@lib4ri.bsky.social
The joint library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain: Eawag, Empa, PSI & WSL
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
📝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
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
🚀 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/
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/...
🍂 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
Thank you likewise for collecting and preserving data for such a long time!
21.08.2025 10:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
❄️ 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...
📚 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...
Off on holiday? Don’t forget a good read!
Swing by our Swap Library – grab a book, leave a book, or just see what treasure you find. Novels, travel guide, nonfiction & more – all free to take & share!
Pictures from 1911 hydrobiology course
Happy August 1st from the library!
We're raising a toast to Swiss science — past and present.
These gems from a 1911 hydrobiology course are part fieldwork, part alpine postcard. Beer after sampling? Timeless. Fieldwork in a suit? Thankfully, not.
Last week, we made upgrades to the @eawag.bsky.social location of Lib4RI!
🖥️ Office space for our new team members
🚶More open user workspace
📖 Created new user reading lounge
We also have some additional upgrades planned for the new user space in the coming months. Wishes? Ideas? Contact us!
Don't forget to sign up for the RDM MOOCathon!
🎯 Perfect for:
✔️ Researchers passionate about open science
✔️ All with real RDM experience to share
✔️ Those curious about instructional design
Turn your experience into training materials to empower others!
#OpenScience #RDM #OpenEducation #OER
Two exciting events on one day! This talk will take place right after the first Swiss Open Academic Data #SOAD meeting.
If you are interested in #bibliometrics and #scientometrics, take your chance and join in with both: soad.ch/program-and-...
The library teams had a great time with the #biketowork #challenge2025! Altogether, we cycled more than 4,300km - roughly the distance from Zürich to Dakar, Senegal. Although the challenge is over - we keep on rolling!
For the final week, we embraced the theme: "fake it till you make it" - enjoy!
Thank you for your kind words @joannaball.bsky.social! For everybody who missed the presentation - or wants a re-cap - we have the slides available here: www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-searc...
02.07.2025 10:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We are looking forward to inspiring days at #LIBER2025 and hope to inspire people with our contriubution 'Integrating Open Access Information into the Library Discovery System'!
Missed the workshop? Find our slides here: www.lib4ri.ch/sites/defaul...
🔓 swissuniversities has signed a new Open Access agreement with Wiley through 2027. 🔓 Our researchers can now publish Open Access in all Wiley journals, incl. full Open Access journals. @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social
Read more: www.lib4ri.ch/new-open-acc...
Traditional peer review is anonymous and secretive.
Looking for alternatives? Try PubPeer — open, transparent post-publication peer review.
Anyone can comment, authors can respond.
Don’t miss the browser plugin for instant access while reading papers.
Scientific publishing often offers too little value for money?
IEEE: Hold my beer!
irony end
The creativity of publishers knows no end when it comes to publication charges.
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
This week, our cycling librarians shared the favorite part of their commute. As a research library, we actually do have scientific support that cycling as a team is beneficial. Check out this study: "Surprises in Cycling Aerodynamics" www.dora.lib4ri.ch/empa/islando...
19.05.2025 12:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
🚲 The library is pedalling into bike-to-work month at our main library location at @eawag.bsky.social . We're planning on sharing our bike adventure all month, so join us for the ride! Kicking off with the bikes that get us to work every day.
13.05.2025 07:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We will have the printed version available soon in our library in Birmensdorf - and can't wait to try out the hikes ourselves! 🥾⛰️
12.05.2025 08:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Do you have questions about AI in scientific publishing? Eawag is hosting Maggie Mills to talk about how AI tools are used in the editorial process, as well as the ethics of using AI as an author and/or peer reviewer. Learn more here: www.lib4ri.ch/talk-artific...
05.05.2025 15:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In August 2020, Konrad "Koni" Steffen tragically disappeared on the ice of Greenland.💔 A documentary at Kino Frame in Zürich offers an intimate tribute to Koni, revealing the brilliant scientist and the warm, thoughtful human being. 👉 frame.ch/de/movies/334 @wslresearch.bsky.social
16.04.2025 06:28 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0We are #hiring! Join our team as #DataSteward / #DataManager and engage in expanding our #RDM services in the #ETH domain for @eawag.bsky.social, @psich.bsky.social, Empa and @wslresearch.bsky.social. Find more info and the link to the full description below 👇
09.04.2025 12:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0#BreakingNews: Negotiations between Wiley and swissuniversities were discontinued on 31 March. Our #newsletter sums up implications and recommendations for our users at @eawag.bsky.social, Empa, @psich.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social
www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-updat...
Are you working with #metadata on research output and actively use open platforms as #OpenAlex, @openaire.bsky.social, @crossref.bsky.social or @orcid.org? Then don't miss the first workshop of #SOAD, the Swiss Open Academic Data community! #CallsforContributions is now open: soad.ch/call-for-con...
26.03.2025 08:03 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
The deck has spoken. New cards have appeared. Will you accept today's challenge? Join us for Digital Clean-up Day to help reduce emissions and cleanse your digital space. We'll be here all week with new suggestions.
13.03.2025 07:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There are no wild cards here — just another step towards digital zen and reduced emissions! Join us for Digital Clean-up Day to reduce your digital clutter and help the environment. We'll be posting suggestions all week.
12.03.2025 07:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
