Lib4RI
@lib4ri.bsky.social
The joint library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain: Eawag, Empa, PSI & WSL
Happy to share the #SOAD Spring event: The @barcelonadori.bsky.social in #Switzerland!
Meet representatives of the first three Swiss signatories & learn about their motivation to sign and the measures planned and implemented!
🗓️11 March, 15:30 - 17:00
💻 Free & online via Zoom
📝Register via soad.ch
Meet representatives of the first three Swiss signatories & learn about their motivation to sign and the measures planned and implemented!
🗓️11 March, 15:30 - 17:00
💻 Free & online via Zoom
📝Register via soad.ch
SOAD
soad.ch
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Happy to share the #SOAD Spring event: The @barcelonadori.bsky.social in #Switzerland!
Meet representatives of the first three Swiss signatories & learn about their motivation to sign and the measures planned and implemented!
🗓️11 March, 15:30 - 17:00
💻 Free & online via Zoom
📝Register via soad.ch
Meet representatives of the first three Swiss signatories & learn about their motivation to sign and the measures planned and implemented!
🗓️11 March, 15:30 - 17:00
💻 Free & online via Zoom
📝Register via soad.ch
📣Exiting opportunity! 📣
Due to retirement, we are looking for a new head of the joint #Library for the Research Institutes within the #ETHDomain.
Learn more about the position, the library and the team on our website www.lib4ri.ch!
Spread the word among interested peers!
Due to retirement, we are looking for a new head of the joint #Library for the Research Institutes within the #ETHDomain.
Learn more about the position, the library and the team on our website www.lib4ri.ch!
Spread the word among interested peers!
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
📣Exiting opportunity! 📣
Due to retirement, we are looking for a new head of the joint #Library for the Research Institutes within the #ETHDomain.
Learn more about the position, the library and the team on our website www.lib4ri.ch!
Spread the word among interested peers!
Due to retirement, we are looking for a new head of the joint #Library for the Research Institutes within the #ETHDomain.
Learn more about the position, the library and the team on our website www.lib4ri.ch!
Spread the word among interested peers!
We just released our contributions for the #LoveDataWeek 2026! Our online coffee lectures go all around #reproducibility and smooth planning to accelarate your #research. Find our programme here: www.lib4ri.ch/love-data-we...
And see all Swiss contributions here: www.researchdatasupport.ch/lovedata
And see all Swiss contributions here: www.researchdatasupport.ch/lovedata
January 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We just released our contributions for the #LoveDataWeek 2026! Our online coffee lectures go all around #reproducibility and smooth planning to accelarate your #research. Find our programme here: www.lib4ri.ch/love-data-we...
And see all Swiss contributions here: www.researchdatasupport.ch/lovedata
And see all Swiss contributions here: www.researchdatasupport.ch/lovedata
🥳 The ETH Domain Data Management Campus is proud to announce the launch of its #openlearning modules and #educationalresources for #researchdatamanagement. 📝
To celebrate our launch, join us for the official online presentation this Thursday!
Learn more & register: www.lib4ri.ch/data-managem...
To celebrate our launch, join us for the official online presentation this Thursday!
Learn more & register: www.lib4ri.ch/data-managem...
Data Management Campus: Your new hub for research data skills | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
January 19, 2026 at 12:49 PM
🥳 The ETH Domain Data Management Campus is proud to announce the launch of its #openlearning modules and #educationalresources for #researchdatamanagement. 📝
To celebrate our launch, join us for the official online presentation this Thursday!
Learn more & register: www.lib4ri.ch/data-managem...
To celebrate our launch, join us for the official online presentation this Thursday!
Learn more & register: www.lib4ri.ch/data-managem...
#OpenScience, accessible to all, is crucial for scientific progress and for unrestricted and equal access to knowledge. Many thanks @eawag.bsky.social for your commitment!
Within the Swiss higher education landscape, Eawag has one of the highest proportions of scientific publications that are open access 📖📕
👉 https://www.eawag.ch/en/eawag-is-a-pioneer-in-open-access-to-its-research/
👉 https://www.eawag.ch/en/eawag-is-a-pioneer-in-open-access-to-its-research/
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
#OpenScience, accessible to all, is crucial for scientific progress and for unrestricted and equal access to knowledge. Many thanks @eawag.bsky.social for your commitment!
Our last newsletter for this year come with breaking news on #scholarlypublishing: as no mutually acceptable agreement with Springer Nature could be reached, Swiss libraries are preparing for a no-contract situation on 2026.
Read our full newsletter here: www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-updat...
Read our full newsletter here: www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-updat...
Lib4RI-Update #43: Preparing for a no-contract scenario with Springer Nature in 2026 | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
December 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our last newsletter for this year come with breaking news on #scholarlypublishing: as no mutually acceptable agreement with Springer Nature could be reached, Swiss libraries are preparing for a no-contract situation on 2026.
Read our full newsletter here: www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-updat...
Read our full newsletter here: www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-updat...
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#OpenAccess to scientific publications has become the norm. From 2027, the SNSF will be limiting its OA funding. Already in autumn 2026, researchers will be able to publish their articles free of charge on Open Research Europe (diamond open access).
➡️ sohub.io/7nru
➡️ sohub.io/7nru
December 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#OpenAccess to scientific publications has become the norm. From 2027, the SNSF will be limiting its OA funding. Already in autumn 2026, researchers will be able to publish their articles free of charge on Open Research Europe (diamond open access).
➡️ sohub.io/7nru
➡️ sohub.io/7nru
💎 Join the online workshop on sustainable funding for Diamond OA journals #CoDOA:
📅 Jan 16, 09:00-10:30 CET
Help shape the future of equitable scholarly publishing ✨
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/031daf...
#OpenScience #DiamondOA #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess
📅 Jan 16, 09:00-10:30 CET
Help shape the future of equitable scholarly publishing ✨
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/031daf...
#OpenScience #DiamondOA #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess
lnkd.in
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
💎 Join the online workshop on sustainable funding for Diamond OA journals #CoDOA:
📅 Jan 16, 09:00-10:30 CET
Help shape the future of equitable scholarly publishing ✨
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/031daf...
#OpenScience #DiamondOA #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess
📅 Jan 16, 09:00-10:30 CET
Help shape the future of equitable scholarly publishing ✨
Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/031daf...
#OpenScience #DiamondOA #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenAccess
🚫 Preparations for a no-deal with Sage in 2026
Negotiations between the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and Sage Publishing for a new Read & Publish agreement have not yet concluded. Preparations are underway for a no-deal situation from 1 Jan 2026.
Read more:
www.lib4ri.ch/sage-read-pu...
Negotiations between the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and Sage Publishing for a new Read & Publish agreement have not yet concluded. Preparations are underway for a no-deal situation from 1 Jan 2026.
Read more:
www.lib4ri.ch/sage-read-pu...
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🚫 Preparations for a no-deal with Sage in 2026
Negotiations between the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and Sage Publishing for a new Read & Publish agreement have not yet concluded. Preparations are underway for a no-deal situation from 1 Jan 2026.
Read more:
www.lib4ri.ch/sage-read-pu...
Negotiations between the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and Sage Publishing for a new Read & Publish agreement have not yet concluded. Preparations are underway for a no-deal situation from 1 Jan 2026.
Read more:
www.lib4ri.ch/sage-read-pu...
How could #datastewards deal #AIbots? #CCSignals might show a way towards a new social contract in the era of #AI.
Get a brief intro and share your thoughts in our #coffeelecture on 2 Dec, 13:300 - 14:00, online via Zoom: www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Get a brief intro and share your thoughts in our #coffeelecture on 2 Dec, 13:300 - 14:00, online via Zoom: www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
December 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
How could #datastewards deal #AIbots? #CCSignals might show a way towards a new social contract in the era of #AI.
Get a brief intro and share your thoughts in our #coffeelecture on 2 Dec, 13:300 - 14:00, online via Zoom: www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Get a brief intro and share your thoughts in our #coffeelecture on 2 Dec, 13:300 - 14:00, online via Zoom: www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
🚀 Launching the new Lib4RI Writing Lab! 🚀
The writing is a three-part series designed to build writing skills, confidence, and momentum by providing short intros to scientific reading, writing and reviewing, and work time. Take one or all three!
More information here: www.lib4ri.ch/writing-lab
The writing is a three-part series designed to build writing skills, confidence, and momentum by providing short intros to scientific reading, writing and reviewing, and work time. Take one or all three!
More information here: www.lib4ri.ch/writing-lab
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚀 Launching the new Lib4RI Writing Lab! 🚀
The writing is a three-part series designed to build writing skills, confidence, and momentum by providing short intros to scientific reading, writing and reviewing, and work time. Take one or all three!
More information here: www.lib4ri.ch/writing-lab
The writing is a three-part series designed to build writing skills, confidence, and momentum by providing short intros to scientific reading, writing and reviewing, and work time. Take one or all three!
More information here: www.lib4ri.ch/writing-lab
☕Missed our #CoffeeLecture on #CoARA and alternative #ResearchAssessment?
Find the recording and slides on our website:
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Find the recording and slides on our website:
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
☕Missed our #CoffeeLecture on #CoARA and alternative #ResearchAssessment?
Find the recording and slides on our website:
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Find the recording and slides on our website:
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
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📣We're thrilled to launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center, a joint initiative to foster biodiversity research & outreach at @eawag.bsky.social & @wslresearch.bsky.social.
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
WSL and Eawag Join Forces to Launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center
A joint strategic, interdisciplinary initiative to promote research and outreach in biodiversity science at WSL and Eawag.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📣We're thrilled to launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center, a joint initiative to foster biodiversity research & outreach at @eawag.bsky.social & @wslresearch.bsky.social.
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
🎤 Are you passionate about science? Show us! 😉
To mark the 20th anniversary of FameLab International, CERN is teaming up with FameLab to invite you to share your love for science and win fantastic prizes.
To mark the 20th anniversary of FameLab International, CERN is teaming up with FameLab to invite you to share your love for science and win fantastic prizes.
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‼️ACS Open Access Quota for 2025 now exhausted‼️Free of charge OA publishing will not be possible in 2025. #GreenOA is still possible.
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
ACS Open Access quota exhausted for 2025 | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
‼️ACS Open Access Quota for 2025 now exhausted‼️Free of charge OA publishing will not be possible in 2025. #GreenOA is still possible.
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
It takes practice to master a skill - including #scientificwriting. Why not having fun on the practice at the same time? The Journal of Imaginary Research is taking submissions until 5 December.
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It takes practice to master a skill - including #scientificwriting. Why not having fun on the practice at the same time? The Journal of Imaginary Research is taking submissions until 5 December.
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
Calling all colleagues at Swiss higher education institutions! How do you use data, code and software? Participate in the 2025 National Research Data Management Survey
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Calling all colleagues at Swiss higher education institutions! How do you use data, code and software? Participate in the 2025 National Research Data Management Survey
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
A #sneakpreview of our material for #OAWEEKCH25!
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A #sneakpreview of our material for #OAWEEKCH25!
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
📝Mark your calendar for #OAWEEKCH25, 20-26 Oct! Meet us at our information booths in your institute and make sure to join the keynote on 22 Oct: AI & Copyright - friends or foes?
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Lib4RI events during the Open Access Week 2025 | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📝Mark your calendar for #OAWEEKCH25, 20-26 Oct! Meet us at our information booths in your institute and make sure to join the keynote on 22 Oct: AI & Copyright - friends or foes?
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
We are more than proud to be part of #CoDOA-CH right from the start. Together with #Swiss #HEIs, SLSP and further, the goal is to push true #openaccess with a sustainable #funding scheme for #DiamondOpenAccess in #Switzerland.
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
News Archive • CoDOA
codoa.ch
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We are more than proud to be part of #CoDOA-CH right from the start. Together with #Swiss #HEIs, SLSP and further, the goal is to push true #openaccess with a sustainable #funding scheme for #DiamondOpenAccess in #Switzerland.
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
🚀 New eLearning launch: Data Management Campus 🚀
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚀 New eLearning launch: Data Management Campus 🚀
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
We were at the first Swiss Open Academic Data (SOAD) day! Our presentation evaluated differences between our institutional repository DORA and #OpenAlex. One conclusion for us: #Collaboration is the key!
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We were at the first Swiss Open Academic Data (SOAD) day! Our presentation evaluated differences between our institutional repository DORA and #OpenAlex. One conclusion for us: #Collaboration is the key!
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
🍂 We are back with our training series! All students, researches and staff at @eawag.bsky.social , @empa-materials.bsky.social , @psich.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social can book any of the 11 modules. Git? AI in research? Streamline your search? We got you covered:
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🍂 We are back with our training series! All students, researches and staff at @eawag.bsky.social , @empa-materials.bsky.social , @psich.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social can book any of the 11 modules. Git? AI in research? Streamline your search? We got you covered:
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
❄️ 65 Years of Avalanche Science – Now Openly Accessible ❄️
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
August 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
❄️ 65 Years of Avalanche Science – Now Openly Accessible ❄️
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
📚 Looking for a student job?
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
Hiring student assistant (20-40%) | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
August 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📚 Looking for a student job?
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...