📢Talk: What 400 Drosophila papers tell us about reproducibility
By Bruno Lemaitre - Full professor, Global Health Institute, EPFL
💎 This session is part of our 20th Lunch Talks "Rethinking Open Access: Diamond OA and alternative publishing paths"
🎫 Register: https://go.epfl.ch/LT20
ℹ️ Full details: https://memento.epfl.ch/event/20th-lunch-talks-rethinking-open-access-diamond--2/
🧬 Calling all PhD students in Life Sciences at EPFL: there are still places available in our Research Data Management course!
🔎 What will you learn?
Apply best practices for research data management in Life Sciences.
Organize, document and store your data efficiently.
Understand data sharing, reproducibility, FAIR principles and Open Science requirements.
Develop a Data Management Plan tailored to your research project.
🔐 Ethical data management is more than compliance. It's about protecting privacy, ensuring research integrity, and building trust in science. Join our short training to learn ethical data management practices and anonymization techniques that help you collaborate confidently and meet data protection requirements.
📝 Register: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-swksv-20261105150000
🚀 PLUME is back, powered by open source.
Following a major modernization project, the EPFL Library’s platform for digitized heritage collections is now fully operational on Omeka S, an open-source solution aligned with our commitment to Open Science.
🔗 Rediscover PLUME: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/open-source-software-to-power-plume/
#EPFLLibrary #OpenScience #OpenSource #DigitalHeritage #DigitalCollections #Libraries #ResearchInfrastructure
🎃 Your worst academic nightmare? Unintentional plagiarism!
This spooky season, don't let citation mistakes, accidental plagiarism, or improper use of sources come back to haunt your work. 👻
Join our training session and learn practical strategies to cite with confidence, use sources correctly, and keep your writing academically sound.
Register: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-srfyp-20261102140000
Planning your next Open Access publication?
🤝 Our Scientific Publishing Support team is here to help with tailored guidance and funding opportunities.
Through the EPFL Library's Gold Open Access Fund, we provide financial support for publications in fully Open Access journals, books, and conference proceedings.
💡Learn more: https://www.epfl.ch/campus/library/services-researchers/gold-open-access-financiel-support/
No fees for readers. No fees for authors. That's the promise of Diamond Open Access 💎
Discover DOACH and CoDOA, two new Swiss initiatives working to strengthen and sustain this publishing model: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/two-new-initiatives-supporting-diamond-open-access/
💎 What’s next for Open Access?
This Open Access Week, get a sneak peek at the theme of our next Lunch Talks: “Rethinking Open Access: Diamond OA & alternative publishing paths.”
📅 Save the date! The full program is coming soon, and registration is already open: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-sqmmn-20261203121500
To help you make sense of Open Access, copyright, publishing agreements, and more, we've developed a series of concise Fast Guides covering key aspects of scholarly publishing:
🛣️ Roads to Open Access
📋 Compliance with Open Access policies
⚖️ Creative Commons Licenses
✍️ Publishing Agreements
♻️ How to reuse a work properly
🎓 Exception for educational purposes
🔗 Download the guides: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/173018.2
💰 What does Open Access cost?
Our webpage "Open Access at EPFL: costs and evolution" brings together data and analysis on how publishing costs have changed over time.
If we take into account the sum of all these different components in the cost of the academic literature ecosystem, the Library and the Laboratories spent a total of around 4.4 million CHF in 2025.
🔍Explore the data: https://www.epfl.ch/campus/library/services-researchers/open-access-at-epfl-costs-and-evolution/
🌱📚 Knowledge grows when it is shared. This Open Access Week, revisit our playlist of videos created for Infoscience's 20th anniversary and explore how Open Access helps make research accessible to all.
As Anna Fontcuberta i Morral reminds us: "With Infoscience, we share the knowledge, we share our future."
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPkfOHxsjx2iy6rTXEmIUiJ8mNBSMPFLM
🔓 International Open Access Week 2026 🔓
This year's theme,"The Cost of Knowledge", challenges us to rethink how research is accessed, shared, and funded. Why does knowledge remain so expensive to access and disseminate?
🇨🇭 Discover the events organized across Swiss institutions: https://www.diamondopenaccess.ch/oa-week
🌍 Check out the international program: https://www.openaccessweek.org/2026-events
🔐 Protect privacy, enable reuse. Our new web page helps researchers identify and anonymize personal data, with concrete examples of personal and sensitive information, as well as practical techniques and tools for responsible and secure data sharing.
Visit now: go.epfl.ch/rdm-personal-data
🧪 Calling all PhD students in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at @EPFL: there are still places available in our Information Literacy course!
🔎 What will you learn?
- Develop effective literature search strategies for your PhD project.
- Understand copyright, patents and licensing.
- Explore scientific publishing, Open Access, research impact and data publishing.
📅 30 October, 6 and 13 November 2026
📍 EPFL, BCH 4310
🎓 1 ECTS
👉 Discover the course and register: https://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/information-literacy-for-chemists-ENG-619
🔍 Make your research more visible and maximize its impact.
Join this workshop to discover practical tools and strategies for managing your academic visibility and increasing the reach of your research outputs.
📝 Information and registration: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-s7di8-20261020140000
📊 Join the 3rd EPFL-RDSN gathering and connect with colleagues working across the research data landscape at EPFL.
Discover new initiatives, exchange experiences, and strengthen collaborations across the community.
🤝 Explore the program and register: https://memento.epfl.ch/event/troisieme-rencontre-du-reseau-de-soutien-aux-donne/
Yesterday's Lunch Talks, "From Data to Impact: Showcasing Open Research Datasets", brought together researchers, support staff, and members of the EPFL community for a lively discussion on open research data.
Many thanks to our speakers for sharing their work, and to everyone who joined, asked questions, and contributed to the conversation. The interest and engagement in the room showed just how important these topics have become across disciplines.
See you at the next Lunch Talks! 🍽️
📄 Whether you're just getting started with LaTeX and Overleaf or looking to sharpen your workflow, this 60-minute webinar will help you get the most out of your projects.
📝 Information and registration: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-sl0ow-20261009160000
📂 Can you still find the right version of your data six months later?
Join our upcoming workshop to learn how to:
✅ Distinguish between storage, back-up and archiving solutions;
✅ Test your file naming convention against good practices.
Through examples and best practices, you will learn to prevent data loss and enable efficient data sharing and its long-term preservation.
📝 Information and registration: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-so3fe-20261008150000
📢 Talk: Beyond the Dataset: Turning One Project into an Open Research Ecosystem
By Róbert Fónod
💡This session is part of our Lunch Talks "From Data to Impact: Showcasing Open Research Datasets"
🎫 Register: https://bookwhen.com/fr/epfl_library/e/ev-sy7q5-20261006121500
ℹ️ Full details here: https://go.epfl.ch/LT-oct26
