From: Ann Taylor <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:46:18 -0800 We’d like to congratulate the first graduating class of bepress’s Scholarly Publishing Certification Course: A Training Program for Library-led Publishing Initiatives, heldOctober 9-11 here at our office in Berkeley. The course brought together eighteen repository administrators with all levels of experience from institutions across the country to participate in workshops and interactive seminars, as well as one-on-one technical training sessions with their bepress Consultants. Topics ranged from publishing conference proceedings and faculty monographs, to developing copyright policies, streamlining workflows, and building readership. “The course assisted me in learning about all the possible publishing opportunities with Digital Commons,” said Lucretia McCulley of the University of Richmond. “I feel much more knowledgeable about publishing journals, conferences, symposia, etc. It will really help me promote the repository to my campus.” We were thrilled with the positive response from participants. Our next bepress University course will be held in the spring of 2014, when we host our second IR Manager Certification Course. For more information, please contact me or Eli Windchy ([log in to unmask]), VP, Consulting Services. All the best, -Ann Ann Taylor Director of Outreach and Scholarly Communications bepress [log in to unmask] www.bepress.com