An Afternoon with Barry Blight

and also mike nason, open scholarship & publishing librarian

Introductions

Research Data

Open Science

Less-Open Science

The Hustle

Introductions

i don't suppose you'd tell us a little about where you're from, where you've been, and how you ended up in the chemistry dept. at unb?

• why chemistry?
• your career in a nutshell.
• why unb?
• can you tell us about a few cool things you're working on?

Toe-to-tip

could you walk us through the lifecycle of a research project? from conception to grants, through to publication?

• what makes you tackle a research idea?
• to grant or not to grant?
• what's the lab up to?
• relationship with the research office?

Open Science

when you're sharing your work, how do you decide what you do or do not want to make open access?

• what kinds of work do you share?
• do you use open science in your research?
• why does open science matter?

Publishing

• how did you learn about publishing?
• how do you decide where to publish?
• how have your feelings changed over time?

• do you always publish your work open access?
• do your opinions on publishing differ from your colleagues?
• can you explain student co-authoring?

Research Data

you use our data repository a whole lot!

• what research data do you share?
• why do you share it?

• what don't you share?
• what is your lab's approach to recording, storing, and sharing research data?

The Hustle

can you tell us a little about managing your career, assessment, and how you feel about the phrase "research impact"?

• have your feelings about these things changed over your career?

Advice

tell it to us straight. if you could give bright-eyed and bushy tailed grad students advice at this point in their career, what two-three things would you tell them?

is this idiot useful? helpful?

Also...

Turning Tables

barry, would you like to underhand mike some very chill questions so that he may shamelessly self-promote?

• how can mike help grad students?
• how can mike help navigate OA, ORCiD, and data management...

Thanks!

are there any questions? vibes to share?

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