{"id":826,"date":"2025-08-27T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/?p=826"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:36:38","slug":"staff-picks-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/rdm\/2025\/08\/staff-picks-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks \u2013 August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Resources from the Loughborough University Research Repository picked by the Open Research Team in the Library.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17028\/rd.lboro.27258000\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17028\/rd.lboro.27258000<\/a> [<em>I am always arguing with my friend that chalk isn\u2019t always useful for climbing and used this to try and persuade him it was more complicated than he made out. I don\u2019t think he is convinced, regardless\u2026<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Torrens, George; Allott, Keith; Wilkinson, Laura (2018). Rita Malangeni skill share detail &#8211; Crafts abilities Network. Loughborough University. Media. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17028\/rd.lboro.7384904\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17028\/rd.lboro.7384904<\/a> [<em>ASMR &#8211; watching someone crochet is just lovely, and this is extra impressive as Rita does it one-handed!<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read, Sara; French, Jade (2025). Curating the health humanities: perspectives from literary studies. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2134\/29900126\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2134\/29900126<\/a> [<em>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<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zhang, Shiyu; Njoku, C.C.; Whittow, W.G.; Vardaxoglou, J.C. (2015). Novel 3D printed synthetic dielectric substrates-data. Loughborough University. Dataset. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17028\/rd.lboro.2000997\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17028\/rd.lboro.2000997<\/a> [<em>This was the first dataset I processed when we launched the repository.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 [<em>This was the first dataset at Lboro that really reassured me that a dataset could be an output in its own right.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Resources picked by other researchers<\/em> <em>&#8211; contact RDM [at] lboro.acuk if you&#8217;d like to nominate something <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robles, Jessica; Xie, Yarong (2024). Managing blame for racism in broadcast media. Loughborough University. Journal contribution. <a href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2134\/26363584\">https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2134\/26363584<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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