UMUC launched its working paper site in 2009. For questions and comments please contact: research-coordinator@umuc.edu What is a Working Paper? Working papers - sometimes called "discussion papers" - are manuscripts that have not been accepted for publication. The paper may be a draft that you would like to send to colleagues in order to solicit comments or feedback, or it may be a paper that you have presented or plan to present at a conference or seminar, or one that you have submitted for publication to a journal but has not (yet) been accepted. (adapted from UIUC)