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And there are iSkills sessions on managing your references, science communication and conference posters! Staff & students in @ouhospitals.bsky.social and @medsci.ox.ac.uk are welcome to sign up.
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
Promotional collage of three Bodleian iSkills workshop posters advertising sessions on Zotero and EndNote for medicine, science communication for non-specialist audiences, and designing conference posters for medical researchers.
November 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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We have a new programme of iSkills sessions starting this month. Learn about literature searching & advanced searching for systematic reviews amongst other things. Staff & students in @ouhospitals.bsky.social and @medsci.ox.ac.uk are welcome to sign up.
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
Four Bodleian iSkills workshop posters promoting literature searching and systematic reviews in medicine — titled Getting Started, Searching Systematically, and Advanced Searching Clinic — with magnifying-glass and search-themed illustrations.
November 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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It's all too easy for your research to become lost on the internet.
Learn about digital preservation including digitised and "born digital" materials at our iSkills training.

Beyond back-ups: Keeping your research accessible and usable
🗓️ Tue 10 Nov
🕛️ 10:00-11:30am
📍 Online
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Promotional image for Bodleian Libraries iSkills. Showing the logo, of a circular book icon, the text Open Research & Impact, and a row of diverse silhouettes of people each in a different solid colour.
November 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Designing a conference poster, Preparing for your literature review in the social sciences, Basics of open science & more. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place in 4th week and book your place. tinyurl.com/3yc5nfcs
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October 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Communicating big ideas in science can be challenging, especially with an inexperienced audience. Learn the basics of science communication and how to share your message with the public on our Science Communication session!

📅 Mon 9 Nov
🕐 10:00-11:00
📍 Online
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#iSkills #Researcher
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Colourful illustration of people interacting with a giant smartphone, social icons, DNA helix, atom symbol and lab flasks to represent science communication, collaboration, and data-driven research.
October 30, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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This interactive ‘poster clinic’, will include a group discussion of different examples of poster presentations, and an opportunity to present your own draft poster to your fellow attendees.

📅 Tue 10 Nov
🕐 15:30-16:30
📍 Cairns Library, John Radcliffe Hospital
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#iSkills
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee.
October 29, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Getting started in Oxford libraries, REF open access policy briefing, Copyright for teaching & more. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place in 3rd week and book your place. tinyurl.com/3yc5nfcs
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October 26, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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Can you calculate your h-index?

Learn about the h-index and other metrics that measure researcher output and join the discussion on what's beyond what we measure.

Book your place on Researcher metrics

📅 Tue 3 Nov
🕐 13.00-14.00
📍 Radcliffe Science Library
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#iSkills #Researcher
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Laptop displaying multiple analytics dashboards and charts, surrounded by floating report pages and browser windows with pie charts, bar graphs, line charts, and progress rings to represent data analysis and metrics.
October 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Learn a practical approach to making scientific research more transparent, accessible, reproducible and reusable throughout the research cycle.

Book your place on Basics of Open Science!

📅 Tue 3 Nov
🕐 14:30-16:00
📍 Online
🔗 buff.ly/hBwoj1r

#iSkills #OpenScience
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Colourful illustration of people interacting with a giant smartphone, social icons, DNA helix, atom symbol and lab flasks to represent science communication, collaboration, and data-driven research.
October 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Did you know metrics go beyond journals?

Learn about citation counting for articles, finding influential papers and the perspective altmetrics can provide.

Book your place on Article metrics

📅 Tue 27 Oct
🕐 13.00-14.00
📍 Radcliffe Science Library
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#iSkills #Researcher
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Laptop displaying multiple analytics dashboards and charts, surrounded by floating report pages and browser windows with pie charts, bar graphs, line charts, and progress rings to represent data analysis and metrics.
October 20, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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And there are iSkills sessions on managing your references, science communication and conference posters! Staff & students in @ouhospitals.bsky.social and @medsci.ox.ac.uk are welcome to sign up.
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Three more colourful posters advertising Bodleian iSkills workshops. These are: Introduction to Zotero for medicine; Introduction to Endnote for medicine; Science communication: an introduction to translating your research for a non-specialist audience; Designing a conference poster in medicine: getting started.
October 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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A new programme of iSkills sessions starts this month. We run sessions on literature searching & advanced searching for systematic reviews, facilitated by our Bodleian Health Care Librarians. Staff & students in @ouhospitals.bsky.social and @medsci.ox.ac.uk are welcome to sign up.
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Four multicolored square posters advertising the Bodleian iSkills workshops: literature searching in medicine: getting started; Systematic Reviews and Scoping Reviews in Medicine: Getting Started; Systematic Reviews and Scoping Reviews in Medicine: Searching Systematically; Systematic Reviews and Scoping Reviews in Medicine: Advanced Searching Clinic.
October 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Are you new to the University of Oxford and want to find out more about our network of libraries or maybe you would like a refresher?
Book your place to learn how to access the libraries, their services and resources.

📅 Mon 26 Oct
🕐 12:00-13:00
📍 Online
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#iSkills #Freshers
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October 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Science communication, Data sources for research, Research metrics and citation analysis tools & more. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week and book your place. tinyurl.com/27t3wwf5
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October 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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📢 Researchers, join our session on:
Managing research data and Data Management Planning (DMPs)

And learn the key principles of RD<, the University's research data policy and the support available to you.

📅 Tue 27 Oct
🕐 11:00-12:30
📍 Social Science Library
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#iSkills #Researcher
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October 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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A new programme of iSkills training starts this month. Sessions include literature searching & advanced searching for systematic reviews. Staff & students in @ouhospitals.bsky.social and @medsci.ox.ac.uk sign up www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop
Four Bodleian iSkills workshop posters in a 2x2 grid promoting sessions on literature searching and systematic/scoping reviews: "Literature Searching in Medicine: Getting Started"; "Systematic Reviews and Scoping Reviews in Medicine: Getting Started"; "Searching Systematically"; "Advanced Searching
October 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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📢 Calling all DPhils
You know you have to deposit your thesis in ORA, but do you know how? Learn how to deposit and the relevant permissions related to your thesis in our online session:
Your thesis, copyright and ORA

📅 Wed 21 Oct
🕐 15.00-16.00
📍 Online
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#iSkills #DPhils
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Two students climbing a staircase made of oversized books toward a glowing graduation cap and diploma, — a visual metaphor for academic success.
October 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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And there are iSkills sessions on managing your references, science communication and conference posters! Staff & students in @ouhospitals.bsky.social and @medsci.ox.ac.uk are welcome to sign up.
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/workshop...
Three Bodleian iSkills workshop posters promoting: introductions to Zotero and EndNote for medicine with pastel notebooks on a table; a science communication session on translating research for non‑specialist audiences showing attendees watching a presenter; and a starter workshop on designing
October 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Do you want to know the difference between a JIF and a CiteScore? Find out how to locate and interpret journal level metrics like these at our in-person training session:
Journal metrics

📅 Tue 20 Oct
🕐 13.00-14.00
📍 Radcliffe Science Library
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#iSkills #Researcher
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Laptop displaying multiple analytics dashboards and charts, surrounded by floating report pages and browser windows with pie charts, bar graphs, line charts, and progress rings to represent data analysis and metrics.
October 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Are you looking to learn about the ways in which to transmit scientific ideas and make your research accessible to a non-specialist audience through a variety of mediums?

Book your place on our Science Communication session!

📅 Tue 20 Oct
🕐 10:00-11:30am
📍 Online
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#iSkills
Study workspace for online learning centred on an open laptop displaying "iSkills", with a blank spiral notebook, a highlighter, stacked textbooks topped by a black cat, two pens, and a cup of coffee. Colourful illustration of people interacting with a giant smartphone, social icons, DNA helix, atom symbol and lab flasks to represent science communication, collaboration, and data-driven research.
October 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Designing a conference poster: getting started & Fundamentals of open access. Find out more about @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills workshops taking place this week and book your place. tinyurl.com/2n5s47vm
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October 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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Are you baffled by open, confused by embargoes? Book a place on Fundamentals of open access, where we’ll break down open access and all its many jargon terms and confusing nuances of publishing agreements.

📅 Thu 15 Oct
🕐 10:00-11:30am
📍 Online
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October 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Discover @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills programme. Free workshops that empower students, researchers & staff at @ox.ac.uk to develop essential skills in discovering, evaluating, managing, presenting & sharing information in the digital and physical world. Find out more and book via tinyurl.com/pfu69evd
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October 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Are you planning to present a poster at an upcoming conference, meeting or symposium? This online session will provide you with top tips on how to create an effective poster presentation.

🗓️ Mon 12 Oct. or Tue 17 Nov.
🕛️ 11.00-12.00
🔗 buff.ly/kR2dVtu

#iSkills #Training
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October 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Catch up on changes in open scholarship with our online workshop 'Termly update on open scholarship' from @bodleian.ox.ac.uk iSkills on Monday 29 June, 🕘 14:00-15:00. Find out more and book your place here: tinyurl.com/mpeuwjkj
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June 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM