Staff Participation in Library Management: Introductory Comments

Using Scenarios in Introductory Research Data Management Workshops for Library Staff

As awareness increases of the role that librarians can play in facilitating improved research data management, so does the need to provide university library staff with professional development opportunities. Cox et al (2012) argue that learning should be “exploratory, discursive and reflective, providing a space in which librarians can explore developments as they relate to their individual/te...

Introductory Comments

This is the first issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology in many years to be devoted to a special topic. It emerged after much discussion among the editors about the value of dedicating resources to a single topic and the value of the topic itself. We hope that readers will agree that the papers comprising this issue on unconscious1 forms of stereotyping and prejudice make such ...

Alexey Chervonenkis's bibliography: introductory comments

This introduction to Alexey Chervonenkis’s bibliography, which is published next in this issue, mainly consists of historical notes. The bibliography is doubtless incomplete, and it is just a first step in compiling more comprehensive ones. En route we also give some basic information about Alexey as a researcher and person; for further details, see, e.g., the short biography (Editors, 2015) in...

Introductory Comments for the Scientific Ethics Theme

Providing instruction in research integrity is an obligation , not an option. Many reasons give rise to this obligation. We will mention two: First, research must be performed and reported responsibly to achieve " good science, " i.e., research that is as accurate as possible at the time it is performed. In this way, a body of information is built up that the scientific community can trust and,...

The Library Staff Development Handbook