Researchers

The Publishing Trap is a board game designed to introduce researchers to scholarly publishing. Looking at the world of scholarly communication this interactive game aims to offer researchers a better understanding of the implications of copyright on the publication process. Players will be guided through the different stages of a researchers career from PhD submission to Professorship, making decisions on a range of scenarios. The aim of the game is to develop an understanding of how money, copyright and publishing models will impact an academic career.

Please be aware that this session has been postponed until a later date.

Introductory digital methods training from Cambridge Digital Humanities

Led by Katie Hughes (Office of Scholarly Communication, University Library) and Dr Anne Alexander (Cambridge Digital Humanities)

This session, suitable for all STEM graduate students, aims to help you navigate your way through the metrics maze. It will enable you to discover research by using metrics and how metrics can determine online impact.
It will introduce article metrics, personal indicators such as the H-index, and altmetrics. Various tools including Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and Altmetric will be demonstrated. Please bring your own device if you wish to follow along with the session.

Have you produced your own software? Did you know you can decide how others can reuse and share it? Do you know that there are a range of licences that you could apply to your work that determine how it can be used?

A digital methods workshop organised by Cambridge Digital Humanities

Guest speakers:

•             Peter Bath, Professor of Health Informatics, University of Sheffield

•             Lindsay Unwin, Secretary to the University Research Ethics Committee, University of Sheffield

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• Where should you publish your monograph or book chapter?
• How do you assess the appropriateness of a publisher for your work?

Picking where to publish your research and in what format is an important decision to make.
This session looks at the things you need to consider in order to reach your audience effectively, including:

• Turning your thesis into a monograph
• Choosing a publisher
• Understanding the publication process

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• Would you like to share your research findings with the international academic community, without paywall restrictions?

• Would you like to boost citations of your work?

• Did you know that funders recognise the benefits of Open Access and most now require it as a condition of their grants?

These are questions for postgraduate students at all stages of their research.

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PREVENT RESEARCH DISASTERS THROUGH GOOD DATA MANAGEMENT

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Confused by copyright? You are not alone!
Copyright involves much more than checking how much you are photocopying, but it can be difficult to know where to start.
Join the Office of Scholarly Communication as we answer your copyright queries, looking at: