Events and Resources
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
SAT 14 SEPT 2024 THE ACCIDENTAL EDUCATOR: UNLOCKING THE TEACHER IN EVERYONE
2pm EST /11am PST/7pm BST/8pm CETWe welcome back the ever-popular librarian/archivist Jo Baines for another free NCIS webinar this Saturday.
For academics, teaching and learning is the yin to research's yang, forming a whole of our interest in the education sector. However, unknown to many, professional services staff also operate in both of these areas whilst supporting academic development. This talk will explore what it means to teach outside of traditional academic training, the importance of pedagogy to everyone, and how we can all learn a lot from thinking a little about how we inspire others in our professions.
SAT 12 OCT 2024 FIRE-UK CONFERENCE SHOWCASE
Our UK Partner Group, the Forum for Independent Research Endeavours (FIRE-UK) invites members to present their research, whether published or ongoing. Details and link to follow
PAST EVENTS
(Videos available on our YouTube channel, unless there are copyright or data protection issues.)
15 June 2024 DISABILITY AND RESEARCH
Symposium on disability and the ‘user interface’ in which Helen Ross, Kevin Waitkuweit and Kate Burrows will each describe their own interfaces as the site where our research hits disability.
11 May 2024 NCIS GUIDE FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS - book launch
Join us for the online book launch for this much-needed resource, with foreword by Ron Gross, author of The Independent Scholar's Handbook. Bring your own celebratory drinks!
27 April 2024 "Tools and Software for Independent Researchers" Presentations and discussion of the tools and resources we use to support our scholarly work, hosted by Kathryn Burrows.
Kathryn Burrows presents work management platform www.monday.com
Amanda Haste presents study buddy platform www.focusmate.com
Sandra Ham presents writing app www.scrivener.com
Linda Baines presents qualitative data analysis software www.quirkos.com
Helen Ross presents accessibility features in MS Word
Phillip Reid presents document/project platform www.evernote.com
17 February 2024 "Ethics of Human Stem Cells" presented by medical ethicist Elena Salvaterra.
2 December 2023 "The Hatnub Quarry" by archaeologist Hannah Pethen Barrett, winner of the 2023 Eisenstein Prize
2 Sept 2023 "Demystifying Special Collections & Archives" led by Joanna Baines
17 June 2023 "Early Career Academia: An Insightful Overview" led by Kathryn Burrows
18 Feb 2023 "Our Journeys towards Independence": a seminar hosted by Helen Ross.
5 Nov 2022 SANDBOX PARTY
24 Sept 2022 SKILLS 3: “Building your Website; Establishing your Research Identity” presented by archaeologist Dr Hannah Pethen-Barrett. You will also need to download the PDF provided by Hannah
18 June 2022 "Letters, Lines, and Logs: Researching Early Modern Atlantic Merchant Ships" presented by Philip Reid, maritime historian, NCIS grantee and a 2021 Eisenstein Essay Prize winner (Copyright Phillip Reid 2022)
2 April 2022 SKILLS 2: Demystifying Special Collections and Archives for Independent Scholars, presented by special collections specialist Joanna Baines
12 Feb 2022 SKILLS 1: Social Media and Your Research Identity, presented by Hannah Pethen-Barrett, PhD (Copyright Hannah Pethen Barrett 2022)
7 Nov 2021 "Independent Publishing," presented by Philip Stover, RioVista Press. PPT available on www.nowinconclusion.com.
16 Oct 2021 "Independent Scholarship: A Colloquy with Ron Gross (author of the seminal Handbook for Independent Scholars) (Copyright Ronald Gross 2021)
19 Sept 2021 "Sandbox Party" Independent scholars meet, compare notes, make friends in your discipline and beyond.
23 June 2021 "Creativity in Research" presented by Helen Kara, PhD (Copyright Helen Kara 2021)
15 May 2021 "Chronology of a Transnational Social Movement: Japanese American A-Bomb Survivors and their Community Newspaper (Rafu Shimpo)" presented by Gloria R. Montebruno Saller, Ph.D. (NCIS Research Grant recipient)
17 Apr 2021 "The Early 18th-Century Apocalypse: How the Unforeseen Actions of a Few People Forever Changed Our World of War, Plague, and Smallpox, " presented by Margaret DeLacy, PhD
24 March 2021 QuickFIRE Alt-Conference hosted by the Forum for Independent Research Endeavours (FIRE-UK), the British Partner Group of NCIS.
Dr Helen Ross, "Mind the Gap: understanding teachers’ and parents’
differing views of dyslexia-friendly practice in COVID-19 remote-learning."
Dr Jasmine Hazel Shadrack, "Black Metal, Trauma, Subjectivity and Sound:
Screaming the Abyss"
Dr Amanda Haste, "Refocusing Music & Identity: Challenges of Creating a
Monograph from a Musicological Thesis"
PODCAST: “PUBLISHING YOUR THESIS”
This podcast on “Publishing Your Thesis” is the result of an NCIS webinar featuring panellists Jess Farr-Cox (academic editor), Dr Lyle Skains (creative digital writer) and Dr Jasmine Shadrack (music sociologist).
The questions tackled in this podcast include:
whether to publishing your research as journal articles or as a book…or both!
the emotional effect of revisiting your thesis
the transition from thesis to book
when to reach out to a publisher
personal writing style: academic or narrative
digital vs. print publications
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----- ACCESS TO RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS -----
Access to research resources is a perennial issue for independent scholars. Becky Nicolaides' blog post "My Journey through the Research Access Crisis" is an excellent read on the subject.
https://csw.ucla.edu/2019/03/05/my-journey-through-the-research-access-crisis/
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----- ETHICAL APPROVAL FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS -----
We are frequently asked about ethical approval, and although we have not been able to offer this outrselves we are pleased to share this link to a post by Dr Helen Kara which will answer many of your questions.
https://helenkara.com/2020/07/22/research-ethics-for-independent-researchers/
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----- FREE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS -----
Free, virtual programs available from the UK-based Hay Festival (programme in British Summer Time). https://www.hayfestival.com/home
Free resources during the Covid epidemic: https://library.lasalle.edu/covidfree?fbclid=IwAR0Ygcv9OWUMHs9OMfc8Gl5ix-Xnpr3UV3cbkVrc3vKbkyBmH8wGVN4Fcd8
Project Muse: Open access https://about.muse.jhu.edu/muse/open-access-overview/
How to Thrive in Academia https://www.facultydiversity.org/fallaccess?fbclid=IwAR0Ygcv9OWUMHs9OMfc8Gl5ix-Xnpr3UV3cbkVrc3vKbkyBmH8wGVN4Fcd8
Women's History Month https://womenshistorymonth.gov/?fbclid=IwAR1iUvi_e-551q1dVsU7ZpZMtZAJ2r4QcAflRJvn_zHfw46o9pVDcf6i_hA
If there's a broken link, or you know of more free resources for indies, please email us on info@ncis.org.
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----- "STUDY BUDDY" PLATFORMS -----
To help you stay focused and achieve your research goals. Team up with one or more researchers for writing sessions:
FocusMate 50-minute 1-2-1 sessions. Can specify preferred gender of study partner. Up to 3 sessions per week for free. www.focusmate.com
MoocLab Study Buddy https://www.mooclab.club/study_buddy/
If you can recommend other platforms, please let us know on info@ncis.org.
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