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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nThese workshops are aimed at postgraduate students, emerging researchers and academic staff and the focus will be on the research process. The sessions vary in length depending on the subject matter, but cover a wide range of subjects related to the postgraduate research journey.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Increasing the visibility of your research output through self-archiving<\/h1>\n
Stellenbosch University\u2019s institutional policy on the self-archiving of research output is curated by the Library and Information Service. Complying with this policy, which asks researchers to deposit copies of their research output in SUNScholar, our institutional repository, can greatly increase the visibility and impact of research output. This workshop will teach participants more about the policy and how to comply with the policy in order to improve access to and visibility of their research outputs.<\/p>\n
Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 1 October<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 14:00 \u2013 15:30<\/p>\n Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n This hands-on session covers important factors to help you decide where to publish your research. Making the right choices can increase readership and citations, diminish publication lag and ensure that your publication is eligible for government subsidy.<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong> Thursday, 3 October<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>10:00 \u2013 13:00<\/p>\n Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n This workshop will introduce attendees to the principles of Open Access and how it can benefit the impact of their research. Open access publishing is a model of scholarly communication that provides unrestricted and free access to scholarly research outputs, such as articles, papers, and data. In open access publishing, the content is made available online to the public without financial, legal, or technical barriers.<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 8 October<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>14:00 \u2013 15:00<\/p>\n Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. This workshop will explain what ORCID is, how to register and populate your profiles.<\/p>\n Date: <\/strong>Wednesday, 9 October<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>14:00 \u2013 15:00<\/p>\n Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n This workshop will show how to improve your impact as a researcher. The following two sessions will be presented:<\/p>\n Increase the visibility of your research<\/strong> (1 hour)<\/p>\n Participants will learn to:<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find and navigate social research networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Mendeley, etc.)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Develop research profiles<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understand how to increase your visibility as a researcher<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understand the role of science communication and social media<\/p>\n Tracking your citations<\/strong> (1 hour)<\/p>\n Participants will learn about:<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The different citation metrics and altmetrics and where to find it<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Awareness on methods to increase citations<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Responsible use of metrics<\/p>\n Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 15 October<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>14:00 \u2013 16:00<\/p>\n Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n This library training opportunity for academic staff is designed to provide practical guidance to academic staff who are now required to submit theses\/dissertations on behalf of their students.<\/p>\n Date: <\/strong>Wednesday, 16 October<\/p>\n Time: 14:00 \u2013 15:00<\/p>\n\n \n Making important decisions about publishing your research<\/h1>\n
\n \n Enhancing your research impact through open access publishing<\/h1>\n
\n \n Managing your unique author identity with ORCID<\/h1>\n
\n \n Maximise your research impact<\/h1>\n
\n \n Submitting a thesis \/dissertation to SUNScholar<\/h1>\n