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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read newspapers without access restrictions: The press databases Nexis Uni and Factiva (Coffee Lecture) | 28.05.2025 | 15 min | 60 / 60 |
| Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German) | 03.06.2025 | 75 min | 2 / 4 |
| How to choose a Creative Commons License for your publication (Coffee Lecture) | 04.06.2025 | 15 min | 60 / 60 |
| Search for historical images in the new E-Pics image archive (Coffee Lecture) | 11.06.2025 | 15 min | 60 / 60 |
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.