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Looking to learn how to get the most out of your Library? Want to improve your IT and Digital Skills?
Join one of our daily guided tours during Welcome Week to get yourself ready for studying and learning here at the University of Aberdeen. These are for new and returning students.
The…
The Digital Poverty Alliance defines digital poverty as “the inability to interact with the online world fully, when, where, and how an individual needs to.”
Ofcom’s 2022 Digital Exclusion Review sets out some of the key barriers. These include the affordability of devices and internet packages,…
Get ready to elevate your digital prowess with our upcoming training sessions! Join the Digital Skills team on campus or online for a range of sessions to improve your information and digital capabilities. Everyone is welcome to attend; whether you're looking to sharpen your existing abilities or dive into new…
What is a DOI?
Most researchers will be familiar with a DOI but not realise exactly what it does or how useful it is. A DOI is a Digital Object Identifier. The DOI is a unique and persistent identifier assigned to any object or information about an object, that resolves…
Do you want to boost your digital skills? Would you like to learn strategies for literature searching or managing your notes? Maybe you want to hear about tools to make your academic work more efficient.
There’s lots of information online about improving your academic performance, but knowing where to start…
OSCOLA Referencing Style is used by law students when they are submitting essays or dissertations. Mastering OSCOLA takes time and real dedication because the rules are very complex. To help students with referencing, last semester, Taylor library was trialling a new service: OSCOLA Clinic. Students could come in Taylor Library…
New! Open Access Requirements for UKRI Funded Longform Publications
From 1st January 2024 the UKRI open access policy will apply to long-form publications. Monographs, edited collections, and book chapters published from 1st January 2024 are required to be open access under a Creative Commons licence no later than 12 months…
Is this the beginning of the end for the era of excessive profiteering by publishers?
2023 has been a year of unrest at many commercial journals run by major publishers. Does this signal the start of a pushback against high publishing charges and are some of the alternative (non-profit)…
If you work in academia you’re probably at least vaguely aware of cOAlition S, the consortium of major research funders such as UKRI, Wellcome Trust, the WHO, and the Gates Foundation, formed with the goal of accelerating the transition to full Open Access for all research outputs. In 2018 they…
The Digital Skills Team will offer two additional sessions for UG and PGT students on the 15th and 16th of November:
Creating Posters using PowerPoint for UG and PGTs (online)In this session you will learn how to use PowerPoint as an effective tool for creating…
