Attendees are welcome to join this interactive, hands-on workshop to learn how they can use both InCites and Web of Science to find indicators to describe their research impact.
The workshop will introduce productivity, uptake and spread indicators that can be used to demonstrate their research expertise, team expertise and scholarly contributions in grant applications, promotion and tenure applications, award nominations and many more!
Open to interested postdoctoral scholars and graduate students, this workshop will be held virtually on May 5, 2021.
Author: Kueneman, Karen
Staff, 2015 Fall
Publishing Fees Workshop – Western Libraries
Western Libraries is offering two workshops on publishing fees:
Ins and Outs of Publishing Fees
- Wednesday, April 28 (10:30-11:30am) Register for this session
- Tuesday, May 4 (2:30-3:30pm) Register for this session
Have you been asked to pay an article processing charge or other fee to publish your work in a journal? Learn why these fees exist, how you can publish without a fee, and what discounts and fee waivers are available to you as a researcher at Western, including new waiver programs with PLOS and SAGE publishers.
This workshop will be of particular interest to faculty, but staff, undergraduate, and graduate students are also welcome to attend.
Leave knowing:
- Types of journals that charge publishing fees
- Options for paying publishing fees
- Options for publishing without a fee
Western Humanitarian Award
This award recognizes faculty, staff, and students at Western who are engaged in a range of efforts directed towards improving the quality of life for individuals and communities around the world. Preference will be given to the recognition of activities undertaken by the candidate that have current or potential international impact.
Amount: $5,000 (must be used in support of humanitarian efforts as chosen by the recipient)
Deadline: extended to July 20, 2021
More information and applications…
Contact: Interested parties are encouraged to consult with Julaine Hall (rwprizes@uwo.ca) at Western Research regarding this award and the nomination processes.
New Scholarship Program from Coalition Publica
Coalition Publica, a partnership between Erudit and the Public Knowledge Project, is launching a scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate students in Canada. The program will support research projects that study the scholarly communication and research dissemination system or that apply digital humanities methods to the corpora made available by Coalition Publica.
Scholarships available:
- PhD ($20 000)
- Master’s Thesis ($10 000)
- Bachelors: to develop term papers into research articles ($500)
Scholarships are awarded annually for one year of study (graduate) or for one research article (undergraduate).
Eligibility and selection criteria: All students registered at a Canadian university are eligible. Applications may be submitted in English or French. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the relevance of their research objectives and their originality. Scholarships will be granted in accordance with the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion. Students from traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to submit a proposal.
For more details, see https://www.coalition-publi.ca/news-nouvelles/2021/4/7/scholarship-program
Western Research Update (Covid-19 Stay at Home)
MEMORANDUM
Date: April 15, 2021
From: Kevin Shoemaker, Acting Associate Vice-President (Research)
Subject: Continued Vigilance For Research During Stay-at-Home Order.
As we enter the second week of a province-wide stay-at-home order, I want to provide some reminders to ensure the safety of our research community.
Research continues at a reduced rate on campus. Your continued vigilance is appreciated and critically important to our efforts to protect peers, friends and families. Thank you.
We are all keen to return to some sense of normalcy. To successfully do so, we must not let down our guard at this pivotal juncture.
As a reminder, when working on campus, please:
- Complete your return-to-work questionnaire on a daily basis.
- Complete your own research space’s checklist and entry protocols for tracking purposes.
- Wear three-ply masks provided by the university when inside or near others.
- Wear safety goggles—and potentially face shields, as recommended by supervisors—when it is necessary to work within two metres of another person.
- Eat and rest only in designated areas, while maintaining guidelines for physical distancing and mask use (masks are only to be removed to take a bite/sip).
- No face-to-face participant research, exercise-based activities or field studies are permitted, unless approved by the Dean’s office and the office of the Vice-President (Research).
- Ensure occupancy in Western’s research spaces remains at 30 per cent or below.
When in doubt, think safety first. Spot checks may be conducted by members of our community or by the Middlesex-London Health Unit.
Additional resources are available through ongoing university-wide notices and research-related updates from Western Research. Please also direct any additional questions to your Associate Dean (Research) and/or departmental delegate.
New Open Access Agreements with Major Publishers
Western Libraries has announced new agreements with three major publishers that offer new discounts and waivers for open access journal Article Processing Charges (APCs). These new agreements are with SAGE, PLOS, and Elsevier.
- SAGE: No APCs for Western-affiliated authors for most SAGE journals (all those that operate on the hybrid subscription/OA model; some exceptions apply) and 40% discount on APCs for journals published on the gold OA model (entirely funded by APCs).
- PLOS: No APCs for Western-affiliated corresponding authors who publish in PLOS Biology or PLOS Medicine, and 25% discount on APCs for Western-affiliated contributing authors, as part of the PLOS Community Action Publishing program.
- Elsevier: 20% discount on APCs for Western-affiliated authors.
These agreements were negotiated by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) on behalf of researchers at all CRKN member institutions.
To learn more, register to attend an upcoming Ins and Outs of Publishing Fees workshop.
As part of their commitment to open access and support of the research mission of the University, Western Libraries has subscribed to several organizations that offer discounts for author processing charges for open access journals. For detailed information, please see the list of memberships.
Another way to make your research widely available is to share it in Scholarship@Western, Western’s institutional repository. There are no fees involved with this route to open access.
If you have questions about the discounts and waivers, or if you are interested in having your work deposited in Scholarship@Western, please email rsclib@uwo.ca.
Access to Statistics Canada Data – Workshop
Continuum of Data Access (Statistics Canada)
Wednesday April 14th, 2021, 1:00 pm
Elizabeth Hill (Data Librarian, Western Libraries)
Tina Luu Ly (Analyst, Western’s Research Data Centre)
Workshop Description: Western Libraries in conjunction with Western’s Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC) is offering a workshop on access to Statistics Canada data at Western. The workshop will highlight public / open data products and access, as well as academic access to Public Use Microdata Files (PUMF). The workshop is a good introduction or review of access points to data that is useful for teaching and research. Access to masterfile data is also available to Western researchers through the Real Time Remote Access (RTRA) system and the RDC. The workshop will describe different types of access and the application process for using RTRA and RDC.
This workshop will be of interest to students , instructors and researchers.
If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Hill, ethill@uwo.ca, Data Librarian, Western Libraries
COVID-19: Changes to Face-to-Face Research Activities at Western
April 6/21 – Memo from Lesley Rigg, Vice-President (Research)
There has been a rapid escalation of COVID-19 cases in our community, including on our campus.
To address increasing risks, we are implementing additional restrictions to permitted research activities. We need to be proactive and we need to continue to be rigorous.
Effective April 7, 2021 at 6 p.m., we will pause all face-to-face research with human participants on campus and in field studies for four weeks. We will re-evaluate these restrictions every two weeks by looking for a pattern of reduction in our community caseload.
These changes do not apply to research directly related to COVID-19. Other studies, including those approved over the past few months, may be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to assess potential risks and benefits using the two-level approval system currently in place.
At the same time, research personnel are still able to access research spaces under current safety guidelines and to pursue research that does not involve face-to-face interactions with human participants.
As a reminder, members of our community are required to wear three-ply masks and to wear safety glasses if working within two metres of each other. Supervisors may also recommend face shields for additional protection. Occupancy in Western’s research spaces remains at 30 per cent capacity.
Where possible, we encourage you to work from home.
Please direct any questions to your Associate Dean (Research) and/or department delegate. Kevin Shoemaker is also available to assist with any questions on behalf of Western Research.
Research Using Social Media Data – Western Libraries Workshop
Social Media Data for Research: Twitter and Others
Tuesday March 16, 2021
1:00 pm
via Zoom
Want to learn how to get started with social media research? Join Western Libraries staff for a FREE Zoom workshop on popular platforms for research, methods for accessing the data, and different approaches and tools for analysis. Sign up at: http://www.events.westernu.ca/events/libraries/2021-03/social-media-data.html
Queer Research Day 2021 – Call for Papers and Presentations
The Sexuality and Gender Research Group at Western University will be holding the eleventh annual Queer Research Day on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. This will be an online conference, so presentations need to be in a format that can be read or otherwise displayed effectively on Zoom. The group welcomes 15 – 20 minute oral presentations, in particular, but is also interested in other types of proposals, including artists’ performances, film screenings, musical events, and other forms of queer work.
Registration is free, but you will be required to register in order to receive the Zoom invitation. More information on registration will be available shortly.
Faculty and graduate students are welcome to participate or just to attend. If you are interested in presenting, please email a short abstract with title or a brief description of your paper or other proposal to Wendy Pearson (wpearson@uwo.ca). The group hopes to include presentations on a wide variety of topics from a broad range of disciplines. The deadline for receiving proposals is April 14, 2021.