Research support beyond Open Access Week

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Image shows a door from the University of Sydney Quadrangle opening to the outside world with the skyline of Sydney in the background and the sun streaming in. There is the logo of Open Access Week and the Library with the slogan: Open doors

From the 23-27 October the Library will be hosting free events to coincide with Open Access week. While this event is only one week long we are here to support you with your research whenever you need. We can help you:

Legally make your already published articles openly available

Did you know that most publishers allow the post-print version of an article to be made openly available in your university’s institutional repository? The evidence for making research openly available is clear; for researchers the increased visibility that open access provides means higher impact for their work. For the community the more research is shared the greater its value.  On top of that funders such as the NHMRC and ARC require research to be made openly available.

Sharing a copy of your post-print article is simple, just submit the article through The Sydney eScholarship Repository online.  Find out more info on our website, or get in touch with your Academic Liaison Librarian or the Repository and Digitisation team.

Be at the forefront of the open data movement

Most data* can be published in some form whether it’s made openly available or available through a mediated process. The Library can help you form a data publication strategy by working with you to decide what data can (or can’t) be published, finding the best publishing option and helping to ensure that your data can be understood by others.

Data publication is a growing trend in Australia and is a mandatory requirement for some publishers and funders. Be at the vanguard and take on data publication while it’s fresh. You can find out more info online or contact the Research Data team.

*there are circumstances where data can’t be published due to its sensitive nature. In these circumstances, a description of the dataset is generally made available.

Make the most of your ORCID ID

Researchers at the University have recently been asked to create an ORCID account. But are you making the most of ORCID? Here are five easy steps to increase your visibility and impact:

  1. Make ORCID work for you
    Add your publications to your ORCID profile and enable auto-updating from databases such as Scopus and Web of Science. Here’s how to import articles from Scopus.
  2. Add extra data
    Add details of grants and other research income you’ve received, peer review activities through Publons, links to presentations, and keywords to describe your research interests. Include your affiliation as well as any variations of your name to help others to find you and your work.
  3. Add ORCID to your social accounts and email signature
    Include ORCID in your University of Sydney academic profile, Google Scholar profile, Twitter and other social accounts. Add ORCID to your email signature to give people an immediate picture of your research activities.
  4. Use your ORCID
    Keep your information updated and include your ID in manuscript submission systems, grant applications and other research workflows.

Make your work as accessible as possible

Now that your work is more discoverable, see whether you can make your publications themselves available open access. Use SHERPA/RoMEO to see what options are available, and get in touch with your Academic Liaison Librarian if you’d like any assistance.