Scholarly Communications at Georgia Southern University

ICPSR Summer Programs Are Going Virtual for 2020 with Reduced Pricing!

In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic, ICPSR will offer all 2020 ICPSR Summer Program workshops and courses online. ICPSR will offer two Four Week Sessions  (June-August, 2020) and Three- to Five-Day Workshops (May-August, 2020).:

• First Four-WeekSession: June 22-July 17, 2020
• Second Four-Week Session: July 20-August 14, 2020
  • Changes to the Four-Week schedule will be announced here.  Note: Early Bird Registration deadline is May 1st, 2020
• Three- to Five- Day Workshops: May 13-15 through August 17-21 (check this link for schedule changes)

Georgia Southern University is a member institution of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR

• What is ICPSR?  Watch this short video (1:56).

• Do you teach with data? See ICPSR’s Classroom Exercises and Resources for Teachers.

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Although costs for digital publishing can be lower than for print publishing, open access publishing is not free? Authors or universities may be required to pay Article Page Charges (APCs) prior to publication. [adapted from ACRL Scholarly Communication Toolkit].

Faculty, if you elect to publish your work with Open Access and your publisher charges APCs, modest funding may be available at Georgia Southern to offset some of this cost. 

• For more information, contact the Center for Teaching Excellence regarding award opportunities.

• See also this guide on Open Access publishing and Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTAs).

GrantForward provides information about funding opportunities in every field from agriculture to zoology. GrantForward's adaptive search filters make it quick and easy to find the perfect grant opportunities to start moving your research forward. GrantForward incorporates a dynamic search engine with a personalized funding recommendation service to simplify the grant search process. Sign up for a personal account to take full advantage of the University's subscription to GrantForward.

Have you heard about iThenticate? This tool for faculty researchers allows you to check your unpublished manuscripts for citation errors and potential similarity to other published works.  See this brief overview of what it is and how to use it. You can contact your Library Liaison for assistance in setting up an account and running reports. Also, visit the Office of Research Integrity page on iThenticate for documentation and training videos.

• See the University Libraries' Remote Access Guide for information about library support for faculty, staff and students during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

• See the ORSSP Research Support Page for information about continuity of operations for research and externally sponsored projects and related resources for COVID-19, including funding opportunities. Faculty should reach out to the Office of Research if they need assistance as they search for funding opportunities or if they plan to undertake proposal preparation.