Resources from the Loughborough University Research Repository picked by the Open Research Team in the Library.

Clarke, Benjamin; Tomlinson, Katherine; Karunakaran, Amitha; Candan, Ahranee; Slatter, Janet; Slatter, Tom; et al. (2024). Effectiveness of chalk as a friction modifier for finger contact with rocks. Loughborough University. Poster. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.27258000 [I am always arguing with my friend that chalk isn’t always useful for climbing and used this to try and persuade him it was more complicated than he made out. I don’t think he is convinced, regardless…]

Torrens, George; Allott, Keith; Wilkinson, Laura (2018). Rita Malangeni skill share detail – Crafts abilities Network. Loughborough University. Media. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.7384904 [ASMR – watching someone crochet is just lovely, and this is extra impressive as Rita does it one-handed!]

Read, Sara; French, Jade (2025). Curating the health humanities: perspectives from literary studies. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/29900126 [I found the article to be engaging and was an interesting insight into how multi-disciplinary study was used to create more layered engagement and depth to enhance and communicate research work]

Zhang, Shiyu; Njoku, C.C.; Whittow, W.G.; Vardaxoglou, J.C. (2015). Novel 3D printed synthetic dielectric substrates-data. Loughborough University. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.2000997 [This was the first dataset I processed when we launched the repository.]

Firth, Steven; Kane, Tom; Dimitriou, Vanda; Hassan, Tarek; Fouchal, Farid; Coleman, Michael; et al. (2017). REFIT Smart Home dataset. Loughborough University. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17028/rd.lboro.2070091 [This was the first dataset at Lboro that really reassured me that a dataset could be an output in its own right.]

Resources picked by other researchers – contact RDM [at] lboro.acuk if you’d like to nominate something

Robles, Jessica; Xie, Yarong (2024). Managing blame for racism in broadcast media. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. https://hdl.handle.net/2134/26363584