Research Engagement
The Library's Research Engagement Team provides support for best practice in research. We can help you manage, preserve, and share your research data and other research materials, and integrate Open Research and digital approaches. We will help you decide where to publish your research and to make it Open Access via our institutional repository, CentAUR, or our Gold Open Access funds, and advise you how to track its impact via bibliometrics and altmetrics. You can find us on the 2nd Floor.
We can help you with...
Depositing publications in CentAUR
We manage the Open Access repository for the 澳门六合彩开奖记录's research publications. Visit our to find out how to use the institutional repository and what to deposit.
Managing, preserving, and sharing your data effectively.
We support good practice in research data management and manage the , which can be used to preserve and provide long-term access to the data supporting published research outputs. Visit our Research data management webpages for help and information.
Open Access
We provide help and access to funds for Open Access publishing. Visit our to find out more.
Open Research
We support the University's Statement on Open Research and promote the adoption of open and reproducible research practices, including the sharing of protocols, code and other materials required to validate research outputs, the preregistration of study designs, the use of preprints and open peer review. See the Checklist of 12 things you can do to be open. Our offers a primer in key open practices.
Digital humanities
The supports researchers to enhance the quality and innovation of their research through engagement with digital tools and methodologies. Visit our to learn more , the and available, and how to . Consider also joining our , a friendly space for researchers to collaborate, share ideas and skills, and discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by Digital Humanities as a field.
Help and guidance
Visit our for further information, including a helpful , and to ensure your research record and researcher profile are up-to-date.
Training
We offer a wide range of to help University staff curate their digital profiles, publish Open Access, boost citations and manage and share research data. These can be booked via .
The Research Engagement Team
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Alison Sutton - Research Engagement Manager
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Karen Rowlett - Research Publications Adviser
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Robert Darby - Research Data Manager
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Dawn Kanter - Digital Humanities Officer
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Sophie Dorman - Research Engagement Administrator
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Claire Collins - Senior Library Assistant
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Timothy Landricombe - Senior Library Assistant
- CentAUR, Open Access or REF enquiries: centaur@reading.ac.uk or +44 118 378 6376
- Open Access enquiries: oarequests@reading.ac.uk
- Research data management: researchdata@reading.ac.uk or x6161
- Research Engagement Manager
- Research Publications Adviser
- Research Data Manager