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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).

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.

Dr Marco Humbel from the University College London shows the infrastructural challenges faced by memory institutions with their massive digitised collections.

In homage to the architectural historian and photographer Hans-Peter B?rtschi, we celebrate a new photo book from the ETH Library and the complete digitisation of his photographic archive.

At the 17:15 Colloquium by the ETH Library, Dr Michael Ochsner will talk about the results from a decade of research on research quality in the social sciences and humanities and what the sciences can learn from it.

Save the date: The next Thomas Mann Lecture is going to explore Thomas Mann's work from a perspective that has so far received little attention: his mother's Brazilian origins and her connection to slavery and colonialism.

In the second semester of 2023, you can expect diverse topics such as writing with AI-based tools, the visualisation of research data or "Rock your Master's" ¨C a new event especially for Master's students.

Insects and plants collected over the course of more than 200 years highlight the importance of wildlife conservation ¨C the first exhibition at extract, the new exhibition space in the ETH main building.

The ETH Library is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its blog, ETHeritage. To mark the occasion, a public panel discussion on the topic of trends and future, titled ¡°Trends und Zukunft¡±, will be held in the ETH Zurich main building on Tuesday, 13 June at 5.00 p.m. Those interested in attending can do so either in person or online.

Join the Image Archive¡¯s very first Wikipedia writing workshop! It will take place online on Saturday, 03 June 2023, and the topic will be ETH portraits.

Between 17.15 and 18.45 on 16 May 2023, doctoral students will be given a compact overview of the ETH Library services relevant for their doctoral thesis.

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.

Will AI tools like ChatGPT fundamentally change the way we approach scientific texts? We will be discussing this question at the ETH Library¡¯s 17:15 Colloquium on 20 April 2023.

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.

How do you approach the digital transformation of a university? At the 17:15 Colloquium by the ETH Library, Dr Susanne Schumacher will show how this is being done at Zurich University of the Arts.

A workshop of the ETH Library for ETH Master¡¯s students.

At the 17:15 Colloquium on 28 October 2021, you will get an insight into the Lab's work as well as its challenges, learning experiences and successes. Be there and join the discussion!

Z¨¹rich liest presents comic book artist and author Matthias Gnehm with his graphic novel Das Quecksilbergem?lde, a crime thriller set in buildings designed by St¨¹cheli Architekten.

Take part in our webinar on 25 March 2021 and receive important basics about open-?access publishing.

At the one-hour warm-up on 3 March 2021, we will introduce you to the event format and also take the opportunity to discuss initial ideas for hackathon challenges with you.

Do you have questions about reference management with Mendeley or Zotero? Are you unsure whether Google is really sufficient for searching for new sources or would you like to know more about search strategies in map portals??