Workshops on AIMS and Research Portal (Oct to Nov 2016)

The Library is pleased to arrange a series of AIMS and Research Portal workshops for researchers and postgraduate students. CUHK researchers... thumbnail 1 summary
The Library is pleased to arrange a series of AIMS and Research Portal workshops for researchers and postgraduate students. CUHK researchers and staff are all welcome to join the workshops. Interested postgraduate students are also welcome to attend.

Managing your Research Output in AIMS
AIMS is the new Academic Information Management System of CUHK. This workshop aims at demonstrating to you:
  • What is AIMS and its public interface Research Portal
  • The easy way to use AIMS for managing your research outputs
  • Significant features of Research Portal
20 Oct (Thu) 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Click here to register
25 Oct (Tue) 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Click here to register
22 Nov (Tue) 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Click here to register
28 Nov (Mon) 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon Click here to register

Archiving Research Outputs in AIMS’ Research Portal
There are lots of benefits in depositing the full text of your research outputs in AIMS that can be openly accessed in Research Portal. These include showcasing excellence of your research, increasing the chance of getting more citations for your output, more discoverable in the research community, etc. This workshop is to demonstrate:
  • The easy way of depositing the full text of your output
  • The right copy of full text that should be used for depositing
  • Ways of handling copyright issues that may arise
27 Oct (Thu) 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Click here to register
24 Nov (Thu) 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Click here to register
29 Nov (Tue) 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Click here to register

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing
As a new model of scholarly publishing, open access (OA) is widely discussed in the academic community. This workshop will introduce to you:
  • Concepts, types and importance of OA publishing model
  • Pros and cons of OA
  • OA and AIMS
  • Publishing in OA journals
18 Oct (Tue) 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Click here to register
21 Oct (Fri) 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Click here to register


Venue: ITSC Training Room 2, Pi Ch’iu Building (Room 103 + 105)
Medium of Instruction: Cantonese (English might be used if users require.)




Workshops on AIMS and Research Portal (Oct to Nov 2016)