Category Archives: Open Research

Open Access Week 2021 – The benefits of publishing open access: an interview with Brooke Bessesen

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

Publishing your work as open access (OA) with a creative commons licence allows your work to be accessed by everyone with an internet connection and also repurposed and built on by others with appropriate credit to you. In this interview … Continue reading →

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University of Reading Open Research Award 2021

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Robert Darby

The University of Reading’s Open Research Award 2021 online celebration took place on the afternoon of Wednesday 9th June. Wellcome Trust Lecturer in English Literature Dr Alanna Skuse won the Award with an outstanding case study on the challenges and … Continue reading →

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Open Research Award 2021

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Robert Darby

The University’s 2021 Open Research Award is now open for entries. The Open Research Award will recognise and reward researchers or research students who have used open practices to make their research more accessible, transparent or reproducible. Entry is open … Continue reading →

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CentAUR statistics for July 2020

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Karen Rowlett
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Perspectives on Professional Development “from home”

Posted on June 26, 2020 by fredbreese

Hello, and welcome to my first contribution to the ORRB. Having joined the Library’s Research Engagement Team at the beginning of March I had scarcely 2 weeks in the office before locking down, a strange way to start any job. … Continue reading →

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Open Research case studies and Open Research Handbook – out now!

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Robert Darby

We are delighted to announce the publication of six Open Research case studies from researchers at the University of Reading, and the launch of our new Open Research Handbook. Open Research case studies The case studies, from University researchers and … Continue reading →

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The Open Research Award 2019

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Robert Darby

This year’s Open in Practice conference saw the finale of the University’s inaugural Open Research Award, with Dr Kathryn Francis (Philosophy) taking the prize by public vote against an impressive field of shortlisted candidates. The Open Research Award is a … Continue reading →

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Open Research at Reading 2017-2019: what have we achieved?

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Karen Rowlett

In March 2017 we held our first Open in Practice conference. It was our first opportunity to consider as a research community how we can support and enable better access to research outputs, more transparent and collaborative research processes, and greater … Continue reading →

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CentAUR statistics for December 2017

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Karen Rowlett
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Archaeology in the Open: An Interview with Lisa Lodwick

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Robert Darby

We invited Lisa Lodwick from our Department of Archaeology to tell us about her work in Open Research. Hello, please introduce yourself Hi, I’m Dr Lisa Lodwick, a post-doctoral research assistant in the Department of Archaeology, SAGES (ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-2589). Tell … Continue reading →

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