research
Missed the screening of “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship”? Watch it on your desktop
Cranfield University2023-02-20T19:42:11+00:0019/09/2018|Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, movie, OA, open access, paywall, publishing, research, SOMLibrary|
If you missed the Library Service's screening of "Paywall: The Business of Scholarship” on Wednesday 19 September, you can now watch it direct from your desktop. Paywall gives you the inside track on the big ...
What is an ORCID and why do I need one?
Cranfield University2023-02-20T19:42:20+00:0010/09/2018|Tags: barrington, cris, knl, mirc, OA, open access, orcid, publications, research, SOMLibrary|
You might have heard or seen the word ORCID but may not be sure exactly what it is or how important it is to all Cranfield researchers… What is an ORCID? An ORCID id is ...
Interested in academic publishing and like films?
Cranfield University2023-02-20T19:42:28+00:0005/09/2018|Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, movie, OA, open access, paywall, publishing, research, SOMLibrary|
We’re hosting a screening of a new film documentary, “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship” on Wednesday 19 September. Paywall gives you the inside track on the big business of academic publishing – essential viewing for both ...
The Impact Game: moving from bored to board
Cranfield University2021-09-16T11:46:34+01:0013/06/2018|Tags: OA, open access, rdm, ref, research, research data managment, The Impact Game|
Let’s face it, as a researcher nowadays you need to think about so much more than you used to when it comes to open access, research data management, and the REF. As library staff we ...
Dimensions: A tool to rival Google Scholar?
Cranfield University2023-02-20T20:27:56+00:0006/04/2018|Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, research, SOMLibrary|
A new research information platform was announced recently, called Dimensions and produced by Digital Science (the company behind figshare, altmetric, etc.). You can try out the free version of Dimensions at https://app.dimensions.ai. It contains 89 ...
Wonderplants: natural superheroes that turn poison into profit
Cranfield University2021-09-16T10:32:56+01:0003/04/2018|Tags: burton nitta, chemicals, environment, extraction, instruments of the afterlife, mining, phytoremediation, Plants, pollution, research, science, science communication|
I first became interested in using plants to clean contaminated land – phytoremediation - during a research council ‘sandpit’, an event where I met other researchers interested dealing with the massive legacy of resource loss ...