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Research support
and the Research Commons
Research
Support services are expanding rapidly at the Library,
especially after the opening of the
Carnegie Research
Commons in 2011. This facility is equipped with computers,
workstations and seminar rooms, a video-conferencing facility as well as areas for discussion and
relaxation. The main aim of the Research Commons is to enhance the
Library's contribution to postgraduate through-put and research output
by providing a conducive environment for researchers, and offering
services which directly support research endeavours of postgraduate
students and researchers.
Two permanent staff members are situated in the Research Commons.
Marié Roux is the Manager: Research Support and Research Commons, a
position she helds from October 2014. In her previous position
as Librarian: Research Support, she was also situated in the Research Commons,
from January 2011 - September 2014. Before that she was responsible for
Quality Assurance and Management Information of the Library and
Information Service. Marié helds an Honours degree in Library and
Information Science and a MA degree in Afrikaans and Dutch Literature,
both received from Stellenbosch University.
Mymoena Londt was
appointed as Librarian: Research Support and Research Commons from 1
April 2015. She completed her undergraduate and honnours degrees in Library and
Information Science at the University of Western Cape. Her first
position as a librarian was as Library Assistant at SANS Fibres. She
then moved to the Education Policy Unit (EPU) where she was appointed as
an Assistant Librarian. In 2004 she started to work at UWC's Main
Library as the Multimedia Librarian and her love for technology within
Library and Information Science started to grow while being in this
position. Later she was appointed as Digital and Communications
Librarian at UWC. She is currently busy with her Masters level degree in
Information Technology (M.IT) offered by the Department of Information
Science at the University of Pretoria, funded by the Carnegie
Foundation.
Six student assistants
delivers a peer-to-peer service in the Research Commons, handling the
basic enquiries, helping with IT trouble shooting and some
administrative tasks. Librarians and student assistants assist clients
with referencing techniques; reference managers such a RefWorks and
Mendeley; advanced formatting in Microsoft Word; plagiarism; and any
other research related enquiries clients might have. Subject related
enquiries usualy will be referred to the specific faculty librarian.
The Writing Lab of the Language
Centre presents consultations in the Research Commons on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, which contribute to the aim of a holistic service to the
clients of the Research Commons. Clients are welcome to book for these
sessions in the Research Commons.
The division of Research
Support also offers Research Commons Workshops. Examples of workshops in
this series includes "An overview and comparison of free reference
managers"; "Tools and applications for research" and "Your research
footprint". Please consult the
Training and
Events Calendar for a full programme of workshops presented by the
Library.
The Carnegie Research Commons presents
regular Social Hours on a Friday afternoon with established researchers
as guest speakers. The next one will be presented as part of
Library
Research Week on Friday 15 May, 15:30-16:30.
Please register here
if you wish to attend.
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