The Library Research Support Team runs a range of online and face-to-face training sessions throughout the year. Recordings of online sessions are available on Adobe Connect
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
While all data underpinning research should be made open, in some cases there are legal and ethical barriers to doing so. This webinar looks at how to overcome the legal and ethical issues involved with sharing data.
For further information: 'Data Sharing: Legal and Ethical Issues' Webinar (November 2024) booking page
Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
A drop-in session for PGRs where members of the Library Research Support Team will answer any questions you have about our support service.
For further information: MS Teams Meeting Link
Thursday, November 14, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
Whatever stage you are at in your research degree, the library can support you – from identifying research gaps, to reviewing literature, to designing an appropriate methodology, to referencing, all the way through to disseminating the final outputs. This session will provide an overview of all the resources and services the OU library can offer you as a research student.
For further information: 'How the Library Can Support You Through Your Research Degree' Webinar (November 2024) booking page
Monday, November 18, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
This session will give an overview of the research support services offered by the Library. It will cover open access publishing, Open Research Online (the OU’s research publications repository), research data management, Open Research Data Online (the OU’s research data repository), ORCID and the training offered by the research support team. It will also briefly cover other services offered by the Library including access to online resources and document delivery. The session will signpost where to go for help and support and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
For further information: How The Library Can Support Your Research (November 2024) booking page.
Monday, November 25, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
This session will provide an overview of copyright and your thesis responsibilities. It will cover copyright basics, Creative Commons licences, how to use content licensed by Creative Commons and other open access materials, and why thinking about copyright early on in the process will assist with the publication of your thesis in our Open Research Online repository.
For further information: 'Copyright: Using Third-Party Content in Your Thesis' Webinar (November 2024) booking page.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
This session introduces ORO (Open Research Online) and will outline: the purpose of ORO, how research publications can be made Open Access via ORO and how to use ORO
For further information: 'Introduction to ORO – the OU’s Research Publications Repository' Webinar (November 2024) booking page
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
This session provides an introduction to ORCIDs and will outline: what is an ORCID, and what is the point of them? Where are ORCIDS used? Including ORCID integrations with OU systems. and how to get an ORCID and how to use one.
For further information: 'Introduction to ORCIDs' (December 2024) booking page
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
This session will cover the requirements of the UKRI Open Access Policy. It will include advice and guidance on how to ensure that you comply with the policy and the options available for making articles, conference proceedings and long form publications open access.
For further information: 'UKRI Open Access Policy Requirements' Webinar (December 2024) booking page.
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
This session will give an overview of the research support services offered by the Library. It will cover open access publishing, Open Research Online (the OU’s research publications repository), research data management, Open Research Data Online (the OU’s research data repository), ORCID and the training offered by the research support team. It will also briefly cover other services offered by the Library including access to online resources and document delivery. The session will signpost where to go for help and support and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
For further information: 'How the Library Can Support Your Research' (January 2025) booking page
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
Research data should be made openly available, where possible, and be made FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). In this webinar, we will discuss what the FAIR data principles mean and how you can share your data in a way that meets them.
For further information: 'FAIR's Fair: How to Share Your Research Data' (January 2025) booking page.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
Where do you look for academic literature? In this session, we will consider literature searching models to formulate an effective search strategy, including scoping your topic and selecting relevant search engines, databases, and other places to look.
For further information: 'Literature Searching Series Webinar: Part 1 of 3' (Jan 2025) booking page
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
Research data are precious and should be archived for the long-term to ensure that results can be verified, and data can be re-used in the future. This webinar looks at good practice for preparing data for deposit in a research data repository or archive.
For further information: 'Future-proof your data! Preparing your research data for sharing and preservation' (Jan 2025) booking page
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
How do you look for academic literature? This session will look at building an effective advanced search by identifying relevant keywords and synonyms, using Boolean operators, utilising search modifiers, and refining results to get relevant results. We’ll be digging though citations and learning how to iterate on past searches to explore the ways of conducting high quality, rigorous academic searches.
For further information: 'Literature Searching Series: Part 2 of 3' Webinar (January 2025) Booking page
Thursday, January 30, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:00
Online
Funders, publishers and institutions expect researchers to make their research data publicly available. This webinar looks at ORDO (Open Research Data Online), the OU's repository for research data and how it can be used to archive and share research data.
For further information: 'Using ORDO to Archive and Share Research Data' Webinar (January 2025) booking page.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:00
Online
How do you successfully manage hundreds of citations? This session takes you through how to evaluate search results to identify the highest quality resources on a topic and how to manage your citations. We will look at search alerts, how to export search results, and the functionality of reference management software.
For further information: 'Literature Searching Series: Part 3 of 3' Webinar (February 2025) Booking page