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There’s no need to book - just turn up! Refreshments provided too! Or you can join in the webinar. A recording of each session will be made available after the event. Thursday 5 th  July 11am, Consultation Room, Doctoral College Reading Room, 1 st  Floor, David Wilson Library Funder requirements to share publications with Europe PMC   Grant Denkinson & Tom Moore Many funders require researchers to make their publications available via Europe Pubmed Central (Europe PMC). This session will cover: -            How to find out what your funder requires -            How to either have your publisher submit your work to Europe PMC or do it yourself Link to webinar:   https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/383a17b9462b45d0a943209c60a67f27

The Library is building a searchable full text database of the papers submitted by Leicester for REF2014. It has already been used to help support a business case for a piece of equipment, but there may be many other applications. This session explains how you can undertake your own text mining projects using EndNote and how the Library can help with larger-scale projects using specialist software. Our second session for July 2015 is in the Library Seminar Room or online at 11am (BST) on: 14th July Unlocking REF2014: Text mining to show your impact Watch the recording: https://connect.le.ac.uk/p79lknoeq43/

On Saturday 9th May I attended the first Applied Comics Network event to talk about the PhD sessions I offer on 'Communicating your research as a comic strip'. The event was looking at the use of comics for informational and educational purposes. Attendees included academics, PhD students, graphic facilitators and comic creators. Applied Comics Network is run by Lydia Wysocki ( Newcastle Science Comic , Applied Comics Etc ), John Swogger (Archaeology in the Caribbean, Something Different About Dad), and Ian Horton (Coordinator for Contextual and Theoretical Studies, London College of Communication). They started the event off (before & after the interruption of a fire alarm!) by looking at the different types of comics the network might cover. They had all come up with different categories but they included: Instructional (instructions for using/doing things) Informative (providing facts/information) Educational (these might be factual or have a narrative to ...

As part of the Research Festival the library are offering Research Bytes sessions . Please book using the links provided: Monday 23 February 2.30-2.55             Don’t lose credit for your research                             How to create a researcher identifier and ensure you get credit for your papers 3.00-3.25             How can we help with your systematic review?                             From scoping your search to managing your references: how the Library can help 3.30-3.55             Keep up to date with new research ...

In March we attended several of the Research Festival: Focus on Funders events. Here's the tips we picked up on writing funding applications for research councils and other funding bodies. Keep up to date with the latest funding opportunities via mailing lists, twitter, RSS feeds, the Research Professional Database, and checking the funders' website regularly. Make sure you read all the funding information carefully and understand the application process thoroughly, so you can target your application correctly. Start working on the application as early as possible. Use the buzz words that appear in the call for funding and in the instructions for reviewers. Ensure your proposal is innovative, interesting, based on sound principles and fits the priorities of the funding body. Follow the application instructions completely - even if you think they are asking you to repeat information there will be a reason for it! Understand who you are writing the application for - us...