Join this upcoming seminar to discover how you can publish your work in Springer Nature’s Open Access Journal without paying the Article Processing Charges (APCs)!

The Library has recently signed a Transformative Agreement (TA) with Springer Nature, enabling PolyU authors to publish open access articles with a full waiver of APC. As part of this agreement, a limited quota of APC waivers is offered by Springer Nature for each year on a first-come-first-served basis. This seminar will provide you with valuable insights into this agreement and guide you through the process of submitting your publications to take advantage of this waiver.

All postgraduate students and researchers are welcome!

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Date: 29 May 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Speaker: Mimmi Mononen, Associate Editor, PHD, Springer Nature, China
Platform: Zoom
Agenda:

• Choosing/Finding the Right Journal
• Crafting a Strong Manuscript: Top Tips for Getting Published
• Navigating the Submission Process
• Understanding Peer Review
• Copyright and Permissions Essentials
• Ethical Considerations in Publishing and research transparency
• Post-Acceptance Steps
• Maximizing Visibility and Impact After Publication
• Promote your publication
• Open Access Options and Transformative Agreements Explained

About the Speakers:

Mimmi Mononen
Associate Editor, PHD, Springer Nature, China

Mimmi joined Nature Communications in September 2022. She received her PhD from Karolinska Institutet, where she studied early human heart development using single-cell RNA sequencing. She continued using single-cell technologies during her postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where she worked on cancer stem cells. Mimmi handles manuscripts relating to single-cell biology. She is based in the Hong Kong office.

For enquiries, please contact us at our various service points or submit an online form to us. For learning and research support, get in touch with your Faculty Librarian.

Pao Yue-kong Library
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

This collection includes 20 masterclass videos from industry innovators, accompanied by business case studies which incorporate key learning outcomes, business questions, and teaching notes.

Expiry date: 31 May 2024

scite is an AI platform that uses Smart Citations to evaluate scientific articles by showing reference context and indicating supporting or contrasting evidence. This tool can assist scholars in undertaking citation analysis and examining the publication landscape of their research topics.

Features:

• Search over 1.2 billion citation statements for how methods, arguments, results, claims, and datasets are being used
• Visualise how scientific articles cite each other through scite Visualisations
• Use scite Reference Check to ensure you cite reliable work by screening against retracted references

Try scite now!

Workshop: Facilitate Your Research with scite

Date: 11 April 2024 (Thurs) 
Time: 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm 
Speaker: Mr Wu Yan, Trainer from scite 
Moderator: Ms Elaine Lau, Faculty Librarian (Engineering)  
Platform: Zoom 

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This workshop is designed to introduce features that scite offers on the general level, with searches and AI chats on the detailed level. It will cover:

• Use scenarios and overview of scite.ai functionalities
• Utilise and benefit from smart citation
• Supercharge LLMs to accelerate academic study

All staff and students are welcome!

For enquiries, please contact us at our various service points or submit an online form to us. For learning and research support, get in touch with your Faculty Librarian.

Pao Yue-kong Library
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Have you ever noticed the students’ success stories featured in the PolyU Outstanding Work by Students (OWS) Showcase? Now's your chance to learn from them, share your insights, and win a fantastic prize!

Our OWS Showcase, in both physical and online forms, covers two types of student works: (1) exceptional individual or group works that achieve internal or external recognition, and (2) motivational social innovation projects that contribute towards societal betterment.

The learning-to-learn experiences behind the exemplary student works are documented to foster knowledge sharing in the PolyU community. Let’s get inspired by your peers and join this inspiration challenge!

How?

1. Read through a student story in the OWS Showcase on Library Podium Floor or OWS portal.
2. Share how the story inspires you on your own Facebook/Instagram account, including:
   (a) An image OR a video featuring the OWS story
   (b) A brief explanation (40+ words) about your takeaway
   (c) Add hashtags #PolyUOWS and #PolyULibrary
3. Email a screenshot of your post to lbueo@polyu.edu.hk with the subject line “Submission for OWS Inspiration Challenge”. Provide your name and student ID in the email.
4. The Challenge is open to PolyU students. Each participant can submit one entry only.

When?

Submissions will be accepted from 4 to 29 March 2024.

Prizes

Submissions will be evaluated based on creativity, originality, and constructiveness. All satisfactory entries will be recognized with a Gold, Silver, or Bronze category, each receiving a book voucher prize (Gold - $300, Silver - $200, Bronze - $100).

Should you have further enquiries, please contact us by email at lbueo@polyu.edu.hk.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get inspired and stand a chance to win!