{"id":939,"date":"2026-04-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/?p=939"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:01:40","slug":"whats-on-in-library-research-services-april-and-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/04\/whats-on-in-library-research-services-april-and-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s on in Library Research Services: April and May 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 are here 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-gray-background-color has-background\">Open Research events happening at Newcastle University in April and May:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>21 April <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4504117\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4504117\">Open Access Help Drop-in Sessions<\/a><\/strong> (12.00-12.30) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23 April <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/open-research\/reproducibilitea\/\">ReproducibilTea: Are Nature papers guaranteed to be great?<\/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\n\n\n<li>19 May <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=2228\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=2228\"><strong>Open Access for Research Publications<\/strong><\/a> (10.00-11.30) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21 May <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4504118\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle-uk.libcal.com\/event\/4504118\">Open Access Help Drop-in Sessions<\/a><\/strong> (12.00-12.30) (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22 May deadline for abstract submissions for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/jJtyL4mzy4\">Open Research Conference 2026<\/a><\/strong> (16 June, Henry Daysh Building)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/files\/2026\/03\/OpenResearchConference2026-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/files\/2026\/03\/OpenResearchConference2026-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/files\/2026\/03\/OpenResearchConference2026-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/files\/2026\/03\/OpenResearchConference2026-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/files\/2026\/03\/OpenResearchConference2026-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/files\/2026\/03\/OpenResearchConference2026-1-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\">Open Research events happening elsewhere in April and May:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8-9 April <a href=\"https:\/\/copim.pub\/online-conference-practicing-experimental-books-celebrating-copims-book-pilots\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/copim.pub\/online-conference-practicing-experimental-books-celebrating-copims-book-pilots\/\"><strong>Practicing Experimental Books: Celebrating Copim&#8217;s Book Pilots<\/strong><\/a> (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 April <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/dri-webinar-series-getting-to-know-museum-data-service-mds-tickets-1984614761175?aff=oddtdtcreator\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/dri-webinar-series-getting-to-know-museum-data-service-mds-tickets-1984614761175?aff=oddtdtcreator\">DRI Webinar Series: Getting to know Museum Data Service (MDS)<\/a><\/strong> (online)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20-24 April <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ucl.ac.uk\/open-access\/2026\/03\/05\/london-open-science-scholarship-festival-2026\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.ucl.ac.uk\/open-access\/2026\/03\/05\/london-open-science-scholarship-festival-2026\/\">London Open Science &amp; Scholarship Festival<\/a><\/strong> (online and in person)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>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 are here 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 April and May: Open Research events happening elsewhere in April and May: Check out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/2026\/04\/whats-on-in-library-research-services-april-and-may-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What&#8217;s on in Library Research Services: April and May 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-939","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\/939","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=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1001,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/opening-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}