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Library Research Support: Training & Events for Researchers

Library Research Support: Training and Events

Open research pathway: introduction to open research; don't dump, deposit; meeting funder requirements for open access

Introduction to Open Access Publishing

This session introduces the Open Access publishing landscape and how funder directives are affecting global scholarly communication practice. We will look at Open Access publishing options available to authors at Plymouth including additional tools and evaluative criteria for identifing potential publication venues and avoiding predatory publishers. Please note this is not a session on 'how' to get published (see the RDP DLE site for 'getting published' session recordings). (For PGRs)

This session runs regularly as part of the Doctoral College's Researcher Development Programme and additional sessions are also scheduled for research and academic staff.

This session is for all researchers:

Introduction to Open Research


Researcher Skills Framework Mapping:

  • RDF Domain: D [D1, D2]
  • Jisc Digital Capabilities: Digital Research and Problem Solving & Digital Innovation [Digital creation, problem-solving and innovation (creative production)]; Information Literacy & Data Literacy [Information, data and media literacies (critical use)]

Don't Dump, Deposit!

Don't Dump, Deposit!

This session introduces the benefits and barriers to sharing your research data and demonstrates what is required to achieve impact with your data in an ethical manner.

This session is for all researchers who are publishing:

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Don't Dump, Deposit!


Researcher Skills Framework Mapping:

  • RDF Domain: D [D2, C2, B1]
  • Jisc Digital Capabilities: Data Literacy [Information, data and media literacies (critical use)]; Digital Research and Problem-Solving [Digital creation, problem-solving and innovation (creative production)]

Meeting Funder Requirements for Open Access

Meeting Funder Requirements for Open Access

This session covers how to meet current funder requirements (UKRI, Wellcome Trust, NIHR) for open research, with a particular focus on the new UKRI Open Access policy, which affects where and how authors funders funded by UKRI Research Councils disseminate their outputs. 

This session is for all funded researchers:

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Meeting Funder Requirements for Open Access


Researcher Skills Framework Mapping:

  • RDF Domain: C [C2, D1]
  • Jisc Digital Capabilities: Digital Research and Problem-Solving & Digital Innovation [Digital creation, problem-solving and innovation (creative production)]; Information Literacy & Data Literacy [Information, data and media literacies (critical use)]