The Scholarly Publishing and Research team assists with all stages of the scholarly publishing and research cycles. We provide guidance and education on:
- the open movements (including open access, open education, and open data)
- copyright and fair use
- research data management
- affordable course material creation and adoption
This collection includes workshops, trainings, and guest webinars. Learn more about our research support services on the library website, and reach out with any questions!
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Open Education Foundations: Making Your Course More Affordable
Femi Jayeola
Is student success at the forefront of your mind? Help your students cut costs by incorporating open educational resources (OER) and affordable educational resources (AER) into your course. In this session, Affordable Learning Librarian Femi Jayeola connects you with cost-saving course materials you can provide for your students, as well as the ways in which the library can support your open education endeavors.
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Experts on Repositories: Depositing Graduate Student Work
Juliet Langman
Did you know graduate student work can be uploaded to a repository and shared with a global audience? Our expert Juliet Langman, Dean of the Graduate College and Professor of Applied Linguistics, discusses the role repositories and databases like ProQuest can play for graduate students and their post-academic career. This session was moderated by Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Collegiate Librarians Kristina Clement.
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Decoding Data: A Crash Course in Smart Data Skills
Laura Beane
Data Librarian Laura Beane breaks down what data literacy is, why it matters in every field, and how to tell good info from bad stats.
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Experts On Repositories: KSU's Institutional Repository
Heather Hankins and Rachel Schrauben Yeates
Learn how KSU's institutional repository can amplify your scholarship. Heather Hankins, Institutional Repository Supervisor, and Rachel Schrauben Yeates, Institutional Repository Specialist, discuss the role institutional repositories play in the scholarly lifecycle and how to share your (or your students') work.
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Experts On Data: Data Governance
Anna Miller
Learn about data ethics, data governance, and more from our expert: Anna Miller, Director of Data Governance.
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Experts On Data: IRB Review
Sandra Arntz and Toni Jamison
Learn about federal regulations regarding human subject research and more from our experts: Dr. Sandra Arntz, Assistant Director, Research Compliance for Human Subjects, and Toni Jamison, Institutional Review Board Senior Specialist. Gain valuable insight into the training required to conduct human subject research and how to submit via KSU's online portal, Cayuse.
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Experts On Data: File Management
Tamara E. Livingston, Amber Smith, and Christian Kelly
Learn about storing your research data and more from our experts: Dr. Tamara Livingston, Institutional Records Manager and Executive Director of Museums, Archives, and Rare Books; Christian Kelly, Digital Archivist; and Amber Smith, Records Manager.
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Scholarly Publishing and Research Foundations: The Scholarly Summit
Chelsee Dickson, Femi Jayeola, Laura Beane, Heather Hankins, Rachel Schrauben Yeates, and Brianna Parfaite
In this session the Scholarly Publishing and Research Team discuss: paywalls, benefits to faculty and students of using an institutional repository, copyright and author's rights, fair use, strategies for finding OER, and research data management. Part of a foundational series of train-the-trainer sessions.
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Scholarly Publishing and Research Foundations: Scholarly Publishing and Research Overlook
Chelsee Dickson, Femi Jayeola, Laura Beane, Heather Hankins, Rachel Schrauben Yeates, and Brianna Parfaite
In this session the Scholarly Publishing and Research Team discuss: the scholarly publishing cycle, routes to open access, journal selection, predatory publishing, impact metrics, discussing open with faculty, and open vs. fair data. Part of a foundational series of train-the-trainer sessions.
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Scholarly Publishing and Research Foundations: The Open Scholarship Trailhead
Chelsee Dickson, Femi Jayeola, Laura Beane, Heather Hankins, Rachel Schrauben Yeates, and Brianna Parfaite
In this session the Scholarly Publishing and Research Team discuss: open scholarship, the open movements, the basics of OER and creative commons licensing, data repositories, and KSU's institutional repository. Part of a foundational series of train-the-trainer sessions.
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Scholarly Publishing and Research 101 Seminar
Chelsee Dickson, Femi Jayeola, Laura Beane, Heather Hankins, Rachel Schrauben Yeates, and Brianna Parfaite
During the summer of 2024, SPR disseminated a survey on scholarly communication and data services to their fellow KSU librarians. The collected responses were used to develop a foundational series of train-the-trainer sessions. This session introduces: the scholarly publishing and research team, scholarly communications, open educational resources and affordable educational resources, data services, and the institutional repository.