Projects

As an information service-provider, the ETH Library focuses on selected strategic fields. In doing so, it gears itself to the needs of the Swiss and international information and science community and society's increasing digitization.

Current projects (selection)

• Anatomical collection of domestic animal
  A look under the skin
• Digitisation project of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
  In-depth cataloguing and online presentation of the entire art holdings of the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
• e-maps02
  Development of an e-maps offering
• E-PICS3: Replacement of Cumulus Software
  Evaluation and introduction of new software to enable the continued use of E-Pics.
• Integration of the module "virtual reading room" (VRR)
  Providing online access to the archive content of participating archives with access to digital data and improved user management
• Introduction of digital literature lists with Leganto
  Leganto helps lecturers and course providers at ETH to compile literature and information resources quickly and clearly. The information in the literature lists is directly linked to Swisscovery and can be easily integrated into Moodle courses.
  
• Research Collection: Migration to DSpace 7
  Migration of the Research Collection publication platform to DSpace 7
• Scientometrics
  The Research Analytics Service Group establishes a one-​stop shop that maintains high-​quality bibliometric data and offers a wide range of bibliometric and altmetric services.
  
• Swiss Year of Scientometrics
  Within the scope of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS), a series of workshops and lectures on the responsible use of scientometrics will be held across Switzerland, along with a parallel awareness campaign. The project is funded by swissuniversities.
  
• TOBI
  Towards Open Bibliometric Indicators (TOBI) is a project aiming to assess the quality of open bibliometric data sources for scientometric analysis in Switzerland. The project is funded by swissuniversities.
• Vascular plant collection 2022–2024
  Digitisation and making the Meister collection freely accessible online