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…
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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…
April Copyright Reads
Ah, the air feels lighter, the days are longer, and the vibrant colours of new life are all around us – spring…
Decoding the Beat: Intellectual Property in the Music Landscape
I know what you are thinking. First, she came for the books, now she is coming for the music. The reality is…
Webinars and whatnots – April 2025
Midlands Innovation Open Research Week 2025 Tuesday, 6th May, 11:00am - Improving student research training through a consortium model (Dr Charlotte Pennington,…
The Enduring Magic: Why Books Still Matter in the Digital Age
Welcome all to this year’s World Book and Copyright Day! Last year’s blog post looked at what World Book and Copyright Day…
Protecting the Season: An Overview of Easter-Related Intellectual Property
As Easter is fast approaching, I decided to do a bit of digging into Easter and how it relates to the world…
Midlands Innovation Open Research Week Booking now open!
Open Research Week 2025 marks a significant milestone as all eight Midlands Innovation partner universities come together for the first time to…
Three tips on making Shiny apps more accessible
By Lara Skelly & Emma Hibbert Disclaimer: This post is about R, R/Shiny and accessibility. If you don't know what any of…
Webinars and whatnots – March 2025
Forthcoming: GW4 Open Research Week 2025 – 31 March to 4 April 2025 (Monday – Friday) Early career researchers and open research – 23…
March Copyright Reads
Welcome back, copyright explorers! Get ready to dive into a world of exciting stories this month! We've got a treasure chest of…
A look back: School Archive Day 2025
By Camille Moret, University Archivist. Today, the Open Research team celebrates School Archives Day, as an initiative by Loughborough University Archive and…
Webinars and whatnots – February 2025
Forthcoming: The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (#OxFOS25) – 3 to 13 March 2025 (Monday - Thursday) File organization in Figshare: options…
Open Research: Meet the team
What’s your job title and how long have you been at Loughborough? I currently hold two positions at Loughborough University. I am…
Midlands Innovation Open Research Week 2025
Save the date - Midlands Innovation Universities are joining up to celebrate Open Research Week 2025 on 6-9 May. Just fOR the…
New Open Access Publisher Deals for 2025
Brill Read and Publish Deal The Library has signed a new Read and Publish deal with De Gruyter Brill. This agreement offers…
February Copyright Reads
Welcome to February Copyright Reads! We have quite a selection for you this month. We have a lot about AI and copyright…
Webinars and whatnots – January 2025
Capturing Creativity Week: Collecting Emerging Formats at the British Library, Giulia Carla Rossi [recording] Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025: submissions open The…
Open Research Week – postponed
In November, we posted a Save-The-Date for the Open Research Week, organized by Loughborough University, De Montfort University and the University of…
Open Access Publisher deals for 2025
The Library pages on JISC Open Access publisher deals have been updated. You will need your University ID and VPN off campus…
Projects vs Collections on the Repository
The more items you add to the Research Repository, the more likely you are to want to organise them in some way.…
Top 5 Repository Downloads for December
The Loughborough Research Repository currently contains 57,191 public items. Staff processed 485 new research deposits during December 2024. The 5 most downloaded…
January Copyright Reads
Happy New Year and welcome to this month's copyright reads. We will be looking at the Public Domain Day 2025, copyright trials,…
Yes, you can put your website on the Repository
Actually, you can put any digital file onto the Loughborough University Research Repository, no matter the format. For a while now, I…
Public Domain Day 2025
Every year, on the 1st of January, new material enters the public domain, making the works free to use, share and reuse.…
Webinars and whatnots – December 2024
Open Research Week 2025 from Edge Hill University, the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, and the University of Essex. 24-27…
Top 5 Repository Downloads for November
The Loughborough Research Repository currently contains over 56,791 items. Staff processed 336 new research deposits during November 2024. The 5 most downloaded…
Copyright December Reads
Welcome to the first of many monthly copyright reads. Here you will find a selection of the most interesting copyright reads for…
Finding and Using Images Ethically: A Guide for Researchers
Image use in scholarly communications, like articles, books and of course assignments and theses are a practice that has been going on…
Reviewers – how to advocate for Open
If you review for journals (or other such publications) you have an opportunity to advocate for Open Research. Below are two paragraphs…
Save the date! Open Research Week 3-7 March 2025
Loughborough University has again joined with De Montfort University and the University of Leicester to arrange Open Research Week, scheduled for 3-7…
Webinars and whatnots – November 2024
Figshare and Symplectic EMEA User Conference 2024 Open (as possible) research: Some things to think about when we can't do it all…
Top 5 downloads from the Loughborough Research Repository October 2024
The Loughborough Research Repository currently contains over contains 56,508 items. Staff processed 358 new research deposits during October 2024.The 5 most downloaded…
If you missed it – October 2024
An update on MRC’s Data Sharing Policy and Data Management Plan template (contact rdm@lboro.ac.uk for the passcode) Edinburgh Open Research Conference OpenFest…
Royal Society: have some Open Data to get the grant
If you are thinking of applying for a Royal Society grant, it's best to check if you have published some data openly.…
Looking for the persistent link to your Research Repository record?
Each record in the Research Repository has its own persistent identifier link. A persistent identifier is a long-lasting link to a digital…
Top 10 downloads for June, July & August 2024
Hignett, Sue; McDermott, Hilary (2015). Qualitative methodology for ergonomics. Loughborough University. Chapter. Downloads 548 Keiningham, Timothy; Aksoy, Lerzan; Bruce, Helen L.; Cadet,…
World Book and Copyright Day 23rd April
On the 23rd of April each year, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) celebrates World Book and Copyright Day. The…
Navigating copyright in the Digital Age
Have you ever found a nice image on the great, wide web and decided to download and use it? Have you ever…
Yes, you can open commercially funded research (but probably not all of it)
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