A frequent question about our new catalogue is what improvements it actually brings to our users’ everyday life compared to RERO Explore. Here are the 3 changes you should be happiest about.
Continue reading “Swisscovery’s best improvements for YOU”Author: Guillaume Pasquier
Digital librarian at IHEID. I am in charge of research data, social media, e-books... and board games.
Holidays are made for gaming!
The Library shouldn’t just be about work. Some of our special collections are also here to help you enjoy your time in Geneva – especially when you’re staying for the holidays. Let’s talk about games with Guillaume Pasquier, our resident board games expert.
Continue reading “Holidays are made for gaming!”What is research data?
Funding agencies now expect researchers to manage and share their research data following international standards and good practice from their field. But do you know what “research data” actually means? Before we get into the how, let’s focus on the “what”.
Continue reading “What is research data?”The Sound of Science
Would you like to record a podcast, a debate, or a voiceover? The Library can help! While we do not have a studio room, the Library now offers a mobile audio studio set you can borrow
Continue reading “The Sound of Science”Documenting data: Readme.txt
Sharing a dataset is nice, but to make it truly open you must make sure it can be interpreted and used in a meaningful way. This means your data should always include documentation that explains everything a third party should know, and a Readme file is perhaps the easiest sort of documentation you can create.
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