News
News list
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New Booked version: Update
Due to the feedback we received, we intensively searched for a better solution and found one.
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New Booked version: Customization
We have made a change to the new version of the reservation system “Booked”. Now it is again possible to make reservations a full 7 days in advance.
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New features for study space reservations system
We are currently updating our Booked-UB reservation portal.
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No deal situation with Wiley
For over a year, swissuniversities has been negotiating with the publisher Wiley for a new Read&Publish agreement. The negotiations were discontinued in March 2025.
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Online sessions for language researchers
Learn about resources and research tools for working with language data with CLARIN-CH. From March to June every second Monday, online, 90min.
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Publishing Open Access in the journals of APS, ASM, and Wolters Kluwer
UZH members are able to publish their articles as Open Access free of charge in the journals of ASM and APS. Additionally, the Read & Publish agreement with Wolters Kluwer has been extended.
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IEEE license has been renewed
UZH members get access to the IEEE Xplore digital library as well as the option to publish articles directly in ZORA via Green Open Access.
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No deal situation for a Read&Publish agreement with Wiley for 2025
To date, there is no R&P agreement with the publisher Wiley from 2025. swissuniversities is continuing to endeavour to reach an agreement.
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No deal situation for a R&P agreement with Wolters Kluwer for 2025
To date, there is no Read&Publish agreement for LWW journals from 2025 onwards, but the consortium of Swiss university libraries continues to campaign for an agreement.
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Christmas Holidays: Opening Hours
An overview of our opening hours over Christmas and New Year.
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American Chemical Society and Wiley: 2024 Open Access Article Quota Reached
The annual quota for Open Access in American Chemical Society (ACS) and Wiley journals for the year 2024 has been reached.
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14th of November: An evening all about writing
On Thursday evening, 14th of November, the SchreibXplosion will take place on the Oerlikon campus. You can expect a variety of events all about writing and a data visualisation contest.
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October and November 2024: Access to all Thieme medical e-book textbooks
In October and November 2024 you receive access to all (over 300) e-books from the Thieme eRef textbook package.
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Our Courses & Events at HS 24
Our course programme for autumn semester 24 is online. The most important courses at a glance.
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UB English Literature & Linguistics is now accessible 365 days a year
From now on, members of the University of Zurich can use the UB English Literature & Linguistics every day from 7am to 11pm.
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Read & Publish-agreement with Elsevier 2024–2028
On 10 June 2024, swissuniversities, the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities, concluded a comprehensive Open Access agreement with Elsevier on behalf of the Swiss universities.
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Our Summer Opening Hours 2024
From 1 July to 1 September 2024, some UB locations will have different opening hours or will be closed.
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Nature Research Journals: Article allocation reached
Our article allocation for free Open Access publishing in Nature Research journals for the year 2024 has been reached.
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UB Psychology is now accessible 365 days a year
From now on, members of the University of Zurich can use the UB Psychology every day from 7am to 11pm.
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UB Sciences will now be accessible 365 days a year
From 6 May at midday, members of the University of Zurich can use the UB Sciences every day from 7am to 11pm.
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Friday 22.3. - BiblioWeekend @University Library Zurich
This year's BiblioWeekend is all about food. We offer cultural-scientific perspectives on it.
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UB courses spring semester 24
Our course program for the spring semester 24 is online. The most important courses at a glance.
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1st Diamond Open Access Conference in Switzerland
Welcome to Switzerland's first national Diamond Open Access Conference.
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Scite.ai - now available at UZH
UZH members now have free access to "Scite.ai". The AI tool makes it easier to find and evaluate the content of academic papers.
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ACS: Quota for Open Access articles has been reached for 2023
Open Access publishing under the agreement with American Chemical Society (ACS) will be possible again for members of the University of Zurich from 2024 onwards.
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UB German Studies & Nordic Language and Literatur and UB Plant Sciences are now «Open Libraries»
As of 16 October 2023, the UB German Studies & Nordic Language and Literature (in the Zentrum) and the UB Plant Sciences (in the Seefeld) are accessible to UZH members even outside service hours.
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Wiley: Quota for Open Access articles used up for 2023
Open Access publishing under the agreement with Wiley will be possible again for members of the University of Zurich from 2024 onwards. Publication via the green Open Access route will continue to be possible free of charge via the institutional repository ZORA.
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October and November 2023: Access to all Thieme medical e-book textbooks
In October and November 2023, you receive access to more than 300 medical textbooks from Thieme Verlag as well as an extensive number of media files.
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Book Flea Market on 26.10.2023
On Thursday, 26.10.2023, from 10:00am until 4:00pm, the UB book flea market will take place in the atrium of the main building. Here you can buy new and old books at a price of 5 francs per kilo.
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UB Events Fall Semester
Our course program for the fall semester 23 is online. The most important event series at a glance.
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Campus Oerlikon goes «Open Library»
As of now, our 5 locations on the Oerlikon campus are accessible to UZH members outside of service hours.
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Friday 24.3. - BiblioWeekend at the UB: Three Journeys of World Discovery
On March 24, we will host three after-work talks on the Irchel campus and take you on three journeys of discovery around the world. The occasion is the nationwide "BiblioWeekend".
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UB becomes «Open Library»
As of now, 5 UB Zurich locations are also accessible outside of service hours. By the end of 2023, we want to run another 18 library locations as «Open Libraries».
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Update swisscovery
The layout of the swisscovery platform has been adapted again. This changes the ordering channels.
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Event series on Open Science
On February 24, our Open Sciences Services will launch a new Lunch & Learn event series on topics related to Open Science.
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New Exhibition "Naturwissen schaffen"
The UB Natural Sciences presents an exhibition on the Zurich polymath Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733).
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New Read & Publish Agreements from 2023
Starting in 2023, UZH researchers can benefit from paying open access fees to additional publishers.
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OUP: New R&P Agreement
The UB and ZB Zurich will once again have access to journal articles published in 2022. The new license also includes a Read & Publish agreement.
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Christmas Season: Opening Hours
An overview of our opening hours over Christmas and New Year.
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The Swiss library statistics 2022 are available
The Swiss library statistics were published on 6.12.2022. The statistics provide interested parties with information on the structure, functioning and development of libraries.
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swisscovery: New Layout
Die Bedienoberfläche der Rechercheplattform swisscovery erscheint ab Montag, 14.11.2022 in einem neuen Layout und bietet neue Funktionen. Dadurch verändert sich der Bestellprozess.
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E-Library access new with SWITCH edu-ID
From now on, access to our e-library via EZproxy is no longer done with the UZH short name, but with the SWITCH edu-ID.
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Taylor&Francis: article allowance for 2022 is reached
UZH members will only be able to publish OA articles free of charge in the journals of the publisher Taylor&Francis again from 2023.
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Games Month: play in the library
Throughout November, we'll be offering board games, digital games, and collaborative jigsaws at various UB locations.
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As of November: UB Law Extended Opening Hours
The UB Law will have longer opening hours as of November.
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Book Flea Market on 27.10.2022
On 27.10.2022, the UB book flea market will take place in the atrium of the main building. Here you can buy new and old books at a price of 5 francs per kilo.
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Wiley: article allowance for 2022 is reached
UZH members will only be able to publish OA articles free of charge in the hybrid journals of the publisher Wiley again from 2023.
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De Gruyter: Publication fees are waived for UZH researchers
Researchers at the University of Zurich can now publish open access publications with the publisher De Gruyter free of charge.
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LaRS: New Swiss repository for linguistic data
The Language Repository of Switzerland - LaRS for short - has been online since September 2022. Linguistics researchers can now archive and publish their research data free of charge with LaRS.
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Wanted: 3D print projects
We are holding a 3D printing competition at Campus Irchel. Submit in your 3D object and win a voucher.
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Coffee Lectures HS 22
Our new Coffee Lectures series starts on October 4th. Be up to date on swisscovery and discover our scientific toolkit.
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Research Collection
Ab sofort können UZH-Mitarbeitende einen Forschungsapparat (FA) erstellen lassen. So können Dokumente aus der eigenen Standort-Bibliothek länger behalten werden, als dies mit einer normalen Ausleihe möglich ist.
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Out Now: Our English Website
Now you can access the complete content of our website in English. We look forward to your visit!
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UZH supports the "Science Europe" initiative
The University of Zurich supports the "Diamond Open Access Action Plan", which aims to promote sustainable, equitable and scholar:led Diamond Open Access publishing.
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Open Science Summer School 2022
On July 11-15, the UZH Open Science Summer School 2022 will take place for the second time
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Our Summer Opening Hours
From July 18 to September 4, 2022, some UB locations will have different opening hours or will be closed.
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