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What are Shut Up & Write! Sessions? I'm currently in the second of our Shut Up & Write! sessions writing this blog post, so I thought I'd explain a little bit more about what the sessions are and how to get the most out of them. Shut Up and Write! sessions are designed for people to come along and get some writing done. They are not designed to help you with how to write an article/book/thesis or anything else. They do not include any critiquing or feedback on the work you are doing. You simply turn up and write. Why would you need to go somewhere to write? You can do that in your home/office/favourite café etc… If you can get writing done in in those places then that's great, keep doing it. However, it is very easy to get distracted by students, colleagues, friends, family, Facebook (insert your distraction of choice) in your normal working environment. Shut Up & Write! sessions are designed to give you some...

   Distraction-free writing sessions throughout August.    Working on a thesis, journal article or book chapter? Need some distraction-free writing time? Library Research Services are running Shut Up & Write! sessions for researchers, every Friday morning in August, 10am-12noon in Ogden Lewis Seminar Room 3 (Fielding Johnson South Wing Basement). Session outline: 10am: Arrival & Prep 10.15am: Write 11am: Break & Refreshments 11.15am: Write 12noon: End There is no need to book, just bring your laptop, pad & pen, or preferred writing tools! August 5 th , 12 th , 19 th & 26 th , 10am-12noon, Ogden Lewis Seminar Room 3 . Any questions, please email Selina Lock: stl5@le.ac.uk  

Throughout July we ran a series of short talks about issues of interest to researchers. If you missed them you can now watch the recordings: Discovering the University’s unique archives An overview of what archives are and give an overview of the archives held by the University of Leicester library. Watch the webinar Publishing your own Open Access journal The Library has developed an online publishing platform (Open Journals System) that enables researchers at Leicester to set up and run their own open access journals.  This session offers an overview of the platform and what you need to consider before launching your own title. Watch the webinar Finding datasets for research One of the most common enquiries from researchers is “Where can I find data on my topic?”  This session provides advice on how to find datasets for your research. We will cover a range of subject areas, and also look at the specialist resources to which the Library provides access. ...

The last Elevenses of July will be on Research Data Management, presented by Laurian Williamson, our Open Access and Research Data Manager. Please join us on Wednesday for a 30 minute briefing on this important issue for researchers.  Research Data Management: looking after and managing your research data   11am, Bennett Lower Ground 5 Managing the data you produce during your research activity is becoming increasingly important, for your own personal use, in order to meet funders’ data management requirements, and journals are increasingly requiring submission of data underpinning peer-reviewed publications. Whatever your area of research is, you will be dealing with data in one form or another and this session will explore how to organize and describe your data, data storage and security, and sharing and publishing your data. Join the webinar Please contact  Selina Lock  if you have any questions.

The recording of our Elevenses talk on Finding Datasets for Research is now available . William Farrell  provides advice on finding data, and also looks at the specialist resources the Library provides access to.  Our guide to sources of data and statistics is  here .  If you would like help finding datasets, please email us at: librarians@le.ac.uk The next Elevenses  is  Join the webinar

Throughout July we are running a series of 30 minute talks on key issues for Leicester researchers. There’s no need to book - just turn up!     Next week: 20th July - Finding datasets for research 11am, Fielding Johnson, Ogden Lewis Seminar Room 3 One of the most common enquiries from researchers is “Where can I find data on my topic?”  This session provides advice on how to find datasets for your research. We will cover a range of subject areas, and also look at the specialist resources to which the Library provides access. Join the webinar If you are off-campus you can join in live via Adobe Connect. Simply click the link and choose ‘Enter as Guest’ on the day. A recording of each session will be made available after the event. Recordings of the last two Elevenses are now available: Discovering the University's Unique Archives Publishing your own Open Access Journal

A recording of the Research Elevenses on the University's archives is now available . In this talk Caroline Sampson, the University's archivist, gives an overview of the archives held by the Library. Caroline explains what archives are and how to find archival sources for teaching and research. If you have any questions about this talk, or the University's archives, please email:  specialcollections@le.ac.uk The next Elevenses is on how to publish your own Open Access journal. To attend the webinar, logon via:  https://connect.le.ac.uk/ojs/ [Choose "Enter as a guest".]