Intended for early career faculty and graduate students, the scholarly communication workshops from WVU Libraries are designed to help you maximize your scholarly presence, find the right journal to publish in and measure your scholarly impact.
Preparing for a poster session
Learn how to develop a poster presentation, including best practices for design and engagement. Researchers of all levels are welcome.
Register for the workshop scheduled for 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17
Copyright and your thesis or dissertation
Join us for a workshop specifically about copyright and graduate student work. We'll cover copyright issues specific to theses and dissertations, including your rights as a user of others’ work, the permissions you need to gain, and your own rights over your electronic thesis or dissertation.
Register for the workshop scheduled for 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18
Introduction to writing a data management plan with DMPTool
This workshop will go over the basics of a data management and sharing plan and introduce participants to DMPTool, an open-source online application that helps researchers create DMPs that comply with funder requirements, such as the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.
Register for the workshop scheduled for 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19
Intro to publishing: How scholarly/academic publishing works
This workshop will provide an overview of how the scholarly/academic publishing process works and what to expect when acting as an author, reviewer, editor or journal manager. Learn common tools and terminology you’ll encounter in scholarly publishing and what skills will help you succeed in each of these roles.
Register for the workshop scheduled for 1-2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20
Introduction to copyright
This workshop will provide a general overview of copyright law and history and give participants practice in thinking about copyright in scenarios related to research and courses that come up at WVU.
Register for the workshop scheduled for 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24
Copyright for scholarly authors
This workshop will introduce participants to concepts of copyright and scholarship, including what rights you have to control your work, publication agreements and how to authorize your work.
Register for the workshop schedule for 1-2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27
Predatory publishing: avoiding academic scams
In this session, you will be introduced to strategies and tools to avoid predatory publishers and conferences, and to identify reputable publishing opportunities.
Register for the workshop scheduled for 1-2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30
Measuring and promoting your research impact
This introductory workshop will provide an overview of traditional and nontraditional scholarly metrics and will discuss tools to promote your research impact. Topics covered include citation analysis, journal impact factor, h-index and altmetrics.
Register for the workshop scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31
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