"Rise and shine" is a series of presentations by the library, mainly for researchers and doctoral students. The presentations are sometimes of a more general nature, such as overviews of particular areas of interest. Others are more concrete, introducing particular functions or processes. However, all of them are meant to be interesting and useful for researchers and doctoral students.

If you can't make any of the times offered, you are welcome to get in touch with the library. We will set up a meeting with you, your research group, or perhaps your faculty. We would be happy to come, so get in touch and we'll plan something together! When you book a presentation, you'll decide if the presentation should be held in Swedish or English. Contact us by email biblioteket@hb.se.

Time: 08:15 – 08:35 (with time for questions afterwards)
Zoom: https://hb-se.zoom.us/j/66640642560 (restricted to HB accounts via SSO login, the usual way we sign on to Zoom)
Language: Please see information for each presentation below
Registration: No registration required

Program Autumn 2023

During the autumn, we offer presentations on a variety of subjects. You can also find all of these published in the university's calendar.

August

Thursday 24 August: Discover Scite!

Come and learn about a new tool: Scite. Discover a tool for literature reviews, peer assessments, and student paper evaluations which employs newest AI technology. The library is currently offering a trial period enabling you to test Scite and its features.

Language: English

Wednesday 30 August: H-index and other indicators – what do they mean?

Indicators like H-index and Impact Factor are common when describing researchers and researchers. But what do they really mean?

Language: English

September

Wednesday 6 September: Plan and write a DMP for a research proposal

This Rise and shine focuses on writing a DMP for a grant applications. We look at some research funders' demands for DMP.

Language: English

Tuesday 12 September: What is Altmetrics?

Altmetrics is a new way of measuring how popular and influential research articles are by looking at things like social media posts, downloads, and online discussions, instead of just counting how many times they're cited in other articles. What kinds of Altmetrics are there, how do I find them, and what do they mean?

Language: English

Tuesday 19 September: Get started with Zotero

Zotero is a free software for reference management and this short introduction will focus on demonstrating its basic features. It's quick and easy to use and helps you collect and organize sources that you've found in databases or while browsing the web. Use Zotero to insert references direct to your text document and create automatic literature lists using the reference style of your choice. Download Zotero here: https://www.zotero.org/download/

Language: Swedish (the same presentation will be held in English in November)

Tuesday 26 September: Library support before applying for research grants

Join us for an presentation that puts the spotlight on how our library can support your research funding journey.

Language: English

October

Wednesday 4 October: Find and manage full texts with EndNote

Use EndNote's built-in features to find and attach PDFs of articles in your reference library. You can also batch import PDFs and let EndNote find the reference data.

Language: English

Wednesday 11 October: Discover data journals!

Data journals provide a platform to publish and share you datasets, potentially unlocking their potential for collaboration and innovation. Join us this morning to learn more about data journals.

Language: English

Wednesday 18 October: AI and Information seeking

We talk about how you can use ChatGPT when searching for information, and what you should avoid when you are using AI in you information seeking process.

Language: Swedish

Tuesday 24 October: Community over Commercialization

We explore this year's Open Access theme with a Rise & Shine about some alternatives to the for-profit publishing model. We'll also look at examples of what happens at journals where demands for increased profits clash with academic ideals regarding making research accessible.

Language: English
Download calendar event (iCal) here.

November

Wednesday 1 November: Explore research landscape with literature mapping tools

There are a number of tools to help you map your research area. This rise & shine focuses on some of these.

Language: English

Wednesday 8 November: Repositories to publish research data

Data repositories are for making your dataset openly available so that others can reuse them for another purpose. How to find them and which to trust?

Language: English

Wednesday 15 November: Who owns your article? On copyright and creative commons licenses

Publishing licenses are what decide if and how authors can put a PDF of their paper on Researchgate, or reuse an article in a book or thesis. This presentation will give a quick overview of what rights are transferred from the author to the publisher when signing a Copyright Transfer Agreement, and how the different Creative Commons licenses (used for Open Access articles) work.

Language: English

Tuesday 21 November: The previously announced presentation "Library Support for Research Grant Applications" is cancelled and will be replaced by the following presentation:

The future of open access publishing

Since 2017, the Swedish Bibsam Consortium, which includes the University of Borås, has been allocating more and more funds to establish agreements with publishers that includes not only reading but also open access publication of articles. This is a way to accelerate the transition from closed publishing to open access, but it has proven to be an expensive solution for higher education institutions. On October 4th, the report "Sweden's Path Beyond Transformative Agreements - Analysis and Proposal for Strategic Direction" was released, suggesting a national strategy for more sustainable and long-term solutions. This Rise & Shine provides an overview of the proposal and how it may impact researchers at the university.

Language: Swedish

Wednesday 29 November: Get started with Zotero

Zotero is a free software for reference management and this short introduction will focus on demonstrating its basic features. It's quick and easy to use and helps you collect and organize sources that you've found in databases or while browsing the web. Use Zotero to insert references direct to your text document and create automatic literature lists using the reference style of your choice. Download Zotero here: https://www.zotero.org/download/

Language: English (the same presentation will be held in Swedish in September)
Download calendar event (iCal) here.

December

Wednesday 6 December: Database showcase – ASTM, Knovel and MaterialConnexion

Database presentations for researchers within the areas of engineering, materials- and textile technology. We will give a short demonstration of the following three useful resources and how to make the most of them in your work: ASTM, Knovel och MaterialConnexion.

Language: English
Download calendar event (iCal) here.

Thursday 14 December: Systematic literature review – a brief introduction

Systematic literature reviews have become increasingly popular in recent years. But what, exactly, are they? We look at relevant concepts and discuss the literature review process. This will be a quick introduction to something that can be both extensive and complicated.

Language: Swedish
Download calendar event (iCal) here.

Tuesday 19 December: Christmas research

What do researchers study when they research Christmas? Join us for a brief and light-hearted exposé on various questions that have emerged and trended within Christmas research over the years. We won't be particularly systematic in our overview, but hopefully we'll all be a little more enlightened about Christmas by the time these 20 minutes have passed.

Language: Swedish
Download calendar event (iCal) here.