Category: Researchers
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Activities: There’s so much that you can record in Discovery and more than one way to do it!
Over the past few years our team has noticed additional focus and attention on the need to record research-related activities and have responded by adapting and improving our services to accommodate the changing needs of our academic community. The driving forces behind these changes are threefold; Responsible Research Assessment As a signatory of DORA, and…
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An International Open Access Week update on the Scottish Universities Press
About the author: Dominique Walker is the Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Press (SUP). Her role is hosted by the Library and Learning Centre LLC at the University of Dundee. International Open Access Week seems the perfect time to provide an update on the progress of Scottish Universities Press (SUP) – a fully open access…
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It’s International Open Access Week – find out about the new University of Dundee, Open Access, student journal in this guest blog from Dr Anna Robb and Dr Richard Holme
In early 2020, on the eve of the global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, two colleagues (Dr. Anna Robb and Dr. Richard Holme, Division of Education and Society) – who lead the highly successful Master of Education (MEd) programme – discussed the prospect of establishing a new open-access journal that would publish and share the best…
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Are you at Trustee for an organisation?
If you are a trustee, it’s now possible to accurately record this information in Discovery, using the Activities Membership options. Our team have been doing some housekeeping to tidy up Discovery data, largely with the purpose of supporting more accurate public engagement reporting. During this process we were asked how to record a trustee role…
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DORA: The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and the Responsible Use of Metrics
The University of Dundee has signed and expressed its commitment to DORA, a set of principles designed to ensure that research assessment is undertaken in a responsible, fair and transparent manner. Read the University of Dundee statement here. What do you need to know about DORA? The vision of DORA is to “advance practical and…
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Optimise your Researchfish submission
Make the most of the Researchfish submission with tips and advice provided to us by the team at Researchfish. Tips to optimise your Researchfish submission Consider the following when working on your Researchfish submission: Connect your Researchfish account to your ORCID account to enable data to be harvested from ORCID ready to attribute in Researchfish…
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H-Index: what it is, and displaying it on your Discovery profile (or not)
The h-index is an author-level metric which is designed to measure both productivity and the citation impact of any publications produced. It is calculated by counting the number of publications produced, and the number of times those papers have been cited. For example, if an author has published 20 papers in total, and 10 of…
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Levelling up access to data: University of Dundee one of first in Scotland to get a SafePod
University of Dundee SafePod now open On Friday 25th February, the Dundee SafePod situated within the Main Library was opened by Professor John Rowan, Vice-Principal for Research, Knowledge Exchange & Wider Impact. The event attendees included researchers, professional services supporting research and external partners including the Manager and the Director of the SafePod Network and…
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SafePod arrives in Main Library
At the beginning of the year we announced the exciting news that the University of Dundee had been successful in securing a SafePod. At the end of November the SafePod arrived and was installed on the top floor of the Main Library. Preparation Earlier in the year a location on the top floor of Main…