Scholarly Communications at Georgia Southern University

Scholarly Communications Newsletter - Jan/Feb 2024

Upcoming Workshops in February

The Metaliteracy: Scholarly Communications (MSC) badge track assists faculty with building knowledge of and skills in Scholarly Communications. Workshops will cover topics throughout the research and publication lifecycle: author identifiers and scholarly profiles; journal quality and impact; author metrics and impact; author rights & scholarly publication; and data management planning and curation services. Graduate students also are welcome to attend.

Workshops will be offered as synchronous Zoom sessions. You may register on the Faculty Center's Workshop Calendar for these workshops in February:

• Introduction to SciENcv for Federal Grant Applicants, Feb. 7, 10 am; Feb. 8, 1pm; Feb. 28, 10 am; Feb. 29, 1 pm; Facilitators: Jeff Mortimore, Ruth Baker

• Your Research Identity: Identifiers and Profiles, Feb. 14, 10 am; Feb. 15, 1 pm; Facilitator: Ruth Baker

• Evaluating Journal Quality & Impact, Feb. 21, 10 am; Feb. 22, 1 pm; Facilitator: Ruth Baker

For descriptions of these workshops, learning outcomes, and the complete schedule, visit our Scholarly Communications workshops page:

• https://georgiasouthern.libguides.com/scholcomm/workshops2024 or the Faculty Center's Workshops Calendar Page

If you are unable to attend our workshops on SciENcv and need to create a biosketch for an upcoming grant application, particularly for NSF or NIH, please contact Jeff Mortimore, jmortimore@georgiasouthern.edu or Ruth Baker, rbaker@georgiasouthern.edu to schedule an individual consultation.

Georgia Southern University faculty, staff, students and alumni can continue to identify their works from 2023 for recognition at the 2024 Celebration using this Form. Eligible works are published articles, books, book chapters, special issues of journals, substantive encyclopedia entries, poetry, musical compositions, audio recordings, film/video recordings, and art exhibition catalogs

If you would like to bypass the form and submit your list of publications or a CV, please send it to:

Dr. Katia G. Karadjova (kkaradjova@georgiasouthern.edu), Associate Dean of Libraries for Research & Assessment.

Affordable Learning Georgia

The call for Round 25 Grant proposals is open! Proposals are due March 11, 2024. 

OER Workshops

1. OER, Open Pedagogy, and High Impact Practices: the Trifecta for Student Success
   1. Thursday, February 15  12:00 - 1:00
2. Affordable Learning Georgia: Submitting a Successful Proposal
   1. Tuesday, February 20  12:00 - 1:00

The 2024 theme is "My Kind of Data." Data is personal. Join International Love Data Week February 12-16, 2024, to learn about data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data.

News from ICPSR:

Recent Data Releases and Data Brunch, ICPSR's podcast:

• Stories about data, the people who use, seek, or create data, and why you should care. From ICPSR, the world's largest social science data archive. Proudly recorded at the University of Michigan.

  Subscribe now and never miss an episode. You can listen on Soundcloud, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts.

• Also, be sure to check out the latest ICPSR Bulletin and ICPSR Guidance on New NIH Policy (12-20-2023)

• ICPSR's 2024 Summer Program Scholarship Applications are now open!  

• What is ICPSR?  Watch "ICPSR Stands for Data" (YouTube, 2:08) or  visit the ICPSR YouTube channel, ICPSR 101
• Do you teach with data? See ICPSR’s Classroom Exercises and Resources for Teachers.
• ICPSR's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement