Bodleian iSkills workshops in Week 6

Bodleian iSkills workshops aim to develop your skills in information discovery and scholarly communications, covering a variety of resources across a wide range of disciplines. They are primarily aimed at University of Oxford students and staff. Some workshops take place face-to-face, whilst others are run online.

The workshops are FREE but online booking is essential. A list of the sessions taking place this term can be found on the iSkills Workshops webpage.

Tuesday 19th November 2024

10:00-11:30 Open Scholarship: Fundamentals of Open Access

Are you baffled by open, confused by embargoes? Does the mention of the colour gold or green catapult you into a realm of perplexed irritation? Come to this session, where we’ll break down open access and all its many jargon terms, confusing publishing structures and hint at the advantages you can reap by publishing open.

  • What is open access? Key terms – Gold, Green, Article Processing Charges
  • Where to get more information and help
  • Where to look for open access material
  • Useful tools to assist you in publishing open access

Format: Online presentation with time to get answers to your questions.

Location: Microsoft Teams

13:00-14:00 iSkills: Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics 

*waiting list available*

In this session we will examine article level metrics. We will discuss how citation counting can help identify influential papers in particular fields and how altmetrics provide a different perspective on research output. Using tools such as Web of Science, Google Scholar and Scopus you will learn how to locate different article metrics. The session will also allow you to appreciate the limitations of different metrics and the importance of their cautious interpretation. By the end of the session, you will be familiar with:

  • Using Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar to track and count citations to papers and individual researchers
  • Measuring impact using altmetrics
  • Understanding how to contextualise metrics against other, similar papers in a field
  • The limitations of different metrics

Format: Classroom-based. Presentation with practical exercises.

Location: Radcliffe Science Library, Seminar Room
Parks Road, OX2 3QP

15:00-16:00 Open Scholarship: Your thesis, copyright & ORA

Oxford DPhil students are required to deposit a copy of their thesis in the Oxford University Research Archive (ORA). This online session will focus on what ORA is and how to deposit one’s thesis in ORA, and how to access help with this process. It will also cover the relevant rights and permissions required and other issues that DPhil students need to take into account when preparing their thesis for upload to ORA. Topics include:

  • What ORA is and what you need to deposit
  • How to deposit your thesis in ORA
  • Observing relevant rights and permissions
  • Accessing help with depositing your thesis in ORA

Format: Live presentation followed by an interactive discussion and Q&A.

Location: Microsoft Teams.

Wednesday 20th November 2024

10:00-11:30 iSkills: Keeping up to date with research

An online introduction to using alerts to keep up to date with new research and save you time. A combination of presenter-led instruction and the opportunity for participants to set up email alerts to receive notifications for publications in their field of research. We invite you to send any questions you have in advance to usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the instructors to cover in the session. There will also be opportunities to ask questions in the class. The workshop will cover:

  • How email alerts can help you
  • Setting up alerts on your favourite databases and other platforms for new content in your field
  • Managing your alerts

Format: Online presenter-led instruction with opportunity for participants to set up email alerts.

Location: Microsoft Teams

14:00-15:30 Open Scholarship: Preregistration and Registered Reports: What, Why, and How

How do you ensure that your research is credible, to yourself and others? Preregistration means specifying in advance your hypotheses, methods, and/or analyses for a study, in a time-stamped file that others can access. Many fields, including behavioural and medical sciences, are increasingly using preregistration or Registered Reports (where a journal accepts your study at preregistration phase, and guarantees to publish the results if you follow the registered plan). If you’ve never preregistered a study before (or even if you have!) it can be complicated and hard to do well. In this workshop, we will go over the ‘what,’ ‘why,’ and ‘how’ of preregistration, and after some practice exercises, you will start drafting your own preregistration. We will also discuss some of the common challenges of preregistration, and its limitations. After the course, you will be able to:

  • Describe what preregistration and Registered Reports are (and how they differ)
  • Explain the benefits (and drawbacks) of preregistration and Registered Reports
  • Identify what types of research are most suited for preregistration and Registered Reports
  • Recognise the common pitfalls in writing a preregistration
  • Identify the logistics of preregistering: which format and platform to use
  • Demonstrate the ability to write an effective preregistration, with an appropriate balance of specificity and concision

Format: Online presentation with interactive exercises and time for questions.

Location: Microsoft Teams

Thursday 21st November 2024

10:00-11:30 Open Scholarship: Logistics of Open Scholarship

The second in a duo of courses (attendees should attend the Fundamentals course prior to Logistics) that will cover the logistics of researching, publishing, and locating open scholarship resources and tools at the University of Oxford. Subjects include:

  • What is the Oxford University Research Archive
  • Depositing work into ORA via Symplectic Elements
  • Depositing data into ORA-data
  • Applying for one of Oxford’s APC block grants
  • Registering or connecting your ORCID
  • How to be included in the rights retention pilot
  • Locating and checking funder policies

Ideally the ‘Fundamentals of Open Access’ course will have been attended. If you’re not in a position to attend this course you can find similar information in our e-learning package to work through prior to attending Logistics.

Format: Online presentation with time to get answers to your questions.

Location: Microsoft Teams

12:00-13:00 iSkills: Presentation on the UN Archives Geneva Platform (League of Nations Archives)

The UN Archives Geneva platform gives access to the fonds and collections managed by the United Nations Library and Archives in Geneva, including the archives of the United Nations in Geneva, the League of Nations (1919-1946), international peace movements (from 1870), and private papers. It offers the possibility to search both the description of files or archival documents and in the full text of archival documents that have been digitised.

The presentation given by staff from UN Archives Geneva provides an overview on the archive categories they manage, with a focus on the League of Nations archival fonds and collections, including the LONTAD digitisation project. It explains the difference between archival and official documents, and describes the structure of the League of Nations archives. It also gives an introduction on how to use and perform searches on the UN Archives Geneva Platform. At the end of the session you will understand:

  • The five archives’ categories
  • The distinction between archival and official documents
  • The organisation of the League of Nations Archives
  • How to use the UN Archives Geneva platform

Format: Online presentation including a Q&A session.

Location: Microsoft Teams

14:00-15:00 Referencing: Zotero

Zotero is a reference management tool that helps you build libraries of references and add citations and bibliographies to word processed documents using your chosen citation style. This online introduction covers the main features of Zotero. The learning outcomes for this online session are to:

  • Add references to Zotero
  • Edit and organise your references in Zotero
  • Add in-text citations and/or footnotes to your papers
  • Create bibliographies

Format: Online teacher-led presentations and live demonstrations with opportunities for questions.

Location: Microsoft Teams

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