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Research workshops and training

The library’s Research and Open Scholarship team and Research Data team offer a programme of both in-person and online workshops for postgraduate researchers (PGRs), early career researchers (ECRs), researchers, teaching and Professional Services staff.  The workshops focus on developing research skills, making the most of the library’s resources and innovation and developments within the scholarly communications field and are offered as part of the Researcher Development Programme (RDP).  Workshops are mapped to the main themes of Vitae's . Topics include:

• Literature searching
• Reference management using Zotero
• Open research
• Open publishing
• Open data
• Copyright
• Publication metrics
• Research data management
• Digital preservation

In addition, we provide one-to-one or small group sessions, tailored to meet your research needs. These sessions offer an opportunity to meet with a member of the team and explore how the library’s resources can support your research.

Library Research Skills

• Choosing where to publish

  Choosing the right journal, the right publisher or the right publishing format for your research output can be daunting. If you’re new to publishing and not quite sure where to start, this workshop can help you sort out what's appropriate and what's not.

  Duration: 45 minutes

  Target audience PGRs and ECRs from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: D - Thrive (Engagement, influence & impact)

• Copyright and your thesis

  All PGRs need to understand how copyright relates to their thesis and prior to publishing your thesis you need to ensure you have obtained permission to use any copyrighted material and, in addition,  have thought about the terms under which you will be making your thesis available. As well as covering the publication of your thesis on SRO, this workshop will explain the main principles of copyright, consider how and when UK fair dealing exceptions can be applied and establishing  if you need to seek permission to use other people’s work in your thesis.  

  Target audience: Mid to late stage PGRs from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: C- Realise (Research & governance)

  Duration: 1.5 hours

• Copyright in publishing: understanding your rights as an author

  This workshop will summarise the principles of copyright and explain the copyright relationship between authors and publishers. It will summarise the different Creative Commons licenses, their uses and potential limitations and highlight how the 5X社区视频’s Publications and Copyright Policy empowers authors to retain the rights to their work. 

  Target audience: Researchers in all stages from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: C- Realise (Research & governance)

  Duration: 1 hour

• This workshop will introduce you to the Library's collections and discovery tools and  highlight the key Library resources and services for PGRs.

  Target Audience: PGRs in the early stages from all disciplines.

  RDP Theme: Core

  Duration 1 hour

• Keeping up to date with published research in your area

  There are a number of quick & effective ways to keep yourself up to date with new research in your field. This workshop will explore some of the key tools and techniques available, from alerting services to social media.  

  Target audience: PGRs and Early career researchers from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: A- Learn (Knowledge & Intellectual Abilities)

  Duration 45 minutes

• Literature searching is an essential part of doctoral research. This workshop explores how to effectively apply search strategies and techniques to online databases in order to find the most relevant literature to support your research. Using open access resources as well as the multidisciplinary databases Scopus and Web of Science and discipline focused resources as examples, the facilitators will demonstrate effective search techniques and discuss the development of literature searching strategies for doctoral projects.  This session includes opportunities to develop and test your own search methods.

  Target Audience: PGRs in the early stages from all disciplines.

  RDP Theme: Core

  Duration 1.5 hours

• Literature searching is an essential part of doctoral research and this workshop, by following on from Part 1, takes a less structured approach to search strategies and considers the connections which are made between authors and papers, normally in the form of citations.  Come and find out how tools like Research Rabbit and Connected Papers are using AI to help you discover and visualise networks of papers and co-authorships, curate collections and stay up-to-date. 

  Target audience: PGRs in the early stages from all disciplines.

  RDP Theme: Core

  Duration 1 hour

• Manage your online researcher profile

  Your researcher profile enhances the visibility of your research by bringing  your research activities and publications together in one place. The workshop will demonstrate how to build your Elements profile to showcase your research, professional and teaching activities, as well as ORCiD, Google Scholar and other researcher profile tools  Please note this workshop is not relevant to PGRs based within BSMS. 

  Target audience: PGRs and ECRs from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: Core

  Duration: 1 hour

• Open publishing: your options explained

  This workshop will introduce you to open publishing for your research outputs and explain the options available to you as the author.

  Target audience: Researchers at all stages from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: D- Thrive (Engagement, Influence & Impact)

  Duration 1.5 hours

• What is open research and why does it matter?   This workshop will look at   the concept of open research, and explore opportunities for implementing open research principles into your own practice.  Content will include open access publishing, open data, open science, open source software, open peer review and tools and techniques for the discovery of open access materials.

  Target audience: Researchers in all stages from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: Core

  Duration 1.5 hours

• Re-using other people's work and protecting your own work: an introduction to copyright

  Confused by copyright?  Are you unsure how you can use other people’s work and not sure how to protect your own work? This workshop will summarise the principles of copyright, consider how and when UK fair dealing exceptions can be applied and how, by understanding licensing and obtaining permissions, you can use other people’s work in your publications. It will also consider how you can control use of your own work.  For participants attending in person, this workshop incorporates an interactive game and opportunities for discussion. 

  Target audience: Researchers in all stages from all disciplines

  RDP Theme: C- Realise (Research & governance)

  Duration: 1.5 hours

• Understanding and using publication metrics responsibly

  Publication metrics provide a quantitative approach to the analysis of both publications and researchers and can help you with information about the reach and potential impact of your research, as well as inform decisions about where to publish.  This workshop will introduce of a number of tools providing publication metrics for both the individual researcher, research output and for institutional level analysis and will include opportunities to discuss the importance of the responsible use of bibliometric data and the 5X社区视频’s commitment to the responsible use of publication metrics.  

  Target audience: Researchers all stages all disciplines

  RDP Theme: C- Realise (Research & governance)

  Duration: 1.5 hours

Research Data Management

• Adding your research to Sussex Figshare

  Sussex Figshare (https://sussex.figshare.com/) offers a route to publish your research data, allowing you to meet funder requirements and increase the reach of your data by making it openly available. This session will introduce you to Figshare and take you through the practical steps of adding your data.

  Duration: 1hr

  Target audience: All Researchers (incl Staff, Postdocs, PGRs & Associates)

  RDP theme: Core

• DIY Digital Preservation

  This session on ‘DIY digital preservation’ will offer practical insights into the core concepts and tools of digital preservation. The session will share library digital preservation workflows and offer advice on how to incorporate them into your own projects. This is an introductory session suitable for all levels of experience.

  Duration: 2hr

  Target audience: All Researchers (incl associates)

• Managing Your Research Data: Introduction to Data Management Plans

  Writing a data management plan (DMP) is useful for researchers in all disciplines. A DMP covers how data will be collected, organised, managed, stored, secured, backed-up, preserved, and where applicable, shared. Writing a DMP will help you to anticipate any challenges for working with your data and make the research process much smoother.

  Duration: 1.5hr

  Target audience: This workshop is aimed at PGRs

  RDP theme: Core

• Managing Your Research Data: Keeping your data organised and secure

  How safe is your research data? What would happen if you lost it all? This session will help you consider how to keep your research data organised and secure.

  Duration: 1hr

  Target audience: PGR (Mphil & PhD)

  RDP theme: Core
  
  

• Managing Your Research Data: Supporting qualitative data sharing

  Qualitative data has rich potential for re-use in future research, but it can be challenging to navigate routes for data sharing. This session will support attendees with data management planning that will help embed consideration of data sharing principles throughout the research process.

  Duration: 1hr

  Target audience: All Researchers (incl associates)

  RDP theme: Core

• Tools and methods for web capture

  This session, delivered by the Library Research Data team, will introduce you to tools for creating an interactive copy of an existing website. It may be useful for those analyzing webpages that change over time, individuals looking to capture and preserve their own website or anyone with an interest in web archiving standards.

  Duration: 1hr

  Target audience: All 5X社区视频 Affiliates (Staff, Students, Researchers)

• Using DMPOnline to write your Data Management Plan

  Most funders now require a data management plan when submitting a grant proposal. DMP Online (https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/) is a freely available tool which can support you in creating your plan. This workshop is a practical introduction to getting starting with DMP online.

  Duration: 1hr

  Target audience: This workshop is aimed at ECRs and faculty

  RDP theme: Core

Browse our programme and sign up for upcoming sessions

Becoming an Open Researcher

• Getting started with Pre-registration and Registered Reports

  Preregistering your research or publishing a Registered Report enhances the transparency and credibility of the research process.  This introductory workshop will clarify the differences between  preregistration and Registered Reports, provide practical advice on using preregistration tools and explore effective implementation strategies. In addition, it provides a chance to meet with others who share the same commitment to fostering open research practices.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Target audience PGRs and ECRs from all disciplines

  Dates:

Elements Essentials workshops

Elements is the Current Research Information System (CRIS) used at the 5X社区视频. Elements supports the management of research activities by providing one single point of organisation, presentation and reporting for all scholarly and research activities, including research outputs. We offer a range of online workshops on profiles, publications, impact, reporting and REF assessment. See our programme and sign up for an upcoming session.