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On 10 September 2025, the ETH Library invites you to the sixth SYoS Lecture at ETH Zurich. Juan Pablo Alperin will speak on open metadata and collaborative research infrastructures.

How can data stewardship tasks be successfully shared? Dr. Sabina Keller and Dr. Lukas Hörtnagl (Grassland Sciences research group at D-USYS) provide some insights.

Join us on 13 November 2024 for the fifth lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS), hosted by ETH Library and University of Fribourg. Prof. Bart Thijs will discuss new approaches to assessing the quality of research.

The ETH Library converts your print materials and electronic documents into accessible PDF/UA formats.

Fundraising with SCOSS creates resources for Software Heritage and the Research Data Alliance  

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Rebecca Hochreutener and Dr. Marian Hertrich (BedrettoLab for Geosciences and Geoenergies, D-ERDW) in the fourth interview in the series on models of data stewardship at ETH Zurich.

We are delighted to welcome Professor Ludo Waltman on 24 April 2024, who will postulate a democratisation of the use of scientometrics in the fourth lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS).

The 1st Diamond Open Access Conference in Switzerland, organised as part of the PLATO project and with the participation of the ETH Library, will take place in March.

In collaboration between the ETH Library and  EPFL, the third lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS) will take place in Lausanne on 7 February 2024. Dr Elizabeth Gadd speaks about the challenges of research assessment in the context of open science.

The ETH Library is striving for a barrier-free environment. This is part of the ETH-wide programme "Barrier-free at ETH Zurich".

Do you use e-rara in your research or teaching? Thanks to our interfaces, you can access the data you need directly. Do you do research using e-rara? You can now use the IIIF viewers to view and compare digitised resources across platforms.

This conversation between PD Dr Jochen Klumpp (IT Services Group (ISG), D-HEST) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the third instalment in a series of interviews explaining the work of data stewards within the Data Stewardship Network and showcasing various data stewardship models at ETH Zurich.

The ETH Library offers a new 3D experience. Digitised 3D models of objects allow a new way to access the Collection of Scientific Instruments and Teaching Aids.

The following interview between Dr Giuliana Turi (ETH Sustainability, Office of the President) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the second in a series of interviews that take a closer look at the work of active data stewards in the Data Stewardship Network.

Dr Stefanie Haustein began the event series for the Swiss Year of Scientometrics on 7 June 2023 with her stimulating lecture on the opportunities and challenges of scientometrics. The content is available online.

The first lecture of the Swiss Year of Scientometrics (SYoS) will take place on 7 June 2023. Dr Stefanie Haustein will be giving an overview of the landscape of scientometrics and its recent developments.

The discussion between Professor Elizabeth Tilley, Lars Schöbitz (both D-MAVT, Global Health Engineering) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the first in a series highlighting the work of a pilot group of data stewards who are active in the Data Stewardship Network.

Is it really possible to measure research performance and the influence of scientific work objectively? The “Swiss Year of Scientometrics” (SYoS) shines a light on the limits and possibilities for scientometrics.

Whether for the management of research data, reproducible data analysis or the development of code scripts – the Data Stewardship Network opens up new opportunities for sharing data.

Join the Image Archive’s very first Wikipedia writing workshop! It will take place online on Saturday, 15 May 2021, and the topic will be ETH portraits.

Electronic and geo-referenced maps such as the “Baumkataster Basel-Stadt” (2020), the “Plan der Stadt Zürich nach Breitinger” (1867) and other maps are now available for use.