Category: On Display

Love your data!

~ Guillaume Pasquier ~ Leave a comment

February 13-17 is International Love Data Week 2023. This year’s theme is “Data: Agent of Change”.

Data is the fundamental component upon which research results are based. You should treat it with love and care so that it can feed and nurture your ideas and reflections. Share it with the world or keep it safe, but make sure you manage it sustainably or it could turn into an ugly mess!

Trade, communication, and the visibility or privacy of marginalised groups also depend on data handling. Check out our display at the entrance of the Library for titles on data in society, research, and visualisation.

Keep an eye out for our upcoming data management training sessions. You can also choose from a long list of online events taking place worldwide this week to learn more about research data management, open data, visualisation, Wikidata and more, including some in Swiss institutions!

Global media and information literacy week (24-31 October)

Library display for media and information literacy week 2022
~ Guillaume Pasquier ~ Leave a comment

Information literacy is an important subject for librarians and researchers. The ability to use digital tools to search for information and apply critical thinking skills to evaluate sources is absolutely necessary in our interconnected world. The theme set by UNESCO for this year’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week (October 24-31) is “Nurturing trust: a media and information literacy imperative”. Here is a short selection complementing the thematic exhibition at the entrance of the Library.

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Sustainability initiative days, 17-21 October 2022: A look through our collections

Library display - books, dvds and posters on sustainability
~ Linda Leger ~ Leave a comment

The environment and sustainable development belong to the main topics covered by the Library over the past decades. Our dedicated collection is characterised by a large scope of subjects and perspectives of study, covering topics like climate change, natural resources and conflict, among others. The Sustainability Initiative Days are taking place from October 17 to 21 at the Institute. To celebrate the event, we put a small selection of titles on display at the entrance of the Library.

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