LiU launches open educational resources portal

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During Open Access Week 2024, LiU E-Press launches a new web portal for open educational resources. Via the new portal, students can access books used at LiU for educational purposes. The Library can also help you to create and publish short videos as a teaching aid. 

Open educational resources are an important part of open science. When books, videos and other material are made openly available online, they will be more accessible and learning will be more affordable.

Go to the portal: Open Educational Resources

Are you the author of a textbook that you want to publish online?

If a book that you have written is no longer in print or you want to make a video for teaching purposes, you are welcome to email us at biblioteket@liu.se

Open Access Week

Open Access Week, 21st to 27th of October, is a global initiative with a focus on open access and open science. During Open Access Week 2024, the Library will be hosting a series of open webinars. Read more at liu.se 

New course: Open Science for PhD Students

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Being able to navigate an open research landscape will be an important skill for future researchers. A new course hosted by the Library for doctoral students will give you an good foundation. The course will address topics such as search strategies for publications and research data, strategic publishing, and bibliometrics.  

The complete course is in English, and consists if ten lectures online. The course is offered each autumn and is especially designed for doctoral students at an early stage of their doctoral studies. But everyone is welcome to join, and it is also possible to sign up for individual lectures. 

Read more at LiUNet
Registration is open! Register here!
Register for individual lectures

Open Access Week

Open Access Week, 21st to 27th of October, is a global initiative with a focus on open access and open science. During Open Access Week 2024, the Library will be hosting a series of open webinars. Read more at liu.se 

Discover Liunet – your online study compass

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Imagine a site where all important information that you need for your studies is collected, from access to timetables to tools to facilitate your learning. Actually, there is such a site – Liunet Student.

All that you need in one place

Liunet is the navigating aid you need during your time at LiU. Here you can access tools for finding your way around campus, booking a study room, and keeping track of your timetable. Via Liunet, you can also download software that are essential when studying, and find tips on how to make your learning more efficient and joyful.

The Library is there to help you when you need it

When studying at university it is sometimes easy to get stuck, especially when you need to find scholarly sources and to evaluate them ahead of using them in your paper or report. The University Library is here to help you and can offer you the tools you need to succeed.

At the Library’s pages on Liunet, there is information about how to access the books and articles that you need for your courses. Many of them are available online, and via the Library you can access our e-resources from home and around the clock.

But the Library offers more than publications. Via Liunet, you can find and register for workshops, lectures and webinars on topics such as Python programming, reference management software, Excel, and how to use and get access to equipment such as sewing machines, VR gear, and 3D printers. Regardless if you are a beginner or have previous experience with such equipment, there is always something for you.

Become your own expert

At Liunet, there are guides and resources that will help you enhance your study skills, such as abilities in information seeking, evaluating sources, academic writing and presentations. With such skills in your arsenal, you will be set to achieve your goals at LiU.

Welcome to Liunet!

Access to Liunet

As soon as you have received your LiU-ID you can access Liunet. There are many ways to get there, for example under “Internal” in the footer of every page on liu.se and via Lisam (use the LiU icon to reach the “Digital entrance” and click Liunet).

Log in to Liunet

By: Rebecka Öhrn, librarian, Valla Library

Translated by Peter Igelström

The Library implements LiUdesk

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From Wednesday 12 June, the Library will be using the ticket management system LiUdesk, already in use by other services at Linköping University.

When you email us as a student or employee at LiU, you will receive our reply via LiUdesk. Via email, you will receive a link to your LiUdesk ticket, where you log in with your LiU-ID to see and reply to the message. Users outside of LiU will receive their reply directly via email.

The transition to LiUdesk will improve information security and the handling of tickets, and will harmonize library routines with those of other LiU services.

A new library chat is under procurement. The new online chat will be implemented after the summer break.

Contact the Library

biblioteket@liu.se

What is open science?

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Open science is a buzzword – especially among policymakers. We read about it it in the two latest government bills on research, we read about it it in UNESCO’s declaration on open science. We also see open science in everyday life, but we usually don’t refer to it as “open science”: researchers publish articles and books open access and share research data for scrutiny and reuse. Already today, open science is (partly) something we do, not just talk about.

Open science is an umbrella term that often includes components such as open access, open data, open educational resources, and citizen science. Step by step, universities and other public authorities facilitate the opening of these components so that researchers can open up their research processes. But open science can also be seen as something larger, where the goal is a society characterized by open science. A society with open science could lead to benefits. Researchers could benefit from increased collaboration and more swiftly building upon each other’s work (as it becomes easier and more efficient to stand on the shoulders of giants).

However, even if it research is open, this does not entail that it is usable and possible to understand. Eliminiating paywalls is far from enough. Other conditions must be met for research to be actually reusable. The dream of open science is beautiful, but it also places demands on us—whether we are researchers or not. Open Access Week can be a way to go beyond the nice words in policy documents and everyday openness to reflect on what is needed for science to lead to real benefits outside academia.

Written by Johanna Nählinder, research support coordinator Linköping University Library