registration is open now!

Are you ready for Love Data Week (February 14 – 18)? Join us in the Lamar Soutter Library for some opportunities to love your data! 

Are you preparing to apply for a fellowship or your first R01? Are you maybe procrastinating on your writing your Personal Statement? Have you heard about the changes to the NIH Biosketch format?