LJMU Events and Appointments

This session will discuss how to get your research profile off to a good start, with tips and tools to sign up for, connect to and check. We will also discuss social media accounts that might be useful to sharing your research. You’ll have the opportunity to hear about why both creating and curating your research profile over time will help you to stay up-to-date with your research, your connections with others and help keep track of what you do.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

Need to write a data management plan for your research application?

In this session we will go through -

• Where does your data management plan it fit in a proposal?
• Assessment of existing data
• Information on new data
• Formats
• Quality assurance of data
• Backup and security of data
• Management and curation of data
• Expected difficulties in data sharing.
• Consent, anonymisation and strategies to enable further re-use of data.
• Copyright/intellectual property right
• Responsibilities
• Preparation of data for sharing and archiving
• Feedback

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

In this session, we will explore , the key features of major data repositories, including Archaeology Data Service, Dryad, UK Data Service, NERC Data Centres, LJMU Data Repository, Zenodo, and Figshare. We will look at the differences between general-purpose and discipline-specific repositories—and how to choose the right one for your research. Talk about licensing, access, and potential costs associated with data deposit and reuse and best practices for ensuring your data remains FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).

This workshop is ideal for researchers and PGR’s who want to maximise the visibility and impact of their research data.

This session will give you an overview of using LinkedIn as a researcher, with examples of how you can use LinkedIn to connect with others, follow other research organisations and use LinkedIn Learning. There will be live demonstrations and plenty of time for questions.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

Each year we run a series of Research Cafes alongside LJMU's Doctoral Academy.

Research cafes are an opportunity for PhD students and academic researchers to share their work in an informal environment and allow others to learn more about research going on at LJMU.

Speakers will come along to share more about their work and experiences, with time for questions after each.

If you are a PhD researcher or a member of staff doing research and would like to speak, please get in touch with Katherine Stephan our Researcher Engagement Librarian

This session will demonstrate:

• How to use journal finders to discover new places to publish-including some within our institutional open access deals and initiatives
• Utilise the ‘compare journals’ function within Scopus to make informed choices
• Discover other research/academics within your field and their publishing choices

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

Heard about H index but not sure what it means? Having difficulty finding the best metrics to use to demonstrate what you do? Confused by SNIP and FWCI?

During this workshop we will discuss the above metrics and more, giving to time to plan and think about where you can locate and utilise research metrics to demonstrate your work best.

We will discuss a variety of publication metrics from a variety of databases, like Scopus, SciVal, Dimensions and Overton and other tools like the LJMU Repository and OCLC WorldCat.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

This session will focus on ORCiD, a unique digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher. We will discuss how to get an ORCiD, how to link with Symplectic and how to start using your ORCiD to share information about you.

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Come along to learn a bit more about Open Access Publishing and the various deals and options that LJMU are a part of, to help you publish more widely and more openly.

Participants will learn about:

• Different OA options (green, gold, etc.)
• Open Access deals that LJMU are a part of
• Open Library of the Humanities
• What things you need to think about if you publish OA and want to take advantage of our deals

Plenty of times for questions, too!

Open to anyone that publishes, plans to publish or just wants to know more about Open Access Publishing.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

This session will discuss how to get your research profile off to a good start, with tips and tools to sign up for, connect to and check. You’ll have the opportunity to hear about why both creating and curating your research profile over time as a PGR, researcher (and beyond!) and will help you to stay up-to-date with your research, your connections with others and help keep track of what you do.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

Symplectic (also known as Symplectic Elements) is the tool that helps you to manage your front facing LJMU staff profile as well as deposit your publications to the institutional open access repositories.

This session will cover:

• Navigation of the system.
• How to edit and populate your biography.
• How to optimise your search and automatic claiming settings.
• How to add publications and professional activities.
• How and what to deposit to the institutional repositories.
• Common queries related to the system and staff profiles.

There will also be the opportunity to ask questions during the session.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

Come along to get help with how to make the most of your LJMU Profile. LJMU Profiles are available to researchers, academics, professional services staff and PGRs

In this session you will learn:

• How to access Symplectic the tool that allows you to edit your profile
• How to edit and populate your biography and other narrative sections of your profile
• How to add publications, professional activities and teaching activities
• How to manage visibility within your profile

There will also be the opportunity to ask questions during the session.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.