About Rise and Shine with the library
Since the autumn of 2022, the library offers a weekly 20-minute presentation on different subjects relevant to researchers and doctoral students.
In Zoom every week during the semester
"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.
We come to you!
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.
Current program
You can find the program for Rise and Shine here:
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Previous presentations
Complete programs for all Rise and Shine presentations to date can be found here.
Autumn 2024
Handy information for doctoral students (and others)
There's a lot to keep track of when you're just starting out with research! This Rise and Shine will highlight important aspects of information seeking, publishing, open science, research data management and more. Let the library guide you to the help available on your doctoral journey -
Testing the WoS Research Assistant!
Web of Science is making their AI-assistant available and we get a trial. These 20-minutes are used to introduce you to the assistant so you can try it out for a limited period.
Generative AI in research – what you need to know
New tools with AI elements are being developed for research, but what am I allowed or able to use? This Rise and Shine focuses on some of the guidelines regarding the use of generative AI (GAI) that have recently emerged and also highlights the five* major publishers' general instructions for the use of GAI.
* Elsevier, SpringerNature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage.
To abbreviate or not to abbreviate (Journal names in EndNote)
Use EndNote's out of the box indexes for journal names when the style demands abbreviated journal names.
Try Scopus AI!
Right now we are offering a trial period for the Scopus AI tool. As part of that trial you have the opportunity to get a demonstration of the tool. This Rise and Shine features a representative from Scopus who shows how the tool can be used in information seeking, and which functions are available. The previously announced subject Literature reviews: PRISMA flowcharts will be moved to the spring term.
AI assistants in research – Part I
Quick look at some of the AI-tools for searching relevant literature and mapping them
Publish without paying!
Where should I publish? The open access publishers HB has agreements with.
Tips from the Coach – sharpen your search skills
You will get some valuable tips on how you easily can get better in searching on databases.
AI assistants in research – Part II
We continue with a quick look at tools to summarize articles & transcription services
International Open Access Week 2024
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.
Click your way to publication – Learn all about article licenses
What are all the different options that you have to choose between before you can publish a manuscript? Which should you choose? And what agreements do you sign? This week's Rise and Shine will go into this information, as well as more things to know about article licenses.
Break up with commercial publishers! – On alternative publication platforms
In this digital era, scientific publishing is still controlled by for-profit companies exploiting researcher's free labour. But there are options! This Rise and Shine will present some of those, and ways in which you can publish with them.
Literature reviews –Rayyan
Have you collected you literature for a systematic review and now it is time to through the collection? Let us help with Rayyan!
Questionable publishing
The scientific publication model is undergoing many changes, which has led to rogue actors appearing. How do you avoid the pitfalls of publishing in suspicious journals? The library guides you!
Get counted! About DiVA registration
Every year the university's scientific and artistic publications are counted. The numbers are then used in the annual report, and the internal allocation of funds. Come learn how to ensure that your works are included!
Spring 2024
What's happening with open access publishing?
Since 2017, the library has offered so called "read & publish agreements", also known as transformative agreements. They have been expensive and ineffective. The Bibsam consortium (led by the National Library of Sweden) has released a report on which alternatives we can expect to see in the future.
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.
Discover the library's research support.
Join us for an presentation that puts the spotlight on how the university library can support you during your research process.
Level up your search skills
Get better at finding what you need for your research.
Use EndNote like an expert
This time we will take a look at how you can group, manage duplicates and what stars are good for in EndNote.
Web of Science Hacks
Join us and learn more about how you can use Web of Science built in tools to analyze and visualize research areas based on your own searches.
How do I avoid data collection?
Discover handy hints for locating existing datasets, unlocking a wealth of information for your research endeavours. Save time and resources while using available datasets.
How can I adapt my research to open science requirements?
What's new in the open science movement? The library gives a short presentation on open science and its implications for researchers and research processes.
My scientific numbers
In the citation databases Scopus and Web of Science you can make different kinds of publication and author analyses. You can get insights into your own or your research group's publications, or those of a potential collaborator.
Optimize your research impact! Choose the right journal.
Previously we have looked at publisher-owned and independent journal finders. This time we take a look at some of the AI-tools and how these can be used to find relevant journals to publish in.
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.
What you need to know about using generative AI in research!
New tools with AI elements are being developed for research, but what am I allowed or able to use? This Rise and Shine focuses on some of the guidelines regarding the use of generative AI (GAI) that have recently emerged and also highlights the five* major publishers' general instructions for the use of GAI.
* Elsevier, SpringerNature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage.
Can you use AI chatbots for information searches?
AI chatbots and information searching - how can Bard, Bing and Chat GPT help? Where they excel, and where they don't...
I want to publish my research data! What do I do?
Data repositories are for making your dataset openly available so that others can reuse them for another purpose. How to find repositories for datasets and which to trust?
Lots of search results - what do I do now?
Writing a literature review? Searching across multiple databases and dealing with extensive results? We'll show how to manage duplicates with EndNote, and introduce Rayyan a free tool for efficient screening!
Keep up to date? BROWZINE!
Browzine is a tool to keep you updated on new issues of journals. Join us to create your own wall of journals to browse and read!
Autumn 2023
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.
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?
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.
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?
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/
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Spring 2023
Journal finders
Journal finders are like matchmakers for manuscripts: they help authors find relevant journals to publish their research in. In this Rise and shine you'll get an overview of both publisher-owned and independent journal finders.
Pearl Growing - Finding more information using the best article
If you’ve found an interesting article that is relevant to your research, we show you how you can use it to find more publications within the same research area.
Analyze yourself - or someone else
In the citation databases Scopus and Web of Science you can make different kinds of publication and author analyses. You can get insights into your own or your research group's publications, or those of a potential collaborator.
Retrieving data. Wait a few seconds and try to cut or copy again.
There are a number of tools to help you map your research area. This rise & shine focuses on some of these.
Get to know DORIS
We can register metadata about our research projects and research data in DORIS. Come for a walkthrough with the library!
Repositories for publishing research data... for different areas.
Looking for somewhere to register metadata for your research data? The library offers an introduction to a few different repositories.
Get Started with EndNote
Have you considered starting using the reference manager EndNote? This is a short introduction to what EndNote is and what it can help you with.
Questionable publishing
The scientific publication model is undergoing many changes, which has led to rogue actors appearing. How do you avoid the pitfalls of publishing in suspicious journals? The library guides you!
The information search process - target and plan your information search
Get a grip on the information search process! We share strategies and tools, from the preliminary exploration of a field to a comprehensive "final search".
Sharpen your search skills with boolean logic
Having problems getting relevant search results? Learn effective search strategies.
Vem äger din artikel? Om copyright och creative commons licenser.
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.
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?
Read & Publish agreements: when do you have to pay to publish?
The library pays for agreements with publishers covering many thousands of journals. This means there's a good chance you can publish an article with open access without having to pay. But when and how can you use the agreements, and when might you have to pay? This Rise and Shine session will explain that and more!
Manage your research data
Part of open science is the requirement to systematically describe and manage research data during the research process. During this presentation we go through some examples of data management plans that help describe and manage research data.
Refer correct – avoid plagiarism
This Rise and shine focuses on references so you can avoid plagiarism. How to refer correctly? What are some of the different ways and what do the references tell us? Come and listen!
How do you find information that doesn't exist?
No problem! The library helps you with interlibrary loans.
Autumn 2022
In autumn 2022, most Rise and Shine presentations were given on two separate occasions.
Open Science in 20 minutes
The open science movement aims to make research processes more transparent and inclusive, and ensure that research data can be re-used. The library gives a short presentation on the implications of open science for researchers and the research process.
Publisher licenses from © to CC
All scientific publications get a license. It's becoming more common to be asked to choose between different options. The library explores what the different letter combinations (e.g. CC BY, CC BY-NC) mean, and clarifies the difference between © and CC.
Manage your research data
Part of open science is the requirement to systematically describe and manage research data during the research process. During this presentation we go through some examples of data management plans that help describe and manage research data.
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.
Visualize your research
With the software VOSviewer, you can create maps of your research area. All you need is publication data downloaded from one of the library’s databases. With the software, you can visualize collaborations within a research field, map often used terms, or look at how researchers cite each other.
Collaborate on EndNote libraries
How do you share your reference library in EndNote with colleagues? We look at shared folders and shared libraries, and the difference between the two options.
Publication lists from DiVA
Learn the best ways of using DiVA for putting together publication lists for yourself, your research group, or a particular area of research.
Sharpen your search skills with boolean logic
Having problems getting relevant search results? Learn effective search strategies.
Register you publications in DiVA
It is the end of the year, and it is time to ensure this year's publications are in DiVA. Refresh your registration skills with the library.
Read & Publish agreements: when do you have to pay to publish?
The library pays for agreements with publishers covering many thousands of journals. This means there's a good chance you can publish an article with open access without having to pay. But when and how can you use the agreements, and when might you have to pay? This Rise and Shine session will explain that and more!
Fool's Science - and other jokes in research
The scientific publication model is undergoing many changes, which has led to rogue actors appearing. How do you avoid the pitfalls of publishing in suspicious journals? The library guides you!