Scholarly Publishing and Dissemination
| Date/Time | Session Title | Description | Links |
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Resources to support faculty writing through the ECU Writing Across the Curriculum | The University Writing Program is here to make your writing and teaching life a little easier. Learn more about how the UWP supports faculty as writers with writing accountability groups, grant writing support, writing retreats, book groups, and editing consultations. This resource also includes information on how the University Writing Center can assist you in teaching students how to become stronger, more aware writers. | Meeting Recording | |
| September 3 2:00 – 3:00 | Introduction to Scholarly Publishing for Grad Students and Early Career Faculty | A brief overview of the process of getting your research published and how the library can help. Topics will include finding relevant journals, navigating journal and funder requirements, understanding open access, and interpreting journal and article impact metrics. This session is developed with graduate students and early career faculty in mind, but is open to anyone who would like a refresher on navigating the scholarly publishing landscape. Please bring your questions! Facilitated by: Allison Kaefring | Meeting Recording Link to Session Materials |
| September 11 9:00 – 10:00 | Anatomy of a Manuscript | This workshop provides details on how to craft a manuscript to improve its chances for journal publication. The presenter will offer recommendations for how to effectively write the introduction, literature review, method, and discussion sections of a manuscript to increase its appeal to journal editors and reviewers. Facilitated by Patrick McKay (College of Business) | Meeting Recording |
| September 25 11:00 – 12:30 | Navigating the Maze of Publishing Research | This workshop provides recommendations for how early-career scholars can develop a system for publishing research effectively. The presenter will cover topics such as time management, building and managing a pipeline of research submissions, imposing deadlines on paper submissions, developing a scholarly network, perseverance, etc. Facilitated by Patrick McKay (College of Business) | Meeting Recording |
| October 2 1:00 – 2:00 | Open Access for STEM/Health Sciences | Join us to explore practical strategies for STEM and health science scholars to publish their scholarly articles, data, and other research open access. Discover how open science can enhance scholarly communication and foster collaboration within the scientific community. (Facilitated by Facilitators Allison Kaefring and Jamie Bloss) | Meeting Recording Link to Session Materials |
| October 16 3:00 – 4:00 | How AI Can (and can’t) Be Used in Creating Scholarly Works and Course Materials | AI promises to revolutionize the way we create everything, but how are journal publishers currently allowing scholars to use AI in their articles? And how can AI be used to supplement existing textbooks and create assessments, practice problems, and other free student resources? Come learn about the benefits and drawbacks of using AI in your scholarly creations. (Facilitated by Allison Kaefring) | Meeting Recording Link to Session Materials |
| October 18 10:00 – 11:30 | Research Collaboration and Managing or Leading Co-Author Teams | This workshop will offer recommendations on how to manage research projects and co-authors effectively. Topics covered in the workshop include determining your performance model, how to choose collaborators, being a potential collaborator, and managing projects and working with collaborators. Facilitated by Patrick McKay (College of Business) | Meeting Recording |
| October 24 11:00 - 12:00 | Measuring Your Research Impact | This session will cover various tools and resources that you can use to measure the impact of your scholarly work on a journal, article, and author level. We will also discuss how these metrics can be used by researchers and the issues to consider when using them. Additionally, we will recommend some strategies to increase your scholarly impact. Facilitated by Jeanne Hoover & Bryna Coonin | Meeting Recording Link to Session Materials |
| November 12 11:00 – 12:00 | Avoiding Predatory Publishers | Learn how to spot and avoid predatory publishers and paper mills. Please bring your questions as we explore questionable publishing practices and provide useful tips to identify predatory publishers. Facilitated by Allison Kaefring | Meeting Recording |
| January 22 2:00 – 3:00 | A Rhetorical Approach to Grant Writing | Strong grant writing involves a well-planned message and appropriate communication strategies to deliver a message persuasively to a target audience. A rhetorical approach to grant writing allows writers to tailor messages that will effectively and persuasively resonate with funding sources. This workshop explores strategies for understanding your target audience, connecting your grants to cultural and institutional contexts, and evaluating the strength of your grant’s persuasiveness and overall effectiveness. (Facilitated by Kerri Flinchbaugh) | Register Here Join Here |
| February 19 1:00 - 2:00 | Measuring Your Research Impact | This session will cover various tools and resources that you can use to measure the impact of your scholarly work on a journal, article, and author level. We will also discuss how these metrics can be used by researchers and the issues to consider when using them. Additionally, we will recommend some strategies to increase your scholarly impact. Facilitated by Jeanne Hoover & Xiaolan Qiu | Register Here Join Here |