Library Research Engagement Group blog
In this post Chris Gutteridge muses on working with open Covid data to make it more understandable to the lay person. Chris works in iSolutions, the University’s computer services department. He is an open data champion who has been recognised
Read moreThe data visualisation competition we ran for Love Data Week 2020 inspired me to use local temperature data to knit a blanket charting the daily high temperature for every day in 2020. I decided which shades of yarn to use
Read moreOne of the few benefits of the circumstances we find ourselves in during 2020 is that I do not need to awkwardly explain what my job is and why it is important at family gatherings. I am going to assume
Read moreWorking from home, 09.00: the big change from my two large office screens to a laptop has gone well, aided by an excellent chair and nice view from the lounge window. Fire up the laptop and switch TV from news to Classic fM for background inspiration, hook into the
Read moreI thought I’d start this by telling you a bit about me, I work at the National Oceanographic Library and help staff from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre with their open access queries and applications to
Read moreGuest written by Helen Carter, Research Publication Specialist in the Faculty of Medicine Are you getting the most out of your ORCiD? if you do one thing for Open Access week 2020 19-25 October; check Pure, add/link your ORCiD and enable
Read moreIf you are a researcher at the University of Southampton, you may get an email from a REF administrator asking you to upload a paper to Pure as you have been highlighted on the compliance report. Some of you may wonder
Read moreSince the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, our academics at the University of Southampton have been at the forefront of research to understand, manage and contain the virus, most recently with leading role in partnership with the council and NHS to lead
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Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic which has spread to the UK, The University of Southampton has shutdown normal campus-based activities for the time being and after Easter we will be using digital teaching solutions. At times like these we
Read moreWritten by Michael Whitton and Nicki Clarkson Citations, journal impact factors, h-indices, even tweets and Facebook likes – there are no end of quantitative measures that can now be used to try to assess the quality and wider impacts of
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