Category Archives: Library research support

Shut Up and Write sessions for postgraduate researchers (PGRs)

Posted on April 15, 2019 by David Jenkins

Library Services are starting Shut Up and Write sessions for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) on campus in Milton Keynes*. Sessions involve meeting with other PGRs in the Library building, writing for 25 minutes at a time then taking a 5 minute … Continue reading →

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Connecting ORDO to Github

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Isabel Chadwick

Are you a researcher who develops software? Do you use Github? Did you know you can connect your Github account with ORDO? This will enable you to import items from Github to ORDO  thereby assigning them a DOI to enable … Continue reading →

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Cite Them Right – help with citing and referencing different sources

Posted on February 13, 2019 by David Jenkins

Cite Them Right (OU login needed) is a service that helps you cite and reference different sources – accessible courtesy of an OU Library subscription: If you have a specific source type in mind, all you need to do is … Continue reading →

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Upcoming training from the Research Support team

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Nicola Dowson

We’ll be delivering some training over the next few months on a range of topics, including: using ORO, how to claim your research publications, managing and sharing research data, and academic profiles.  Something there for everyone, we hope! All will … Continue reading →

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Improving the student experience – postgraduate researcher (PGR) survey about Library training

Posted on January 14, 2019 by David Jenkins

In May 2018 we surveyed postgraduate researchers (PGRs) at The Open University to find out what they wanted from Library training. The aim was to help ensure that training delivered to PGRs by the Library Research Support team met user … Continue reading →

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Data Conversation – talking with researchers about open data

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Nicola Dowson

A couple of weeks ago we held an informal event for researchers to share their experiences and knowledge of working with research data. The idea was to hear from researchers about how they work and what’s important to them, away … Continue reading →

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UKRI Article Processing Charges and Gold Open Access at the OU

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Chris

The UKRI block grant is now in it’s 6th year.  The grant pays for Open Access Article Processing Charges for articles and conference proceedings that are the result of a UKRI funding body grant. (1) There is nothing particularly unique … Continue reading →

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Inter-library Loan and Document Delivery Service – system enhancements coming in early 2019

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Nicola Dowson

In the New Year we will be introducing a new, enhanced Inter-library Loan and Document Delivery system. The major benefit of the new system is that it is fully integrated with Library Search and will allow you to submit requests … Continue reading →

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Training offer: Making your research data open

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Nicola Dowson

There are spaces available on our training session ‘Making your research data open‘ on Tuesday (27th November 2018), 10:00 to 11:30. In this session we will look at why, how, what and when to share data: Why should you share your data? We’ll discuss the benefits … Continue reading →

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