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During international Open Access Week 2021, we are pleased to launch a series of lunch talks on the topic of Open Science. From 25 October to 5 November, you are invited to discuss via ZOOM with experts from different areas of Open Science, ask questions and gain new insights. The International Open Access Week is […]

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The annual report 2019 is available and can be downloaded as pdf (German only) from our website. The most important events: The Data Services offering initiated in the previous year (in cooperation with the Central Library and the UZH Central IT Department) was established and further developed. In summer, the library of the Center for […]

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In the February issue of the UZH Journal (german only), Wilfried Lochbühler (Director of the Main Library) and Brigitte Schubnell (Deputy Director and Head of Department Science) provide information on why libraries are more popular than ever, despite the progress of digitization. The Main Library can look back on a great commitment in a rapidly […]

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Despite all the obstacles, a few women succeeded in gaining access to higher education in the last decades of the 19th century. Almost by chance, the University of Zurich played a pioneering role. In 1864, two women from the Tsarist Empire expressed their interest in studying medicine. Zurich decided pragmatically to give the applicants a […]

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Physician and founder of the Swiss School of Nurses The Main Library – Medicine Careum presents an exhibition on the Swiss nursing pioneer Anna Heer from 18 February to 30 August 2019 to mark the 100th anniversary of her death. Anna Heer was one of the early medical students at the University of Zurich. In […]

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Our poster “Usability testing of our library’s new website revealed interesting insights into customers’ search behaviour” was awarded “best poster presentation by a first-time attendee” at the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) Conference 2018 in Cardiff, Wales. The poster described how we tested the HBZ’s website, which we redesigned and transferred to […]

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Publication note: In the current UZH Journal 2018 48(2) on pages 14 and 15 you will find interesting statistics on ZORA in graphical form. The figures were collected by editor Stefan Stöcklin and illustrated by Ms Azko Toda. Here you can find the complete issue of the UZH Journal 2018: 48(2):14-15

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UZH supports Open Library of Humanities Library Partnership Subsidy program Starting from 2017, the University of Zurich is the first Swiss University to support the Open Library of Humanities. The Open Library of Humanities is a charitable organisation, which is a gold open access, peer-reviewed, scientific mega-journal and also a multi-journal platform for journals in […]

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