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Mark Lane

Head of Digital Assets, Associate Professor

Building: Rose LibraryOffice: 2308MSC: 4601

Departments: ,

Pronouns: He / Him / His

About me

Responsibilities: Mark works with the Digital Assets team to preserve unique materials curated by JMU Libraries and to ensure optimal patron access to digital collections.

Education: MLIS, University of South Carolina, 2010 BA, English & Religion, University of Richmond, 2001

General Info: Mark has worked with electronic resources and discovery in various capacities at JMU since 2010, and has extensive knowledge of library systems and electronic resource management.

 

About Research & Scholarly Communications Unit

We provide holistic support for scholarly communications across JMU, including the development of inclusive and equitable practices related to publishing model and research infrastructure support. We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, data and AI literacy and ethics, data services, internal Libraries reporting, open education, open publishing, and open infrastructure initiatives.

About Scholarly Communications Team

We provide expertise in copyright and IP, author rights, open education, open publishing, publishing models, and open infrastructure initiatives. We manage JMU Scholarly Commons and Aviary, the university’s institutional repositories, and provide consultations to the university community on their use. We can help answer questions about publishing models, retaining copyright, licensing, and how to make course materials open and accessible.