Navigating the publishing world—scholarly or otherwise—can be a daunting process because of the many considerations at play, and the often-times high stakes involved. This guide will help you identify key elements to explore in order to make an informed decision about where to publish your work.
Revise : The Scholar-Writer's Essential Guide to Tweaking, Editing, and Perfecting Your Manuscript by These slides are available as templates for teaching and workshops, or for learning more about the topic. Please contact your subject specialist for more information.
Open Access at Penn
You will find a definition of open access publishing, information about how the Penn Libraries supports it, and avenues for assessing journal quality. 2023
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Notes for Ethical Dissertation Writing
This document represents a method of developing an ethical authorship workshop
Raising Your Visibility Through Sharing Your Scholarship
This presentation covers the benefits and challenges associated with sharing your work on academic platforms both commercial and discipline specific. In particular, it provides information on pre-print platforms and their role in time stamping your work, making your research discoverable, and providing an opportunity for discussion among peer scholars. Link to script. Updated 2023
Choosing Publishing Options for Medical Academics
An introduction to academic publishing tailored to the needs of academics in the medical field. These presentation slides include an overview of the publishing landscape, an exploration of open access publishing (along with potential costs and funding sources), and tools and resources for selecting a publishing outlet and evaluating scholarly impact. Fall 2022
I Wrote My Dissertation, Now What?
Designed for those currently writing a dissertation or who have recently completed one, these workshop slides provide an overview of important considerations, including: embargoes, submitting to ProQuest, copyright registrations, Creative Commons licenses, scholarly repositories, future publishing goals, etc. Link to script. updated 2023
This is designed specifically for the New Bolton Veterinary staff and is a good example of how to personalize a workshop for your community. Provides information on warning signs, recommendations, and tools for determining quality. Spring 2023
This is similar to the Red Flags workshop above but for a mixed audience. Provides information on warning signs, recommendations and tools
Beyond this guide, Penn Libraries' subject specialists are available to further assist in the publishing process. With expertise in identifying, evaluating, and assessing impact of journals, publishers, and scholars across the disciplines, our subject specialists are a useful resource for your publishing needs.
Write Your Dissertation With LaTeX and Overleaf!
September 6, 2023, 11:00-12:00
Goldstein Electronic Classroom (Room 114), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Full workshop
LaTeX Reference Management with BibTeX
September 12, 2023, 1:00-2:00
Goldstein Electronic Classroom (Room 114), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Full workshop
Write Your Dissertation with LaTex and Overleaf!
September 14, 2023, 1:30-2:30
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st Floor)
Full workshop
Getting Organized with Citation Managers--which one is best for you?
September 15 2023. Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Facilitating Literature Review - Covidence
September 20, 2023, Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Full workshop
LaTeX Reference Management with BibTeX
September 21, 2023, 10:30-11:30
Gershwin & Bennett Family Collaborative Classroom, Biotech Commons
Full workshop
Data Storytelling: Communicate your findings and influence your audience
Friday, September 22, 2023, Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Where to publish for the health sciences community
September 27, 2023, Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Full workshop
Preprint platforms - sharing your work, building your network
September 29, 2023, Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Write Your Dissertation with LaTex and Overleaf!
October 3, 2023, 11:00 - 12:00
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st floor)
Full workshop
Make your ORCiD work for you
October 6, 2023, Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Introduction to Endnote: Managing your citations
October 10, 2023, Noon to 1:00 ZOOM
Full workshop
LaTeX Reference Management with BibTeX
October 18, 2023, 11:00-12:00
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st floor)
Full workshop
Mini Intro to Digital Publishing Landscape + Support for Digital Publishing at Penn
October 24, 2023, Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Zotero 101
October 24, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Full workshop
Write Your Dissertation with LaTex and Overleaf!
October 25, 2023, 11:00 - 12:00
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st floor)
Full workshop
Introduction to Image Permissions: Why They Matter
October 27, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Finding Images
November 3, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Ethical Dissertation Writing: Reuse, Permission, and References
November 7, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Full Workshop
Seeking Image Permissions for Publishing
November 10, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Write Your Dissertation with LaTex and Overleaf!
November 14, 2023, 10:00 - 11:00
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st floor)
Full workshop
LaTeX Reference Management with BibTeX
November 16, 2023, 11:00-12:00
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st floor)
Full workshop
Podcasts as Open Access, Digital Publications & Public Scholarship
November 17, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Predatory Publishing - red flags
December 1, 2023 Noon to 1:00 GRADUATE CENTER AT PENN
Short presentation and discussion
Write Your Dissertation with LaTex and Overleaf!
December 6, 2023, Noon-1:00
Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (1st floor)
Full workshop
