News and courses
All you need to know about the latest offers, acquisitions and services as well as upcoming events. You can read the latest news, search for stories in the archive or subscribe to our RSS feeds to make sure you never miss a thing.
Renovation work in the IFW building until the end of October
From mid-August to the end of October, renovation work will be carried out on the B floor of the IFW building. This will cause some noise in the GESS library.
Summer, sun and fun – let's head for the water!
Be ready as soon as the weather turns summery again: find your summer guide for outdoor activities on, in and around the water in the new Spotlight collection of the ETH Library.
Events
Our doors are open to everyone. Come see our exhibits, take one of our public tours, or plan a private tour of our archives or collections for groups of five or more. Researchers and science lovers are invited to attend our conferences and podium discussions.
Courses and workshops
We hold courses and workshops that are open to the public and cover topics such as information research, reference management and scientific writing as well as research data management and open access.
| Title | Date | Duration | No. Places available/total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German) | 06.08.2025 | 75 min | 4 / 4 |
| Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German) | 19.08.2025 | 75 min | 4 / 4 |
Blogs and social media
The ETH Library regularly updates different blogs with content from our collections, archives and holdings: from highlights from the archive to the latest results of crowdsourcing initiatives all the way to multimedia stories posted on the storytelling platform Explora.
On social media, we share our knowledge on a variety of different platforms – from Facebook to Instagram to YouTube – in order to promote dialogue both within and outside of ETH Zurich.