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The road to the library can look very different! This week, our cycling librarians shared the favorite part of their commute. And as a research library, we actually do have scientific support that cycling as a team is beneficial. Check out this study, written by one of the researchers at Empa: "Surprises in Cycling Aerodynamics", which shows that riding close together can lower the drag for everyone. https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/empa/islandora/object/empa%3A1531

🚲 The library is pedalling into bike-to-work month. We're planning on sharing our bike adventure all month, so join us for the ride! Kicking off with the bikes that get us to work every day.

Do you have questions about AI in scientific publishing? Eawag is hosting Maggie Mills, Senior Managing Editor of Environmental Science and Technology, to talk about how AI tools are used in the editorial process as well as the ethics of using AI as an author and/or peer reviewer.

Learn more about her talk "Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing: Perspective from the Editorial Team of Environmental Science & Technology" and how to listen in here: https://www.lib4ri.ch/talk-artificial-intelligence-scholarly-publishing

We are #hiring! Lib4RI is expanding its #RDM services under the swissuniversities Open Science Programme. We are looking for a #DataSteward / #DataManager (80-100%, m/f/d) with strong IT skills and a background in research data management. Interested? Come join our team!

https://www.lib4ri.ch/hiring-data-stewarddata-manager-80-100

Another one bites the dust! The editorial board of the journal Mathematical Logic Quarterly have resigned en masse, complaining about the publisher, Wiley:

"The managing editors and editors of MLQ believe that the academic editorial process guaranteeing scientific quality control should be entirely in the hands of an editorial team consisting of members of the academic research community that are entirely free from pressure or influence of commercial and profit-oriented interests."

They've started a new journal of mathematical logic that's "diamond open access". This means simply that it's free to publish in and free to read.

Because they're German, they decided to call this new journal Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik. But they'll forgive you if you call it ZML:

https://blog.tib.eu/2025/04/07/mlq-walk-out/

This move is part of a trend. The Open Access Tracking Project now lists more than 200 articles on such "declarations of independence":

https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/3/tag/oa.declarations_of_independence

If you're on an editorial board, you should want to convert your journal to diamond open access. And there are resources to help you do it:

https://www.openaccess.nl/en/diamond-open-access/resources
https://toolsuite.diamas.org/

Our latest #newsletter comes with some #breakingnews. On 31 March, the Swiss negotiations with Wiley were discontinued. We wrap up what happened, how the researchers at our institutes will be affected and provide some recommendations for action, as compiled by swissuniversities. Find more here: https://www.lib4ri.ch/lib4ri-update-39-no-deal-wiley #OpenScience #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

Are you working with #metadata on research output and actively use open platforms as #OpenAlex, @OpenAIRE, @crossref or @ORCID_Org? Then don't miss the first workshop of #SOAD, the Swiss Open Academic Data community at @ethzurich.bsky.social in September!
#CallforContributions is now open:
https://soad.ch/call-for-contributions/

The deck has spoken. New cards have appeared. Will you accept today's challenge? Join us for Digital Clean-up Day to help reduce emissions and cleanse your digital space. We'll be here all week with new suggestions.

Lib4RI is proud to be part of the Bibliosuisse #Biblio2030 commission. Our goal is to actively promote #sustainability in accordance with the 17 #SDGs - in the libraries and beyond!

@quietrevolutionary
We were surprised as well, how much impact small things can have... on the bright side, there are also small tweaks that can help already a bit :)

There are no wild cards here — just another step towards digital zen and reduced emissions! Join us for Digital Clean-up Day to reduce your digital clutter and help the environment. We'll be posting suggestions all week.

Lib4RI is proud to be part of the Bibliosuisse #Biblio2030 commission. Our goal is to actively promote #sustainability in accordance with the 17 hashtag#SDGs - in the libraries and beyond!

Pick a card — any card! Let's reduce our emissions and clean up our digital space. Join us for Digital Clean-up Day. We'll be posting our suggestions all week.

Digital Clean-up Day is this week! All that junk mail, your trash folder, and those useless apps aren't only cluttering your inbox and desktop, but they are also generating emissions. The library will be posting challenges every day this week to help clean up your digital space. Join in!

We are excited to announce our spring training series: Searching & Managing Scientific Information! The courses are available free of charge to all members of Eawag, Empa, WSL, and PSI and will be offered at the main locations of all four research institutes from March - June. Sign up today! https://www.lib4ri.ch/searching-managing-scientific-information

Did you miss our coffee lectures? No worries, we have the recordings now online: https://www.lib4ri.ch/update-love-data-week-2025-recordings-are-available

#Code and #Data are evolving - never loose track of your changes with #GIT! In this #ValentinesDay coffee lecture of the #LoveDataWeek, we give you a brief introduction how version control with #GIT can make your #OpenScience life so much easier.

Join in at 13:00 here:
https://www.lib4ri.ch/love-data-week-2025#Friday-14-Feb-

Want even more? Check out our new module in the #Lib4RI training series:
https://www.lib4ri.ch/searching-managing-scientific-information#Module-7b-Git

#OpenData is all about #reproducibility. For today's #LoveDataWeek coffee lecture, Elisabet Capón García (Swiss Data Science Center and ETH Zürich) will introduce @renku an #OpenSource platform for #DataScience and data-centric #research in general. Their goal: empowering transparency, collaboration, and reusability.

Curious? Join in at 13:00 here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86867578146?pwd=l6baDZLwooEGSCB7RfbyHKs3z1HnmJ.1

Today on the stage for the #LoveDataWeek coffee lectures: Stefanie Hauser from Empa. She will share insights and learnings from the introduction of #openBIS in the institute.

Join in at 13:00 via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86867578146?pwd=l6baDZLwooEGSCB7RfbyHKs3z1HnmJ.1

Learn more about the lecture on our website:
https://www.lib4ri.ch/love-data-week-2025#Wednesday-12-Feb-

And the next coffee lecture for #LoveDataWeekCH! Today we have a quick dive into elegant publishing with #Quarto. Want to publish data, code and prose in only one go? This is for you!

Join in at 13:00h via Zoom: https://www.lib4ri.ch/love-data-week-2025

First day of the #LoveDataWeek25 #LoveDataWeekCH! We start with a coffee lecture on research data mangement #RDM within the ETH domain - and partical vocabulary beyond.

Join in at 13:00! More info and Zoom link here: https://www.lib4ri.ch/love-data-week-2025