IT Department Conducts Usage of Mendeley Software Workshop
On 2nd May 2023, the IT Department organized a workshop titled "Usage of Mendeley Software to Cite References in the Manuscript or Research Article" at the university campus. The workshop aimed to introduce the participants to Mendeley software and its usefulness in organizing research, collaborating online with others, and discovering the latest research. The resource speaker for the workshop was Dr. Kondaiah Seku, a faculty member from UTAS – Shinas, the College of Engineering. He demonstrated how the software can be used to manage citations, import papers from other research software easily, find relevant papers based on the researcher's reading, and automatically generate bibliographies. The workshop had a total of 33 attendees, consisting of 20 staff members from the IT department. The IT Staff Professional Development Committee (SPDC) organized and facilitated the online training.