Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications

Bodleian iSkills is a series of free information skills workshops and talks, designed to help postgraduates and researchers find and make effective use of scholarly publications and other materials, get to grips with referencing packages, and to effectively manage research data and research output.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Timing: See our programme at: http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/workshops/workshopsbydate
Web Address: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshops

Talks:

Tuesday 30 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Using Reaxys for your research
Date: 30 April 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Alessandra Vetrugno (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Piotr Golkiewicz (Elsevier)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 1 what makes a journal a “top” journal?
Date: 7 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 8 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Data Sources for Research - Discovery, Access and Use
Date: 8 May 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: John Southall (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Social Science Library, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Information Skills Training Room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

iSkills: Online sources for historians
Date: 8 May 2024, 14:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel D'Arcy Brown (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article and researcher metrics
Date: 14 May 2024, 15:00 - 16:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford), Rachel Scanlon (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Science Library, off Parks Road OX1 3QP
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Managing Research Data and Data Management Planning (DMPs)
Date: 15 May 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: John Southall (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Social Science Library, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Information Skills Training Room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Sources for science: Learning the craft of evaluating information and referencing academic sources online
Date: 16 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford), Thomas Corrick (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

iSkills: Confidential Print and Foreign Office files: Sources for 19th and 20th century studies
Date: 16 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Ben Lacey (Adam Matthew Digital)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Newspapers and other online news sources from the 17th-21st centuries
Date: 20 May 2024, 11:00 - 12:30 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Jo Gardner (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Rachel D'Arcy Brown (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Working with sensitive research data
Date: 22 May 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: John Southall (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), John Pilbeam (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Social Science Library, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details: Information Skills Training Room
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Sources for modern global history
Date: 29 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:45 (Wednesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Isabel Holowaty (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford), Lucy McCann (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details: lecture Theatre
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

iSkills: Sources for U.S. History
Date: 4 June 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Bethan Davies (Vere Harmsworth Library)
Venue Details: Online via Microsoft Teams
Organiser: Helen Bond (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Helen Bond, Melanie Smith