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📢 Deadline Extended!
Great news! You now have more time to register – the deadline has been extended to August 11, 2025!

Don't miss your chance to be part of this exciting opportunity.
🎟️ Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ntyPu4KSy1
💡 Everything you need to know: go.epfl.ch/moocathon

YouTube video by Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences National Prize for Open Research Data 2024: ENAC-IT4Research

Let’s continue to lead the way - submit your initiative or encourage your colleagues to apply by 31 July! 🚀
memento.epfl.ch/event/nation...

⚙️ Our Research Data Management team is available to support you with expert review and feedback on your application.

🤝 Join us for two energizing days of collaboration and creativity to help shape how open RDM training is built across the ETH Domain!

🎟️ Apply now – spots are limited: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ntyPu4KSy1

All information here: go.epfl.ch/moocathon

🏆 National ORD Prize 2025 – Applications Now Open!
This award celebrates initiatives that foster openness, reproducibility, and the reuse of research data.

📅 Apply by 31 July 2025.
❔Need support? We provide application feedback.
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“Where is the money going?”💸
This morning at #LIBER2025, Lorenza Salvatori and Lorenzo Di Sopra presented their insightful study on the evaluation of Open Access publishing costs at EPFL.

Interested in the data and analysis? 📊💬
Vist our dedicated webpage: www.epfl.ch/campus/libra...

In 2024, the libraries of EPFL and UNIGE joined forces to launch the “Journée romande des formateur·trices en bibliothèque”.

Today at #LIBER2025, Elodie Schwob, Miriam Petrilli, and Vincenzo Palatella are proud to present a poster showcasing the journey behind this collaborative success. 🚀📚

This morning at #LIBER2025, Miriam Petrilli delivered a powerful presentation on "Adapting Infosphere: Leveraging an OER Information Literacy Platform".

A great showcase of how open educational resources can transform the way we teach and support information literacy. 👏📚 infosphere.epfl.ch

We’re thrilled to join #LIBER2025, hosted by our neighbors at BCU Lausanne! Let’s make the most of the next three days to engage, collaborate, and innovate - libraries driving solutions to global challenges. 🌍📚

@libereurope.bsky.social
@ebcul.bsky.social

Read & Publish agreement with Wiley 2025-2027 As part of the Swiss national strategy on Open Access, swissuniversities, on behalf of the Swiss Higher Education Institutions, and Wiley signed a second Read & Publish agreement (2025-2027), cove...

✍️ As part of the Swiss national strategy on Open Access, swissuniversities, on behalf of the Swiss Higher Education Institutions, and Wiley signed a second Read & Publish agreement (2025-2027), covering Wiley's entire journal portfolio.

Find out more ➡️ actu.epfl.ch/news/read-pu...

📢 Notre rapport annuel est en ligne!

Cette nouvelle édition met en lumière une année riche en projets et en engagements au service de notre mission : accompagner les étudiant·es, les enseignant·es et les chercheur·es dans la production et le partage des savoirs.

Bonne lecture : go.epfl.ch/ra2024

U.S. Hosted Repositories and Datasets [June 2025] Recent political developments in the United States have led to the restriction or removal of access to several datasets hosted on U.S. government platforms. Since early 2025, thousands of ...

Potential risks have emerged regarding access to datasets hosted on U.S. government platforms. No issues at EPFL, but researchers are encouraged to adopt good practices for sustainable data access. Especially important for sensitive or reproducibility-critical data.
go.epfl.ch/us-hosted-repo

🎤 Live from #OpenRepos2025 in Chicago!

Julien Sicot and Jorge Rodrigues de Matos are presenting the recent evolution of EPFL’s institutional repository - Infoscience, including new automation features for data import.

#OpenScience #InstitutionalRepository #EPFL

Retour en images sur la rencontre professionnelle "Dépôts institutionnels et données académiques ouvertes". Un immense merci à nos intervenants de qualité : Simon Willemin, Gaël Bernard et Julien Sicot 👏 et à tous les participant·es pour votre présence, votre curiosité et vos échanges.

✍️Make sure your work is original and properly cited!

Join our in-person workshop to understand how to cite correctly, and use tools like iThenticate to check your work before submission.

🗓 Thursday, June 26, 2025
🕤 09:30–11:00
📍 MED 0 1418, EPFL
🔗 Register: bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_libr...

💾 Comment passer d’un dépôt institutionnel à un CRIS ouvert, conciliant pilotage et valorisation des données ?

Prenez part à la rencontre « Dépôts institutionnels & données ouvertes » pour découvrir l'exemple d'Infoscience.

📅 12 juin
📍 Campus EPFL
🔗 En savoir plus : memento.epfl.ch/event/depots...

📚 New to reference management? Get Up to Speed with Zotero!
Join our online workshop and learn how to collect, organize, and cite your bibliographic references effortlessly.

🗓 Thursday, June 19, 2025
🕤 09:30–11:30 (Zoom only)
🎟 1 seat left!
🔗 Register: bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_libr...

📂 Quel rôle jouent les dépôts institutionnels et données académiques ouvertes dans l’analyse des données à l’EPFL ?

Assistez à la rencontre « Dépôts institutionnels et données ouvertes » pour en savoir plus.

📅 Jeudi 12 juin
📍 Campus EPFL
🔗 Informations : memento.epfl.ch/event/depots...

📊 Comment évaluer la qualité des bases de données académiques globales ?

Rejoignez-nous lors de la rencontre professionnelle « Dépôts institutionnels et données académiques ouvertes » pour échanger sur le sujet.

📅 Jeudi 12 juin
📍 Campus EPFL
🔗 En savoir plus : memento.epfl.ch/event/depots...

📢 Professionnel·les de l’Open Science, de la bibliométrie ou des dépôts institutionnels ?

📆 Réfléchissons ensemble au rôle des dépôts institutionnels et des bases académiques globales dans le pilotage et la valorisation de la recherche suisse.

Infos et inscription : memento.epfl.ch/event/depots...

🎓 PhD students: publish your thesis the right way!
Copyrights, images, previous publications, open access…
The guide “Publishing your thesis while respecting copyright” helps you navigate it all.

📘 Clear, practical, essential → go.epfl.ch/publishing-t...

#PhDLife #Copyright #Thesis #EPFLibrary

🔍 Stay Away from Plagiarism
📅 15 May 2025 | 🕤 09:30–11:00
💻 Online via Zoom
⚠️ Only 5 spots left!

This hands-on workshop will guide you through common citation scenarios and help you avoid unintentional plagiarism in your thesis, articles, or reports.

📌 Secure your place now: go.epfl.ch/training

Research Data Lunch Talk - 15th meeting - Open Data and Open Source: Ensuring Longevity Beyond the Project The 15th event of the Research Data Lunch Talks entitled “Open Data and Open Source: Ensuring Longevity Beyond the Project”, took place on February 13th, 2025. Open to everyone interested, to connect ...

🍽️💬 Last February we welcomed Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Denis Gillet, Luc Patiny and Jean-François Molinari talking about ensuring longevity beyond the project with Open Data and Open Source.

The slides are available in Infoscience : infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/pub...

Thousands of documents available through SciTech Premium Collection The “SciTech Premium Collection” enhances the “Materials Science & Engineering” database, which is already accessible online via the EPFL Library’s BEAST catalog.

📢 New Resource Alert

The SciTech Premium Collection is now accessible via the EPFL Library’s BEAST catalog. It significantly expands the Materials Science & Engineering database, offering thousands of additional full-text documents in science and technology.

Read more: actu.epfl.ch/news/thousan...

Discontinuation of negotiations with Wiley: No deal situation The negotiations between swissuniversities and the publisher Wiley, which have been ongoing since early 2024, have not concluded in an acceptable Read & Publish agreement that could satisfy all co...

The negotiations between swissuniversities and Wiley have not concluded in an acceptable Read & Publish agreement that could satisfy all conditions while meeting swissuniversities' requirements.
This no deal has several implications for members of EPFL community.

🔍 How can you ensure privacy, compliance, and sustainability in Research Data?

Join our training to explore anonymization techniques, GDPR & Swiss law compliance, and ethical data practices.

📅 April 10, 2025 | ⏰ 15:00–16:30 |📍Online

Secure your spot now! 🔗 bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_libr...

🔬 Smart Publishing: Make your Research count!

Want to publish with confidence? Join our Smart Publishing online training to navigate peer-review, Open Access, and author rights.

📅 April 7, 2025 | ⏰ 10:00–12:00 | 📍Online

Register now: bookwhen.com/epfl_library...

🧑‍💻 Struggling with Research Data organization?

Join our online training session to:
✅ Improve file & folder naming
✅ Use metadata for better management
✅ Document data for reproducibility

🗂️ Don’t let disorganized data slow you down - streamline your workflow with us : bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_libr...

EPFL Open Science invites you to "Open Research Data: Legal Limits and Design Options" with Prof. Dr. Florent Thouvenin.

📅 Date: March 17, 2025
📍 Where: Online
ℹ️ Learn more: memento.epfl.ch/event/open-r...

Do not miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of Open Research Data! 🚀

Boost your Data Management Plan skills & ensure compliance with funders’ requirements! This in-person training covers:

✅ Hands-on DMP implementation
✅ Open Data & eligible costs guidance
✅ Peer exchanges & expert Q&A

💡Basic RDM knowledge recommended
🔗 Register now : bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_libr...

EPFL reveals key trends and challenges in Research Data Management EPFL has released the results of its 2023 Research Data Management (RDM) survey, providing key insights into how researchers manage their data and code. Conducted by the EPFL Library RDM team, this bi...

We have just published a report shedding light on 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗥𝗗𝗠) 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 EPFL, highlighting areas for improvement, such as:

🔹 Strengthening infrastructure for data storage
🔹 Increasing awareness of best practices through training
🔹 Providing clearer guidance on documentation