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Category Archives: Library research support
Cite Them Right – help with citing and referencing different sources
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
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
Improving the student experience – postgraduate researcher (PGR) survey about Library training
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
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
UKRI Article Processing Charges and Gold Open Access at the OU
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
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
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
Copyright and your thesis: new guidance for conquering copyright confusion
We are pleased to announce the release of a new guidance document entitled ‘copyright and your thesis’ (OU log-in required), designed to help postgraduate research students understand their copyright responsibilities during thesis production. Copyright law can be confusing, but for … Continue reading
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What is a post-print and where do I get it? Guidance on what can be added to repositories and where to find it
The people behind the Open Access discovery tool Open Access button have recently published 2 useful guides. The first Pre-prints, post-prints, and publisher’s PDF explained offers some guidance on how to identify: Pre-prints (or Submitted Versions) Post-prints (or Accepted Author Manuscripts) Published … Continue reading
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Practical Strategies for Research Data Management: workshop slides
Yesterday I ran a session on Practical Strategies for Research Data Management, where we talked about the basics of research data management, including options for data storage and organising data. We also looked at how to write a data management plan using … Continue reading