LibGuides: Support for research staff and students: Help and Training

Research Engagement Team

The Research Engagement team are based in the Library and can help you with queries about research publications, open access, open access funding, data management, data archiving, open research, CentAUR etc.

Alison Sutton (Research Engagement Manager)
Dr Robert Darby (Research Data Manager)
Dr Karen Rowlett (Research Publications Adviser)
Claire Collins (Senior Library Assistant – Research Publications)
Dr Emily Carroll (Senior Library Assistant – Research Publications)
Lindsay Warwick ((Senior Library Assistant (Collection Services)
Sophie Dorman (Senior Library Assistant (Collection Services)

Meet the Research Engagement Team (ORRB blogpost), October 2019
The Research Engagement Team can be found on the second floor of the Library at the interface between students, academics and the wider research community. We provide up-to-date, publicly visible and highly accessed repositories for showcasing the University’s research outputs (both publications and research data). We promote the University’s Open Access, data preservation, sharing requirements, and we provide research publications advice, bibliometrics services and data support services to University staff and students. We identify new agendas in Open Research to develop policies to benefit the University’s research outputs profile, and make major contributions to the Library’s provision of routes to Open Access for research publications.
Alison Sutton
Research Engagement Manager
Robert Darby
Research Data Manager
Karen Rowlett
Research Publications Advisor
CentAUR

Getting help

If you would like further help, book an appointment with your Academic Liaison Librarian

They can help you with:

finding information, such as accessing and using subject databases and e-journals,
keeping up-to-date in your area of research,
finding specific types of publications such as conference proceedings
EndNote, the bibliographic management system
setting up an ORCID

They will also be able to advise you on who to contact for advice on publishing your research, Research Data Management and building your research profile.

Training for Reading researchers through People Development

Training sessions for University of Reading research staff are run via People Development. A full list of the courses offered is available on the People Development webpages.

People Development Training Courses
Search for training courses for researchers at University of Reading

Courses offered by library staff for researchers

Introduction to Altmetric Explorer

Introduction to Bibliometrics

ORCiD identifiers - what are they and why do I need one?

Introduction to the SciVal research intelligence tool

Managing your digital researcher profile (1-1 session)

CentAUR and Open Access surgery (1-1 session)

Open Access publications policies and what these mean for researchers

Courses offered by the Research Data Manager

Research Data Management surgery

Research Data Management: An introduction.

Writing a Data Management Plan

Reading Researcher Development Programme (RRDP)

The RRDP has been created by the Graduate School. It comprises a wide range of sessions, workshops and activities that address your needs in the following areas:

knowledge and intellectual abilities
personal effectiveness
research governance and organisation
engagement, influence and impact.

To find out more see the Graduate School's RRDP webpage

Reading Researcher Development Programme (RRDP)
Training programme aimed at the needs of research postgraduates.

The Vitae Researcher Development Framework

Vitae Researcher Development Framework
This Framework describes the knowledge, behaviour and attributes of successful researchers.