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Training and Courses: Training and courses

Order a training from the library's research services

You can order training, workshops and presentations from the library's research services for e.g. faculties and seminars. The content, style, and duration of the event are tailored to match your wishes. You can find more information about the available training session on this guide.

Trainings can be ordered from research.library(at)luc.fi unless otherwise stated.

Open science

What is open science and what should a researcher know about it?

Subjects to be covered:

  • Open science policies in the University of Lapland
  • Opening publications, research data and educational resources
  • Licenses
  • Accessibility

Duration 2030 minutes depending on the content.

Open access publishing

What does open access mean? Why should publications be open access? How to publish open access?

Subjects to be covered:

  • Types of open access
  • University's publication policy
  • Costs of open access
  • Article processing charges (APC) and discounts
  • Licenses

Duration 2030 minutes

Research data management

What is research data management and what are the benefits for a researcher?

Subjects to be covered

  • Basics of research data management
  • University's data policy
  • Services and support
  • Research data management plan
  • Research data management planning tool DMPTuuli
  • Funders' OA requirements

Duration 2060 minutes depending on the chosen content.

Research portal

Introduction to the University of Lapland's research portal

Subjects to be covered:

  • Updating and maintaining the personal profile
  • Submitting publications and artistic activities
  • Self-archiving
  • Project applications
  • Submitting metadata of research data
  • ORCID identifier in the portal

Duration 3060 minutes depending on the content. It is also possible to have a workshop.

Researcher visibility

Researcher's visibility and evaluation

Subjects to be covered:

  • Researcher identifiers
  • ORCID identifier
  • Research portal
  • Research.fi researcher profile
  • Indexes and citations

1530 minutes

Choosing a publication channel

Tips and tools for choosing a publication channel

Subjects to be covered:

  • General principles of choosing a publication channel
  • Predator journals
  • Tools for assessment

Duration 2030 minutes.

Publishing a dissertation

Publishing a dissertation in the University of Lapland

Subjects to be covered:

  • Publishing process and time table
  • Publishing in the university series
  • Publishing with an external publisher
  • Permissions to republish the articles of an article-based dissertation

Duration 15–30 minutes.

Information retrieval and collections

If you would like to book a group guidance please contact us by filling out the form.

Subjects that can be covered

  • LUC-Finna and Finna.fi
  • E-resources and printed collections
  • Databases and sources for your field of science or art
  • What is new in the collections?
  • Ongoing trials
  • Scientific information retrieval
  • Mendeley Reference Management
  • Literature review
  • Library info: getting to know the library and the services provided for researchers

Duration: Depends on the chosen content.

Guidance available daily:

Acquisitions

How can you influence our collections?

Subjects to be covered:

  • Collection policy
  • How to suggest an acquisition?
  • How to suggest course materials?

Duration 15 minutes.

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