Lib4RI
@lib4ri.bsky.social
The joint library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain: Eawag, Empa, PSI & WSL
☕Missed our #CoffeeLecture on #CoARA and alternative #ResearchAssessment?
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Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
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Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
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November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
☕Missed our #CoffeeLecture on #CoARA and alternative #ResearchAssessment?
Find the recording and slides on our website:
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Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
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Next: No Deal, No Problem? - Strategies for Reaching Negotiation Goals with Scholarly Publishers.
02 December, 13:30
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📣We're thrilled to launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center, a joint initiative to foster biodiversity research & outreach at @eawag.bsky.social & @wslresearch.bsky.social.
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
WSL and Eawag Join Forces to Launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center
A joint strategic, interdisciplinary initiative to promote research and outreach in biodiversity science at WSL and Eawag.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📣We're thrilled to launch the WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center, a joint initiative to foster biodiversity research & outreach at @eawag.bsky.social & @wslresearch.bsky.social.
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
The Center is all about connecting people, sharing ideas, & building collaborations.
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-...
🎤 Are you passionate about science? Show us! 😉
To mark the 20th anniversary of FameLab International, CERN is teaming up with FameLab to invite you to share your love for science and win fantastic prizes.
To mark the 20th anniversary of FameLab International, CERN is teaming up with FameLab to invite you to share your love for science and win fantastic prizes.
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‼️ACS Open Access Quota for 2025 now exhausted‼️Free of charge OA publishing will not be possible in 2025. #GreenOA is still possible.
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
ACS Open Access quota exhausted for 2025 | Lib4RI
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October 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
‼️ACS Open Access Quota for 2025 now exhausted‼️Free of charge OA publishing will not be possible in 2025. #GreenOA is still possible.
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
www.lib4ri.ch/acs-open-acc...
Negotiations for 2026 are ongoing. Curious about the background? Join our coffee lecture on 2 Dec! www.lib4ri.ch/coffee-lectu...
It takes practice to master a skill - including #scientificwriting. Why not having fun on the practice at the same time? The Journal of Imaginary Research is taking submissions until 5 December.
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It takes practice to master a skill - including #scientificwriting. Why not having fun on the practice at the same time? The Journal of Imaginary Research is taking submissions until 5 December.
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
Get inspiration - and a good laugh - from earlier issues!
Calling all colleagues at Swiss higher education institutions! How do you use data, code and software? Participate in the 2025 National Research Data Management Survey
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Calling all colleagues at Swiss higher education institutions! How do you use data, code and software? Participate in the 2025 National Research Data Management Survey
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su...
Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...
A #sneakpreview of our material for #OAWEEKCH25!
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A #sneakpreview of our material for #OAWEEKCH25!
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
Meet us in your institute and make sure to attend David Rosenthal's keynote "AI & copyright: friends or foes?"
All details here:
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social
📝Mark your calendar for #OAWEEKCH25, 20-26 Oct! Meet us at our information booths in your institute and make sure to join the keynote on 22 Oct: AI & Copyright - friends or foes?
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
Lib4RI events during the Open Access Week 2025 | Lib4RI
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September 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📝Mark your calendar for #OAWEEKCH25, 20-26 Oct! Meet us at our information booths in your institute and make sure to join the keynote on 22 Oct: AI & Copyright - friends or foes?
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
www.lib4ri.ch/OAweek2025
@eawag.bsky.social @empa-materials.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
We are more than proud to be part of #CoDOA-CH right from the start. Together with #Swiss #HEIs, SLSP and further, the goal is to push true #openaccess with a sustainable #funding scheme for #DiamondOpenAccess in #Switzerland.
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
News Archive • CoDOA
codoa.ch
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We are more than proud to be part of #CoDOA-CH right from the start. Together with #Swiss #HEIs, SLSP and further, the goal is to push true #openaccess with a sustainable #funding scheme for #DiamondOpenAccess in #Switzerland.
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
All #Scientists are welcome join today: codoa.ch/news/#id=94
🚀 New eLearning launch: Data Management Campus 🚀
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚀 New eLearning launch: Data Management Campus 🚀
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
The #DataManagementCampus launched its first set of #eLearning modules to help you with your #RDM - covering #organizing, #versioning and #publishing of #researchdata
Find this and more here:
open-research-data-portal.ch/training/
We were at the first Swiss Open Academic Data (SOAD) day! Our presentation evaluated differences between our institutional repository DORA and #OpenAlex. One conclusion for us: #Collaboration is the key!
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We were at the first Swiss Open Academic Data (SOAD) day! Our presentation evaluated differences between our institutional repository DORA and #OpenAlex. One conclusion for us: #Collaboration is the key!
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
Find our and more presentations here: zenodo.org/communities/...
🍂 We are back with our training series! All students, researches and staff at @eawag.bsky.social , @empa-materials.bsky.social , @psich.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social can book any of the 11 modules. Git? AI in research? Streamline your search? We got you covered:
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
September 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🍂 We are back with our training series! All students, researches and staff at @eawag.bsky.social , @empa-materials.bsky.social , @psich.bsky.social and @wslresearch.bsky.social can book any of the 11 modules. Git? AI in research? Streamline your search? We got you covered:
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
www.lib4ri.ch/trainings
❄️ 65 Years of Avalanche Science – Now Openly Accessible ❄️
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
August 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
❄️ 65 Years of Avalanche Science – Now Openly Accessible ❄️
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
Lib4RI has digitised 700+ historical #snow and #avalanche reports from @slfdavos.bsky.social , covering 1938–2005.
This collection preserves valuable data and supports future advances in mountain safety!
www.lib4ri.ch/65-years-sno...
📚 Looking for a student job?
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
Hiring student assistant (20-40%) | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
August 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
📚 Looking for a student job?
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
We're hiring a Student Assistant (20–40%) to support metadata, publications, and digitization tasks
✅ Flexible workload
✅ International environment
✅ Great experience in information management
Interested? Apply now: www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-stude...
Off on holiday? Don’t forget a good read!
Swing by our Swap Library – grab a book, leave a book, or just see what treasure you find. Novels, travel guide, nonfiction & more – all free to take & share!
Swing by our Swap Library – grab a book, leave a book, or just see what treasure you find. Novels, travel guide, nonfiction & more – all free to take & share!
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Off on holiday? Don’t forget a good read!
Swing by our Swap Library – grab a book, leave a book, or just see what treasure you find. Novels, travel guide, nonfiction & more – all free to take & share!
Swing by our Swap Library – grab a book, leave a book, or just see what treasure you find. Novels, travel guide, nonfiction & more – all free to take & share!
Happy August 1st from the library!
We're raising a toast to Swiss science — past and present.
These gems from a 1911 hydrobiology course are part fieldwork, part alpine postcard. Beer after sampling? Timeless. Fieldwork in a suit? Thankfully, not.
We're raising a toast to Swiss science — past and present.
These gems from a 1911 hydrobiology course are part fieldwork, part alpine postcard. Beer after sampling? Timeless. Fieldwork in a suit? Thankfully, not.
August 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Happy August 1st from the library!
We're raising a toast to Swiss science — past and present.
These gems from a 1911 hydrobiology course are part fieldwork, part alpine postcard. Beer after sampling? Timeless. Fieldwork in a suit? Thankfully, not.
We're raising a toast to Swiss science — past and present.
These gems from a 1911 hydrobiology course are part fieldwork, part alpine postcard. Beer after sampling? Timeless. Fieldwork in a suit? Thankfully, not.
Last week, we made upgrades to the @eawag.bsky.social location of Lib4RI!
🖥️ Office space for our new team members
🚶More open user workspace
📖 Created new user reading lounge
We also have some additional upgrades planned for the new user space in the coming months. Wishes? Ideas? Contact us!
🖥️ Office space for our new team members
🚶More open user workspace
📖 Created new user reading lounge
We also have some additional upgrades planned for the new user space in the coming months. Wishes? Ideas? Contact us!
July 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Last week, we made upgrades to the @eawag.bsky.social location of Lib4RI!
🖥️ Office space for our new team members
🚶More open user workspace
📖 Created new user reading lounge
We also have some additional upgrades planned for the new user space in the coming months. Wishes? Ideas? Contact us!
🖥️ Office space for our new team members
🚶More open user workspace
📖 Created new user reading lounge
We also have some additional upgrades planned for the new user space in the coming months. Wishes? Ideas? Contact us!
Don't forget to sign up for the RDM MOOCathon!
🎯 Perfect for:
✔️ Researchers passionate about open science
✔️ All with real RDM experience to share
✔️ Those curious about instructional design
Turn your experience into training materials to empower others!
#OpenScience #RDM #OpenEducation #OER
🎯 Perfect for:
✔️ Researchers passionate about open science
✔️ All with real RDM experience to share
✔️ Those curious about instructional design
Turn your experience into training materials to empower others!
#OpenScience #RDM #OpenEducation #OER
🤝 Join us for two energizing days of collaboration and creativity to help shape how open RDM training is built across the ETH Domain!
🎟️ Apply now – spots are limited: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ntyPu4KSy1
All information here: go.epfl.ch/moocathon
🎟️ Apply now – spots are limited: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ntyPu4KSy1
All information here: go.epfl.ch/moocathon
July 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don't forget to sign up for the RDM MOOCathon!
🎯 Perfect for:
✔️ Researchers passionate about open science
✔️ All with real RDM experience to share
✔️ Those curious about instructional design
Turn your experience into training materials to empower others!
#OpenScience #RDM #OpenEducation #OER
🎯 Perfect for:
✔️ Researchers passionate about open science
✔️ All with real RDM experience to share
✔️ Those curious about instructional design
Turn your experience into training materials to empower others!
#OpenScience #RDM #OpenEducation #OER
Two exciting events on one day! This talk will take place right after the first Swiss Open Academic Data #SOAD meeting.
If you are interested in #bibliometrics and #scientometrics, take your chance and join in with both: soad.ch/program-and-...
If you are interested in #bibliometrics and #scientometrics, take your chance and join in with both: soad.ch/program-and-...
July 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Two exciting events on one day! This talk will take place right after the first Swiss Open Academic Data #SOAD meeting.
If you are interested in #bibliometrics and #scientometrics, take your chance and join in with both: soad.ch/program-and-...
If you are interested in #bibliometrics and #scientometrics, take your chance and join in with both: soad.ch/program-and-...
The library teams had a great time with the #biketowork #challenge2025! Altogether, we cycled more than 4,300km - roughly the distance from Zürich to Dakar, Senegal. Although the challenge is over - we keep on rolling!
For the final week, we embraced the theme: "fake it till you make it" - enjoy!
For the final week, we embraced the theme: "fake it till you make it" - enjoy!
July 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The library teams had a great time with the #biketowork #challenge2025! Altogether, we cycled more than 4,300km - roughly the distance from Zürich to Dakar, Senegal. Although the challenge is over - we keep on rolling!
For the final week, we embraced the theme: "fake it till you make it" - enjoy!
For the final week, we embraced the theme: "fake it till you make it" - enjoy!
We are looking forward to inspiring days at #LIBER2025 and hope to inspire people with our contriubution 'Integrating Open Access Information into the Library Discovery System'!
Missed the workshop? Find our slides here: www.lib4ri.ch/sites/defaul...
Missed the workshop? Find our slides here: www.lib4ri.ch/sites/defaul...
July 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We are looking forward to inspiring days at #LIBER2025 and hope to inspire people with our contriubution 'Integrating Open Access Information into the Library Discovery System'!
Missed the workshop? Find our slides here: www.lib4ri.ch/sites/defaul...
Missed the workshop? Find our slides here: www.lib4ri.ch/sites/defaul...
🔓 swissuniversities has signed a new Open Access agreement with Wiley through 2027. 🔓 Our researchers can now publish Open Access in all Wiley journals, incl. full Open Access journals. @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social
Read more: www.lib4ri.ch/new-open-acc...
Read more: www.lib4ri.ch/new-open-acc...
New Open Access Agreement between swissuniversities and Wiley (2025-2027) | Lib4RI
www.lib4ri.ch
June 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🔓 swissuniversities has signed a new Open Access agreement with Wiley through 2027. 🔓 Our researchers can now publish Open Access in all Wiley journals, incl. full Open Access journals. @wslresearch.bsky.social @eawag.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social
Read more: www.lib4ri.ch/new-open-acc...
Read more: www.lib4ri.ch/new-open-acc...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Traditional peer review is anonymous and secretive.
Looking for alternatives? Try PubPeer — open, transparent post-publication peer review.
Anyone can comment, authors can respond.
Don’t miss the browser plugin for instant access while reading papers.
Looking for alternatives? Try PubPeer — open, transparent post-publication peer review.
Anyone can comment, authors can respond.
Don’t miss the browser plugin for instant access while reading papers.
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Scientific publishing often offers too little value for money?
IEEE: Hold my beer!
irony end
The creativity of publishers knows no end when it comes to publication charges.
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
IEEE: Hold my beer!
irony end
The creativity of publishers knows no end when it comes to publication charges.
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
bibliotheek.ehb.be
May 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Scientific publishing often offers too little value for money?
IEEE: Hold my beer!
irony end
The creativity of publishers knows no end when it comes to publication charges.
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
IEEE: Hold my beer!
irony end
The creativity of publishers knows no end when it comes to publication charges.
bibliotheek.ehb.be:2580/repository-l...
This week, our cycling librarians shared the favorite part of their commute. As a research library, we actually do have scientific support that cycling as a team is beneficial. Check out this study: "Surprises in Cycling Aerodynamics" www.dora.lib4ri.ch/empa/islando...
May 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This week, our cycling librarians shared the favorite part of their commute. As a research library, we actually do have scientific support that cycling as a team is beneficial. Check out this study: "Surprises in Cycling Aerodynamics" www.dora.lib4ri.ch/empa/islando...