U of M Libraries will pilot a series of five workshops over the spring and summer months, designed to be practical as well as educational. (Photo: iStock)

New Researcher Workshops starting fall 2017

Enhance Your Technical Expertise, Expand Your Research Presence

September 5, 2017 —

UM Libraries offers a Researcher Workshop series at the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses focusing on the bibliographic tools and resources needed by researchers, faculty members and graduate students.

Beginning in October 2017 and running until May 2018, these sessions include returning topics such as using citation managers (i.e. EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero) to stay organized with your research, as well as new workshops including in-depth Scopus training and navigating Dataverse — a repository available through the Libraries that can be used to store and share data.

Having received many questions about Open Access (OA) journals in recent months, librarians will also offer a webinar that highlights common traits of predatory publishers in October, coinciding with Academic Integrity Month.

Attending one or even several of the sessions offered through this series can help you discover the best tools, techniques and strategies to benefit your work, and remain on track with current goals and projects.

Sessions typically run for an hour at time. Researcher Workshops are held at both the Fort Garry and Bannatyne Campuses, as well as online via webinar.

A list of topics for the first month in the series (October) can be found below:
October 3 – Getting Started with Systematic Reviews
12:00pm – 1:00pm
NJMHS Library – Rm. 232 – Dr. R.T. Ross Computer Lab
Bannaytne Campus
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3429318

October 5 – Overview of Citation Management (with migration from RefWorks)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Online; webinar
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3431186

October 12 – Introduction to Mendeley
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Sciences and Technology Library, Computer Lab
Fort Garry Campus
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3432830

October 17 – Introduction to EndNote
12:00pm – 1:00pm
NJMHS Library – Rm. 232 – Dr. R.T. Ross Computer Lab
Bannaytne Campus
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3430441

October 19 – Introduction to Mendeley
12:00pm – 1:00pm
NJMHS Library – Rm. 232 – Dr. R.T. Ross Computer Lab
Bannaytne Campus
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3430450

October 30 – Identifying Predatory Journals
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Online; webinar
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3432831

October 31 – Which Review is Right For You?
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Elizabeth Dafoe Library, Gold Lab
Fort Garry Campus
Register: http://lib-umanitoba.libcal.com/event/3432840

To view or register for additional sessions, please visit: http://bit.ly/ResearcherWorkshops2017

For more information, please contact Sarah Clark (Sarah.Clark@umanitoba) and Hal Loewen (Hal [dot] Loewen [at] umanitoba [dot] ca).

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