Trusted Research for Repository/Data Managers: 26 February 2026, 10:00-11:00
Trusted Research principles are vital to data stewardship but often misunderstood. This webinar introduces TR and builds user understanding. In partnership with…
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January Copyright Reads (2026)
Welcome one and all for the first iteration of copyright reads in 2026! In the Romanian calendar January is classed as gerar,…
Top viewed items in 2025
There's a wider range of items among the 2025 top ten viewed items from the Loughborough Research Repository. Half of them are…
Public Domain Day 2026: What’s Entering the Commons in the UK?
It is finally that time of year when we celebrate the new wave of creative works entering the public domain, becoming free…
Webinars and whatnots – December 2025
Upcoming: Open Access and the Commons: The many faces of scholar-led publishing: 27 January (LSE) Open Research Week Ireland 2026: 2-11 February…
December Copyright Reads
How did a year already go by? Last year around this time I started the monthly copyright reads and they changed throughout…
The Santa Clause: Unwrapping the IP Behind Christmas
Disclaimer: This blog post is for information only. We do not endorse any of the merchandise and we are not affiliated or…
Ready Player One? Copyright and Gaming Explained
Press Start: Copyright in Video Gaming This is part 1 of two parts blog series which looks at copyright implications in the…
Webinars and whatnots – November 2025
Upcoming: Catch up: Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing - from UK Data Service Of interest: Previous months’ Webinars and whatnots:…
November Copyright Reads
November has brought with it darker evenings and rather wetter days and nights, at least in the UK. In the Romanian calendar,…
Top 10 Downloads in October 2025
The National Wind Tunnel Facility has five items in the Top10 downloads for this month (1, 2, 3, 4, and 8). Also…
The Legends of Creepy Copyright: A Short Story by our Resident Ghoul, Sam Hain
The ghoul, Sam Hain. Image created with Adobe Firefly Happy Halloween all you ghosts and ghouls, vampires, witches and goblins! It is…
Webinars and whatnots – October 2025
Upcoming: PLOS Webinar: Open 2.0--The curious case of open science. Case-studies in monitoring open science. Fri, 31 Oct 2025 2.30-3.30 PM CET…
October Copyright Reads
Ah! The beauty of October. The days are drawing in, the air is crisp with just a nice hint of smoke from…
Copyright Uncovered: The Academic Protocol
Welcome one and all to a new academic year! I thought we could start this academic year with a quick introduction to…
Capturing Creativity 2025 – webinar series
We are delighted to announce another Capturing Creativity seminar series which will take place during October 2025, organised and hosted by Bath…
September Copyright Reads
We have finally arrived in September and by the time you read this blog post I will be enjoying a well deserved…
Webinars and whatnots – August 2025
Upcoming: Times Higher Education webinar - the evolving role of the university library: aligning digital transformation with open research, Tues. 2 Sept.…
Staff Picks – August 2025
Resources from the Loughborough University Research Repository picked by the Open Research Team in the Library. Clarke, Benjamin; Tomlinson, Katherine; Karunakaran, Amitha;…
From Idea to Creation: Understanding Copyright in Artistic Practice in Higher Education
Art can take many shapes and forms, from paintings to sculptures to photographs, architecture or artistic craftmanship. Now the law, the Copyright…
A reflection on my 10 (ish) years at Loughborough
By Dr Gareth Cole, Open Research and Discovery Lead As I enter my last week at Loughborough I wanted to reflect on…
The IP Strikes Back: Lucasfilm, Disney, and the Power of Copyright in a Galaxy, Far, Far Away
Disclaimer: This blog post is for information only. We do not endorse any of the merchandise and we are not affiliated or…
August Copyright Reads
We are now finding ourselves in August, named in the Romanian calendar, gustar from the verb a gusta meaning to taste, as…
Webinars and whatnots – July 2025
Catch up on recorded webinars: PLOS: Open 2.0-Achieving the Impossible; Diamond Open Access in Europe Open Repositories Conference 2025: keynote now available…
Staff Picks – July 2025
Resources from the Loughborough University Research Repository picked by the Open Research Team in the Library. Dhiri, Tanika (2024). Sustainability. Loughborough University.…
Geospatial metadata – new feature in the Research Repository
A new metadata field has been added to items created* in our Research Repository: geospatial metadata. This feature allows researchers to geolocate…
July Copyright Reads
We are already in the middle of July, and what a scorcher it has been so far. In Romania we call the…
Staff Picks – June 2025
Albert, Saul; vom Lehn, Dirk (2022). Non-lexical vocalizations help novices learn joint embodied actions. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. [A study of novice…
Webinars and whatnots – June 2025
Catch up on recorded webinars: Open Research Conversation: Open data, indigenous data sovereignty and the CARE principles Should Reproducibility be the Aim…
June Copyright Reads
Grab your favourite iced latte and settle in, because it's time for our "June Copyright Reads"! This month, we're serving up a…
Popcorn and Permissions: Understanding Film Licensing for UK Higher Education Screenings
Setting the scene Have you ever wanted to screen a film on campus? Did you watch a very good documentary and want…
If users cannot come and see our stain glass collection, the stain glass collection must “go” to them… …
By Camille Moret, University Archivist. LUA is actively engaging with this year's International Archive Week theme #ArchivesAreAccessible: Archives for Everyone. We have…
Archiving and Preserving My PhD Thesis: Reflections for Further Research
By Holly Turpin Loughborough University is one of the partners working on Open Book Futures (OBF). OBF builds upon the work of…
20 years of the Loughborough University Research Repository
The repository began its life at Loughborough University back in June 2005. It was set up by the University Library as a…
Using outreach as a MPLP* opportunity
By Camille Moret, University Archivist. *MPLP is a cataloguing approach by American archivist Marc Green in the early 21st Century and stands…
3-D modelling of the University Charter
By Camille Moret, University Archivist. LUA is actively engaging with this year's International Archive Week theme #ArchivesAreAccessible: Archives for Everyone. We have…
International Week 2025: #ArchivesAreAccessible
By Camille Moret, University Archivist. Every year, the international council on Archives (ICA) celebrates archives for an entire week, culminating (or this…
State of Open Data: 2025 survey now open
State of Open Data 2025: Survey now open Have your say on research data sharing.Springer Nature, Digital Science and Figshare would like…
May Copyright Reads
Welcome to the May Copyright Reads! As spring truly blossoms and the days grow longer, May brings with it a fresh crop…
Open Research: Meet the team – Lara Skelly
What’s your job title and how long have you been at Loughborough? I'm the Open Research Manager for Data and Methods. I…
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