News and upcoming events for May

In this edition of what’s new, and what’s coming up, at the University of Melbourne for researchers and the research support community:

• Events from the Library: Sign up for upcoming Researcher@Library 2025 Semester 1 sessions, 
• Events beyond the Library: Let’s visualise your data, Graduate Research Publication workshops, Researcher Development Portal

Events from the Library

Sign up for Researcher@Library 2025 Semester 1 Sessions

The Researcher@Library training program is now live. Sessions for April include:

• Automated Image Processing (Windows) – Wednesday 7 May
• Open Access in 2025 – Wednesday 14 May
• Evidence and Metrics for Research Impact – Wednesday 21 May
• Beyond Traditional Metrics: Finding Alternative Evidence of Impact and Engagement – Wednesday 28 May

There is more to come in May. Sign up now or keep an eye on future events here: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/research/researcher-training

EndNote 2025 – Coming soon!

EndNote is a subscription software that can help to organise and manage your references supported by the University of Melbourne.

Don’t pay for an upgrade, the library will provide an update to EndNote users.

Staff will be able to access the upgraded version via the Software Centre early May. 

Students will be able to download from Re:Cite when it becomes available – watch this space for further updates

Events from beyond the Library

Let’s visualise your data

Are you a researcher in the Humanities, Arts, or Social Sciences struggling to effectively communicate your findings, but don’t know where to start? The workshop includes an overview of the Matplotlib visualisation library in Python and an introduction to a workflow for visualisation as part of data analysis and communication. We’ll then work together to recreate a visualisation one step at a time.

Let’s visualise your data with Python!

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Find out more and register here: https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/visualise-your-data-with-python

Let’s visualise your data with R!

Thursday 29 May 2025 

Find out more and register here: https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/visualise-your-data-with-r

Graduate Research Publication workshops

Incorporating Publication in your Thesis

Tuesday 13 May 2025

This workshop, co-presented with Scholarly Communications, will explore ways to structure and incorporate publications into your thesis.
Topics include:

• How to connect and create flow between your publications and your chapters
• How to establish an overall narrative that develops a consistent argument
• Determining which version of your publication you can include in your thesis

Find out more and register here: https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/2128-graduate-research-incorporating-publication-in-your-the

Writing a Paper for Publication

Wednesday 21 May 2025

This workshop aims to demystify the process of writing an article for publication. Covering the essential steps, from evaluating journals and choosing the right one for your paper, to the writing of the paper itself. You will learn how to form a strong rationale for the significance and originality of your paper, how to communicate with editors, and how to respond to reviewer comments. This is an interactive workshop with plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Find out more and register here: https://rduevents.unimelb.edu.au/event/2127-graduate-research-writing-a-paper-for-publication

Researcher Development Portal

Check out the Researcher Development Portal for upcoming events to support University of Melbourne Researchers delivered by experts from across the University. Including Academic Skills and Digital Skills events and more.

Find out more