Jenny Ostrop

Position

Senior Academic Librarian, Research support, Library contact for mathematics and computer science

Affiliation

Short info

Library contact for Mathematics and Computer Science and part of the University Library research support group with expertise in Open Science and Research Data Management. Please find more information about the services under the tab ‘Research’. I have my office at the Science & Technology library.
Research

I am the library contact for mathematics and computer science, providing courses and guidance in information literacy, literature search, scholarly publishing, and reference management for students and researchers. You can ask for individual guidance ("book a librarian"), teaching classes from the library, send me an email with your request, or come to my office at the Science and Technology Library for a chat.

As part of the research support team, I provide guidance on Open Science, Research Data, and Research Data Management. We regularly provide courses, e.g. on Data Management Planning (DMP), FAIR and open research data, and reuse of research data. You can find upcoming courses in the calender or request a tailored course.
Please feel free to contact us at research-data@uib.no if you have questions or to arrange an appointment.

My PhD and postdoctoral research was in the field of cell- and molecular biology and immunology.

Teaching

I teach and provide training for students and researchers on different aspects of information literacy, reference management, Open Science practices, FAIR research data, and Research Data Management. Some of my presentations are available on Zenodo.

I am certified Software Carpentry instructor, which I teach at the UiB Library Digital Lab.

Publications
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2017
2016
2015

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Please see ORCID profile for complete list: 0000-0003-2752-8377

Projects

Leading the project Data Management Plans: Support package for Norwegian higher education libraries with support from the National Library (started October 2023).