Coffee Lectures: new knowledge in ten minutes

Get short input on tools and topics to assist your academic work.

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Get to know a new tool in our Coffee Lectures that assists you in your academic work or learn important tips and tricks on topics such as the research data life cycle, collaborative writing or open access.

How the Coffee Lectures work

Each session lasts ten minutes. You will receive concise, condensed information on a particular topic and have time to ask questions at the end. Just the right length of time to enjoy a coffee while you listen.

The online events will be held external page via Zoom at 3.15 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons from 3 February to 3 March 2020. Event language is English.

Registration is not required. For browser-based Zoom sessions, we recommend using Chrome.

Topics in February and March 2021

  • Open access: new funding opportunities 2021 – 3 February
  • Horizon Europe open-access requirements – 10 February
  • Discover swisscovery: a quick guide to order documents – 17 February
  • Bibliometrics and altmetrics – 24 February
  • Sustainable scientific scrapbooking with Typora – 3 March

Good to know: For many of the past Coffee Lectures, a recording and/or the slides of the presentations are available on our website.

New topics are welcome!

Do you have any questions about a tool or would you like more in-depth information on a topic related to information search, scientific writing and publishing or archiving? Send us your proposed topic to and we will see if it is suitable for a Coffee Lecture.

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