​Bibliometrics for researchers

Target audience: Academic staff and researchers who are keen to learn about the use of bibliometrics to demonstrate academic influence.

Aims and objectives: The session will provide an overview of bibliometrics and highlight the analysis tools available at Cardiff Met. The applications and limitations of bibliometrics will be explored.

By the end of the session, participants will be familiar with the following methods of measuring research impact:

• journal based metrics

• article based metrics

• researcher based metrics

• Altmetrics

Timing: 1 hour

Copyright for researchers

Target audience: Academic staff and researchers

Aims and objectives: Keeping on the right side of copyright law is essential when researching and publishing. This practical session will highlight useful copyright resources and consider common copyright issues that researchers face. The session is designed to raise awareness and does not constitute legal advice.

The session will cover:

• a general introduction to copyright

• use of images

• Creative Commons licences

• seeking usage permission

• author rights

Timing: 2 hours

Introduction to EndNote

Target audience: Academic staff and researchers. Undergraduates in final year of study considered.

Aims and objectives: Would you like to quickly and easily create, store, organise and format references for your research projects? This interactive workshop will show you how EndNote, the powerful bibliographic management tool officially supported by Cardiff Met, can do just that. Progress is assessed one month later in a follow-up one-to-one session.

By the end of the course, participants will have:

• created an EndNote library

• practiced adding references the EndNote library

• practiced attaching full text documents to references

• organised references using Groups

• chosen a bibliographic style

• inserted references into Word using Cite While You Write (CWYW)

• registering with EndNote Online to store references in the cloud

• created a back-up copy of the EndNote library

Timing: 2 hours

NB: In addition to the scheduled course dates, bespoke sessions for up to 10 staff and/or students can also be organised upon application to Jamie Finch.

Introduction to Document Delivery

Target audience: Academic staff and researchers

Aims and objectives: Document Delivery plays an important role in ensuring Cardiff Met staff and students have access to materials beyond our collection and this session will provide a complete overview of the service.

By the end of the session participants will know how to:

• request an Inter Library Loan (ILL)

• register for Desktop Delivery of ILLs

• request theses via EThOS

• access materials in Cardiff Met's institutional repository

• use the Cardiff Met's Digitisation service for electronic copies of core reading for your students to access via the VLE

Timing: 1 hour

Open access support for the post-2014 REF

Target audience: Academic staff and researchers

Aims and objectives: This session is designed to introduce researchers to the requirements of the HEFCE OA policy and the steps that have been put in place at Cardiff Met to enable compliance. The session will provide guidance on making your research outputs open access and include a demonstration of the institutional repository.

Timing: 1 hour

NB: All of our training courses for staff are subject to standard staff development guidelines and polices.