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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · 23d

#OpenAccess = more visibility, more impact, more collaboration.

@ethz.ch published 𝟴𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 in 2023, more than other top global universities.

Planning to publish? The ETH Library can help you navigate funding, repositories and journal options: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Open Access: ETH Zurich leads the way globally

Thanks to its unique conditions, ETH Zurich is an international leader in terms of its share of open access publications, as analyses by the ETH Library show. This leads to greater visibility and stre...

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ResearchCollection: new look, new features

The migration of the Research Collection, @ethz.ch’s repository for #pulications and #ResearchData, is complete – and it comes with exciting improvements.

👉 Discover what's new: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#ethzurich #repository #research

ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 12

How can we make Swiss research output more visible and easier to find? Join the NAIV information event on 28 August.

🕓 4–5 p.m. | Online
👉 Register now: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#OpenScience #research

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 24

🧊 Deglaciation – surveying the ice

New #exhibition @ethz.ch showcases 150 years of #glacier research: from ancient myths and early measurements to today’s #ClimateScience.

📅 29.08.2025 – 12.07.2026
👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#glaciology #glaciers #zurich @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

Deglaciation – surveying the ice

The new exhibition at extract explores the long history of glacier research: from early myths and first measurements to modern glaciology at ETH Zurich.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨The Research Collection at @ethz.ch will be partially unavailable from 4 to 12 August 2025 due to a system upgrade.

✔️ What stays available: access to all published publications and research data.
❌ What’s affected: no new uploads, no corrections.

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#ethzurich

ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 18

Help shape #RDM training across the ETH Domain!
Join us for the #MOOCathon2025 – a 2-day #hackathon at @ethz.ch, 10–11 September.

🎯 Co-create engaging, open RDM learning modules
💰 Travel, stay & meals covered – plus up to CHF 200 bonus

Apply by end of July: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Help shape Research Data Management (RDM) Training for the ETH Domain at this year’s MOOCathon

Join us on 10 and 11 September 2025 at ETH Zurich for a two-day hackathon and help improve RDM skills across the ETH Domain.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 17

Swiss Open Academic Data Day
📅 10 Sept @ethz.ch

Talks + workshops + tools (OpenAlex, ORCID, Crossref & more)

👉 Limited spots available – register now: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#SOAD2025 #OpenScience #ETHZurich @snsf.ch

Swiss Open Academic Data Day (SOAD)

On 10 September 2025, researchers, data scientists and practitioners from all over Switzerland will meet to explore the potential and challenges of Open Academic Data.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔔 Join us at @ethz.ch on 10 Sept for a talk by Prof. Juan Pablo Alperin: “Building Community Infrastructure for Collaborative Metadata Enrichment”

Explore how COMET enables communities to enrich scholarly metadata openly and inclusively.

📅 10 Sept, 17:00–18:30

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Building Community Infrastructure for Collaborative Metadata Enrichment

On 10 September 2025, the ETH Library invites you to the sixth SYoS Lecture at ETH Zurich. Prof. Juan Pablo Alperin will speak on open metadata and collaborative research infrastructures.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 25

Free #OpenAccess publishing in Wiley journals for @ethz.ch
researchers – retroactively from Jan 1, 2025.

No fees. Full access. Maximum visibility: ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...

Thanks to ETH Library and swissuniversities.

#ETHZurich #Publishing #ResearchImpact

Publish Wiley articles open access at no cost

ETH members can publish open access with Wiley free of charge – retroactively from 1 January 2025.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 25

🏆 The winners of the #GenAIChallenge are awarded!

From medical training to note digitalisation – @ethz.ch staff and students showcased the power of generative #AI.

👏 Congrats to all: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#GenerativeAI #ETHZurich

GenAI Challenge: The most innovative ideas have been awarded

The ETH Library's GenAI Challenge has demonstrated the diverse ways in which generative AI is used at ETH Zurich and its potential.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Jun 4

#SNSF project approved? Congrats!

Now, get your 💰 faster with a solid data management plan.

We offer:
✅ Step-by-step help
✅ 1:1 advice & review
✅ ETH-specific templates

⚠️ Every @ethz.ch project needs a DMP – not just SNSF-funded ones.

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#ETHZurich @snsf.ch

SNSF project approved? The ETH Library helps with the data management plan

Has the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) accepted your project for funding? Then you need a Data Management Plan (DMP) now so the funds can be released.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · May 26

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹

Join our Coffee Lecture and discover how @ethz.ch members can use 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶 and 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮 to access newspapers and magazines from around the world.

📅 28.05.2025, 15.15 – 15.30
👉 No registration needed, just join online: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Coffee Lectures

In the series from November and December, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · May 21

📬 Jetzt anmelden für den neuen #Newsletter der ETH-Bibliothek!

Mit dem neuen Newsletter der ETH-Bibliothek informieren wir euch in regelmässigen Abständen über aktuelle Themen, Veranstaltungen und Angeboten der ETH-Bibliothek.

👉 Melde dich jetzt an: library.ethz.ch/ueber-uns.ht...

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · May 2

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁

We supports you in:
✅ Navigating funding options (e.g. SNSF, Horizon Europe)
✅ Fulfilling #OpenAccess & #OpenData requirements
✅ Creating #DataManagementPlans (DMPs)
✅ Publishing in line with FAIR principles

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/researchi...

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚀 Boost your #research with solid #DataManagement!

Join the @ethzurich.bsky.social Research Data Management #SummerSchool 2025 (2–6 June) for hands-on training in FAIR data, reproducibility and more.

👉 Register now: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#ETHZurich #OpenScience #FAIRData

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 17

𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀

💡 Through open dialogue, feedback and joint thinking, Sounding Boards bring the voices of our community directly into the ETH Library.

👉 Want to get involved? Reach out and become part of our Sounding Boards!

#ETHZurich #research @ethzurich.bsky.social

ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 14

Join our course "Designing effective scientific posters"!

Learn to
✅ craft clear messages
✅ design compelling posters
✅ pitch with confidence

📅 16.04.2025

👉https://library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-courses/courses/designing-effective-scientific-posters/details.11228o.html

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 9

From smarter literature searches to writing support – learn to use #AI efficiently and responsibly in your research and teaching.

Explore our latest services, tools and resources designed to support you in using AI for #research, #writing and #teaching.

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/ai-servic...

ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 4

More papers, more impact? The pressure to publish is growing, raising key questions for academia.

Join us on 17 June for expert insights on journal recommendations, peer review & more.

📍 @ethzurich.bsky.social

👉 Register by 25 May: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

#publishing #ethzurich

ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 27

📊 Want to analyse Swiss media systematically? Join the Swissdox@LiRI tutorial!

🗓 31 March 2025, 15.30 – 17.00
🔍 Learn to search, analyse & visualise news data

@ethzurich.bsky.social members enjoy free access to the Swissdox@LiRI with 24M+ articles.

👉Sign up now: library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Swissdox@LiRI-Tutorial: Search, analyse and visualise media systematically

In the tutorial on 31 March 2025 we will present the optimal use of Swissdox@LiRi.

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 21

🏋️‍♂️📚 Need top-tier #SportsScience & #medicine research? #SPORTDiscus with full text is now available at the ETH Library!

✅ Full-text access to leading journals
✅ Expert-curated indexing for precise searches
✅ Covers #fitness, #rehab, #SportsInjuries & more

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

SPORTDiscus: Literature for sports sciences and medicine

With the full-text database SPORTDiscus the ETH Library fills a gap in the provision of sports medicine literature

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 17

🚨 New articles on #SYoS & #TOBI in Qualität in der Wissenschaft 4/2024 🚨

Check out the latest issue focused on #bibliometrics with four articles on the #SwissYearOfScientometrics and TOBI projects.

👉 yearofscientometrics.ethz.ch/four-article...

#OpenAccess #ResearchAnalytics #ETHLibrary

4 articles on SYoS and TOBI published in Qualität in der Wissenschaft

The latest issue of Qualität in der Wissenschaft on bibliometrics features 4 articles on SYoS and the sister project TOBI

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 17

🆕 Expert help for your #SystematicReview.

Get advice on:
🔹Translating your research question into a precise #SearchStrategy
🔹Reviewing and improving existing search strategies
🔹Access to useful tools & resources
🔹Help obtaining full texts

👉 library.ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

@ethzurich.bsky.social

New! Expert Help for your systematic review

The ETH Library launches a new support service. Would you like to learn more about the systematic review process? Do you need support in developing or reviewing your search strategy?

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 10

For a deep dive, check out our web archive, where you can access the virtual commemorative publication ETHistory, covering the history of ETH Zurich, including the ETH Library: wayback.archive-it.org/20556/202303...

Hope this helps! Let us know if you have more questions. 😊

ETHistory - ETH-Bibliothek

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ETH Library @ethlibrary.bsky.social · Mar 10

The Wikipedia entry on the ETH Library also includes a section on its history: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH-Bib...

ETH-Bibliothek – Wikipedia

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