Book now for upcoming August Researcher@Library Webinars

The Researcher@Library team is presenting two fantastic webinars this August. Discover the details below and sign up today!  

Public Access and Your Thesis (August) 

Tuesday 17th August 2021, 1pm-2pm 

Get an overview of everything you need to know to prepare a PhD or Masters by Research thesis for the University’s Open Access Repository. 

Learning Outcomes 

• An overview of University of Melbourne policy governing public access to graduate research theses. 
• An overview of the systems used for examination and open access publishing: TES and Minerva Access. 
• The benefits of making a thesis open access, along with a consideration of potential issues. 
• Selecting and applying embargo periods to protect commercial IP, patent applications, legally/politically sensitive information, and your ability to publish. 
• Managing 3rd-party copyright. 
• Issues to be aware of early if planning to submit a thesis-with-publication. 

Book your place here. 

Including Open in Your Research (August) 

Thursday 19th August 2021, 1pm-2pm 

This session is an introduction to Open Research which takes researchers through the what, why, and how of making your research more open. It covers; 

• The context, definitions, and types of publishing open access research; 
• Why publishing open research outputs is important to individuals, institutions, and the general public; 
• The types of open research you can publish, including journal articles, books, theses, data, software, code, and figures; 
• How to choose OA publishers; 
• Using Minerva Access to have an open research output; and 
• Considerations for copyright, embargo period, and pre-print servers 

For further information visit the Open Scholarship website and the Open Research LibGuide. 

Book your place here. 

These events are part of the Researcher@Library program, and are presented for University of Melbourne staff and students only. For more information, email libraryresearch-tickets@unimelb.edu.au.