{"id":921,"date":"2026-02-10T14:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/?p=921"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:00:30","slug":"whats-happening-in-library-research-services-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/02\/whats-happening-in-library-research-services-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s happening in Library Research Services: February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/\">Library Research Services (LRS)<\/a> team continue to be on hand to support you with any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-research\/\">Open Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/rdm\/\">Research Data<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/library\/academics-and-researchers\/lrs\/open-access\/\">Open Access<\/a> training and queries you might have. Get in touch at <a href=\"mailto:lrs@ncl.ac.uk\">lrs@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-pink-background-color has-background\">Open Research events happening at Newcastle University in February:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=2314\">Introduction to Writing a Data Management Plan<\/a><\/strong> (11.00-13.00) (online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/open-research\/reproducibilitea\/\">ReproducibilTea: Open Research in a Participatory Action Research Project<\/a><\/strong> (12.00-13.00) (<a href=\"https:\/\/roomfinder.ncl.ac.uk\/building.php?exid=BLD40D2C1B3-EC3B-45A5-97C8-54E2D234B919\">Philip Robinson Library Committee Room<\/a>&nbsp;and online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>23 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4504115\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4504115\">Open Access Help Drop-in Sessions<\/a><\/strong> (12.00-12.30) (online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>24-25 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pretix.eu\/ncl\/2026-02-24-NCL\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pretix.eu\/ncl\/2026-02-24-NCL\/\">Building better research software<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/roomfinder.ncl.ac.uk\/room.php?r=ROM0E6B6182-261F-4B2C-88D9-7D341BFA9F59\">Academic Skills Room, Marjorie Robinson Library Rooms<\/a>) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>26 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=2313\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=2313\">Developing your academic publishing strategy<\/a><\/strong> (10.00-12.00) (online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-pink-background-color has-background\">Open Research events happening elsewhere in February and beyond:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 Feb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-open-source-software-in-research-tickets-1796586451439\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-open-source-software-in-research-tickets-1796586451439\"><strong>The Benefits and Challenges of Open Source Software in Research<\/strong> <\/a>(12.00-13.00) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openaire.eu\/the-future-of-reproducibility-research-and-policy-a-tier2-event\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.openaire.eu\/the-future-of-reproducibility-research-and-policy-a-tier2-event\">The Future of Reproducibility Research and Policy<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(13.00-14.00) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/info.figshare.com\/webinar\/the-state-of-open-data-2025-a-decade-of-progress-and-challenges\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/info.figshare.com\/webinar\/the-state-of-open-data-2025-a-decade-of-progress-and-challenges\/\">The State of Open Data: A Decade of Progress and Challenges<\/a><\/strong> (15.00) (online) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25 Feb <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unilu.webex.com\/weblink\/register\/r9a762ba7cf870f0de2a2ead23d7a0d43\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/unilu.webex.com\/weblink\/register\/r9a762ba7cf870f0de2a2ead23d7a0d43\">The Promise and Perils of Transparency and Openness<\/a><\/strong> (16.00-17.00) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-5 March <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.ac.uk\/open-research\/open-research-week-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.liverpool.ac.uk\/open-research\/open-research-week-2026\/\">Open Research Week 2026<\/a> <\/strong>(Liverpool, LJMU, Edge Hill, and Essex) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3-6 March <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.ox.ac.uk\/oxfos\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/openaccess.ox.ac.uk\/oxfos\">Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS 2026)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(online and in person in Oxford)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-pink-background-color has-background\">Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewcastle-uk.libcal.com%2Fcalendar%2Fyour_skills%3Fcid%3D7460%26t%3Dg%26d%3D0000-00-00%26cal%3D7460%26inc%3D0&amp;data=05%7C02%7CHeather.McKenna%40newcastle.ac.uk%7C9c7529abf60b4f05b90008dcde367c6e%7C9c5012c9b61644c2a91766814fbe3e87%7C1%7C0%7C638629572785601120%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EetIxzSPvtWjgNUWjjU3p3DczaeKjNGgSfo7SVTjnv0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">library calendar<\/a> for further courses and dates in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Library Research Services (LRS) team continue to be on hand to support you with any Open Research, Research Data and Open Access training and queries you might have. Get in touch at lrs@ncl.ac.uk. Open Research events happening at Newcastle University in February: Open Research events happening elsewhere in February and beyond: Check &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/02\/whats-happening-in-library-research-services-february-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What\u2019s happening in Library Research Services: February 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11975,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,2,3,39],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-open-access","category-open-data","category-open-research","tag-research-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}