2024/2025 Program

The Researchers’ Series is the Library’s program for researchers. It covers topics that relate to 6 stages in the research cycle. Some sessions are qualified for Professional Development Course for RPGs. Check the PDC System for status.

1. Search & Discovery Data Discovery & Citation Workshop Emerging AI Tools for Literature Review Emerging Open Science Tools for Literature Search Introduction to Scite [TBC] Search Research Literature	2. Data Collection & Analysis Data Cleaning 101: Using No-code Tools Data Visualization with Tableau – An Introduction Mining text with Voyant tool: an introduction [TBC] Web Scraping 101	3. Data Management Data Management Plan Introduction to Research Data Management Supplementary Info in PDF is Not Enough – Apply FAIR Principles to Your Research Data [TBC]
4. Writing LaTex Workshop for RPGs Reference Management Tools	5. Publishing & Intellectual Property Author Rights, Copyright & Publishing Copyright and Creative Commons for Educators  Intellectual Property and Me Open Access What Where How Select the Right Journal for Publishing	6. Impact Altmetric for Researchers [TBC] Making an Impact – Tracking Your Research Metrics

 

Altmetric for Researchers (1hr)

Altmetrics is an emergent way to assess research impact. Knowing what it means and how to use it is helpful for you to manage your research output and profile. Join us for for this session and find out how to:

• Altmetric Basics: An Overview
• Effective Promotion of Research: Tips and Tricks
• Understanding the Altmetric Attention Score
• Writing Compelling Narratives with Altmetric Data

• [TBC]

 

Author Rights, Copyright & Publishing (1hr)

Publishing articles is one of the most common ways for researchers to share their results. But it can be complicated by copyright transfer agreements, funding agency requirements, etc.

In this workshop we will address questions like:

• What rights can I keep when I publish?
• How can I use my own work after I publish?
• Open access and Creative Commons license

• 17 September 2024 / 19 September 2024 / 20 September 2024 [Register here]
  1 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

 

Copyright and Creative Commons for Educators (1.5hr)

The Library is hosting a seminar on copyright issues in relation to teaching & research. This seminar will cover:

• Basic concepts of copyright in Hong Kong (e.g. ownership, acts restricted by copyright)
• Permitted acts relevant to teaching and research
• Copyright licensing bodies in Hong Kong
• Introduction to Creative Commons

• 14 October 2024 [Register here]
  1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

 

Data Cleaning 101: Using No-code Tools (1.5hr)

Data cleaning is a crucial step in the research process, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and reliability for analysis. This workshop introduces OpenRefine and Power Query, two powerful no-code tools that simplify data cleaning without programming. Through hands-on exercises, students will gain practical experience in data cleaning and wrangling. By mastering these tools, researchers can significantly enhance their data quality, leading to more reliable research outcomes. 

After this workshop, students will be able to: 

• Identify common data problems and possible ways to address them
• Use OpenRefine to standardize data formats, remove duplicates, and reconcile inconsistencies across large datasets
• Use Power Query to merge multiple data sources, transform data structures, and automate repetitive cleaning tasks
• Compare and choose the most appropriate tool based on the task requirements and data characteristics

• 29 October 2024 / 31 October 2024 [Register here]
  1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the professional development course requirement of PDEV 6770 ACDE. 

 

Data Discovery & Citation Workshop (1hr)

Sharing and using research data is common across all disciplines. In this Library workshop you will learn:

• Tips and methods for searching & finding data sets in your research area
• How to follow “terms of use” for data sets
• Basics of citing data

• 4 November 2024 / 7 November 2024 [Register here]
  1 credit hour will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

 

Data Management Plan (1.5hr)

A data management plan (DMP) is an active document which you start writing at the early stage of your research, and continue to revise it as your research progresses. A DMP describes the data you plan to collect, intended data organization, storage and safe-keeping mechanism. It is becoming common for institutions and research funders to require researchers submit DMPs with research proposals or grant applications.

This unit will help you to:

• Understand how DMP can help you manage your research
• Draft a DMP using DMPTool@HKUST

• • 23 October 2024 / 25 October 2024 [Register here]
    1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

 

Data Visualization with Tableau – An introduction (1.5hr)

Data visualization skill is one of the most sought-after professional skills for researchers. Join us for an introductory workshop on Tableau, one of the most widely used data analytics and visualization tools today and learn about the Tableau product family, data preparation, best practices on visual presentation and have some hands-on experience on visualizing data into various chart types and interactive dashboards.

 

Intellectual Property and Me (1.5hr)

• • 3 October 2024 / 28 October 2024 [Register here]
    1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

 

Introduction to Research Data Management (1.5hr)

Active management of your research data helps you keep your research progress on track and accountable.

This is an introduction unit to Research Data Management (RDM). It explores with you:

• Important concepts about RDM
• FAIR principles for data
• Basic understanding of metadata for managing research data

• • 8 October 2024 / 9 October 2024 [Register here]
    1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/C/D/E.

 

Introduction to Scite (1hr)

• how Scite’s citation analysis (supporting, contrasting, and mentioning) works
• how to use Scite to find well supported academic papers and critical debates of a given topic

• • [TBC]

 

LaTeX Workshop for RPGs (2 modules, 1.5hr per each)

LaTeX is a free, high-quality document preparation system to help you write theses, technical and scientific documents.

Module 1 will cover:

• Basic functions of Overleaf interface
• Automate making chapters, sections, figures, and tables
• Adding Images and captions

Module 2 will focus on: (note: Recommend for those who registered or completed the Module 1 of the workshop or those who have related Latex knowledge covered in Module 1):

• Formatting complex mathematical formulas& other discipline-specific diagrams
• Creating in-text citation & bibliographies.
• Using the Overleaf templates

• This workshop will focus on getting started LaTeX with Overleaf (https://www.overleaf.com/project)
• No previous experience with LaTeX is necessary

• 29 October 2024 / 30 October 2024 (Module 1) [Register here]
• 31 October 2024 / 1 November 2024 (Module 2) [Register here]
  1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/C/D/E.

 

Making an Impact – Tracking Your Research Metrics (1.5hr)

Metrics illuminate the impact of your research outputs. Promotion and tenure committees, funders, advisors, research team leaders and potential collaborators are all interested in information about impact. In this session, you will learn more about research metrics and tools for assessing your research impact.

• What are Research Metrics?
• Types of Research Metrics
• Using Research Metrics
• Tracking Research Metrics
• Researcher Profiles

• 7 October 2024 / 9 October 2024 [Register here]
  1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/C/D/E.

 

Mining text with Voyant tool: an introduction (1hr)

Voyant tool is a free, web-based, and easy-to-use platform for exploring and analyzing a large amount of unstructured text. This workshop is designed to introduce you with the basic functions of Voyant tool. In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Importing text into Voyant tool
• Exploring the themes/key phrases within a text and to formulate research questions
• Discovering the patterns, distributions, and connections between the themes/key phrases and to answer research questions
• Creating and exporting your visualization

• [TBC]
  1 credit hour will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/C/D/E.

 

Open Access What Where How (1.5hr)

Making your research work openly accessible is becoming the norm in many disciplines. When you publish a paper with a journal, you are often asked to make decisions relating to open access. Your choices are not only your own preferences, but you may have to comply with certain institutional policies. In this workshop, you will clarify some common but confusing OA terms and practices, for example:

• What is Green/Gold/Bronze OA? What are Gold/Hybrid OA journals?
• Where & How do we make works OA? Do we have to pay for it?
• How do I choose a proper OA license?
• What OA policies should I know, and how to comply with them?

• • 8 October 2024 / 10 October 2024 [Register here]
    1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the professional development course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

 

Reference Management Tools (1.5hr)

As a researcher, you continuously collect references to build your own knowledge base. Reference managers are software that help you to:

• Build and store your references
• Organize and manage citations within folders
• Build bibliographies
• Automatically format and insert citations in your writing

This workshop gives you an overview of the four popular choices of reference managing software: EndNote Basic, Mendeley, Refworks and Zotero. We will use Zotero to demonstrate how to collect sources, organize them, cite in-text and generate bibliographies.

• • 23 October 2024 [Register here]
    1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.
    

 

Search Research Literature (1.5hr)

Your subject librarian will show you useful tips and skills to search for research literature effectively. The session will focus on:

• Major Subject Databases & E-resources
• Smart Searching in Library Databases & Google Scholar
• Locating High Impact Journals and Articles

• 1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770A/B/C/D/E.

PDEV 6770D for SHSS

• 7 October 2024 [Register here]

PDEV 6770 B/E

• [TBC]

PDEV 6770C for SBMT 

• 20 September 2024 [Register here]

PDEV 6770A for LIFS, CHEM & OCES

• 16 October 2024 / 17 October 2024 [Register here]

PDEV 6770A for PHYS & MATH

• 14 October 2024 [Register here]

 

Select the Right Journal for Publishing (1.5hr)

Journal selection is a key step in academic publishing. With the ever-growing number of journals in any given field, it can be difficult to determine which one to go for. This workshop will introduce tools and tips to help you evaluate and select suitable journals in your field or for your article.

After this workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand the general criteria of journal selection
• Recognize available journal evaluation tools and metrics
• Identify quality and relevant journals in a research field
• Identify potential predatory journals and ways to avoid them

• 15 October 2024 / 17 October 2024 [Register here]
  1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the professional development course requirement of PDEV 6770 A/B/C/D/E.

 

Supplementary Info in PDF is Not Enough – Apply FAIR Principles to Your Research Data (1.5hr)

It has been a long-standing tradition that researchers submit Supplementary Info (SI) to a journal alongside their research manuscript. The SI adds further details and credibility to the author’s study, such as information on material preparation, synthesis, and characterization graphs. However, these valuable details in SI are often kept in a PDF file with very limited room for navigation and replication.

The value of research data can go way beyond the paper for which it is created. In this workshop, we will explore how we can apply Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data sharing principles to share your research data via data repositories in a documented and organized fashion.

• • • [TBC]
      1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the course requirement of PDEV 6770 A/B/C/D/E. 

Web Scraping 101 (2 modules, 1.5hr per each)

Web scraping is a useful technique for researchers, as it allows them to quickly and automatically extract data from websites for analysis, making their research process more efficient and repeatable. This 2-module workshop is designed for students without programming knowledge to pick the right tool for scraping content from the web.

Module 1 – Using No-code Tools introduces the no-code approach to scraping. It will cover:

• Understand the basic concepts and principles of web scraping
• Identify available web scraping tools and their appropriate uses
• Use Power Query and Web Scraper to extract content of interest from the web
• Make wise decisions when collecting data from the web

Module 2* – Using Python and AI demonstrates how to use Python code to scrape content with the help of AI. It will cover:

• Understand when coding is necessary for web scraping
• Use Python code to scrape content from the web
• Use ChatGPT (Poe) as a learning aid to read, draft, and debug code

* Note: Module 2 is recommended for those who have completed Module 1 or have a basic understanding of web scraping. Prior knowledge of Python will be helpful, but not necessary.

• 22 October 2024 (Module 1) [Register here]
• 24 October 2024 (Module 2) [Register here]
  1.5 credit hours will be counted toward the professional development course requirement of PDEV 6770 A/C/D/E.
  

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