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What can teachers copy and share in Switzerland? A blog post

What can teachers copy and share in Switzerland? Are you a teacher or a TA? Are you wondering whether you can copy and share articles or PDFs with your students? Our legal librarian Céline Vilmen tells you everything you need to know before distr…

Slightly more than 10 years after we started collecting games (February 2014), we thought you might want to hear about this academic year's additions to our collection, and the puzzle table you can contribute to this summer.

2024 – Summer of games! Slightly more than 10 years after we started collecting games (February 2014), we thought you might want to hear (with some delay) about this academic year’s additions to our collection. But …

“Anatomy of a fall” or the autopsy of a couple

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and this year’s Oscar for Best Screenplay, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall can be (re)discovered on DVD at the Library.

“Anatomy of a fall” or the autopsy of a couple Sandra’s husband was found dead at the foot of their house, probably the victim of a fall. Was it an accident, a su***de or murder? The upcoming trial will have to clarify the case.

Open Access 2023 : the Geneva Graduate Institute research is more open than ever before 78% of the journal articles published by our researchers in 2023 were open-access, compared to 66% in 2022, 52% in 2021, and 35% in 2020. This progress is driven by our Read and Publish agreements …

February 12-16 is International Love Data Week 2024. This year's theme is "My Kind of Data". The Geneva Graduate Institute Library is organising some events for the occasion, with support from the Tech Hub and the Research Office. What is Love Data Week? Traditionally set during the week of Valentine's Day, LDW is dedicated to Open Research Data and Research Data Management: how to make sure that the data you collect is (re)usable and that your research is reproducible....

Register for Love Data Week! February 12-16 is International Love Data Week 2024. This year’s theme is “My Kind of Data”. The Geneva Graduate Institute Library is organising some events for the occasion, with…

For the first time, the Library will celebrate International Open Access Week with various events and exhibitions set up by our open science Librarians Catherine Brendow and Guillaume Pasquier. The week's theme this year is "Community over commercialization". Read to learn more!...

International Open Access Week, 23-29 October 2023 For the first time, the Library will celebrate International Open Access Week with various events and exhibitions set up by our open science Librarians Catherine Brendow and Guillaume Pasquier. The…

Some of the titles in our collection are or were banned or challenged in a variety of countries by governments, religious authorities, or other interest groups. Dictatorships come to mind, of course, but countries thought more liberal are not exempt from similar practices....

Banned books week 2023 Some of the titles in our collection are or were banned or challenged in a variety of countries by governments, religious authorities, or other interest groups. Dictatorships come to mind, of cours…

Née de la rencontre entre un artiste multifacette et un anthropologue itinérant, l’exposition Destiny/Destination aborde dans un élan artistique la thématique des mobilités humaines. A découvrir au sein de la Bibliothèque jusqu’à la fin de l’année....

Destiny/Destination, une exposition sur les migrations Née de la rencontre entre un artiste multifacette et un anthropologue itinérant, l’exposition Destiny/Destination aborde dans un élan artistique la thématique des mobilités humaines. A dé…

The new Geneva Graduate Institute Library was born 10 years ago, when architect Eric Ott (IPAS) built what became the Maison de la Paix. Check out our small exhibition to learn more!

The Library celebrates its 10th anniversary On 9 September 2013, the Maison de la Paix was inaugurated in the heart of International Geneva. Designed by Swiss firm IPAS and its architect Eric Ott, the building’s original and ambitious …

Register for the 41st annual course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) , 8-11 October 2023 in Geneva (ICRC, UNOG, IHEID)!

Register for IALL’s 41st Annual Course, 8-11 October 2023 This year’s annual course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), “Like Clockwork? Multilateralism and International Law in Geneva” is organised by the ICRC Libr…

Fête de la Musique at the Library - On the first day of summer, music is being honoured around the world. Through books and films, the Library also celebrates it, in its own way.

Fête de la musique at the Library On the first days of summer, music is being honoured around the world. Through books and films, the Library also celebrates it, in its own way.

Since 2021, Geneva Graduate Institute researchers can fulfill their OA mandates easily and make their research more accessible through Read and Publish agreements with 6 large publishers. Most of them have jumped at the opportunity, and our research is now more open than ever before....

Open access and IHEID research: The 2022 harvest Since 2021, Geneva Graduate Institute researchers can fulfill their OA mandates easily and make their research more accessible through Read and Publish agreements with 6 large publishers. Most of t…

Geneva Pride Week is taking place in June as usual, with events starting on June 3 with an opening night, culminating with the parade on Saturday 10. But Pride Month doesn't end there! Set in June after the Stonewall riots of 1969, before expanding outside of the USA in more recent years. A selection of titles related to LGBT and gender is on display at the entrance of the library to celebrate the event....

Geneva Pride Week, 3-10 June 2023 Geneva Pride Week is taking place in June as usual, with events starting on June 3 with an opening night, culminating with the parade on Saturday 10. But Pride Month doesn’t end there! Set in…

Cannes is not the only place to celebrate Cinema! The Library's collection hold twenty films that won the famous festival's supreme award in its collections....

The Library’s Palmes d’Or Cannes is not the only place to celebrate Cinema! The Library’s collection hold twenty films that won the famous festival’s supreme award in its collections.

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is 10 years old. As an homage, we are displaying a few titles related to the issue in the entrance of the Library this week. Metrics-based research assessment is considered a root cause of the crisis of scholarly publishing via the famous motto "Publish or perish". The culture in academia is slowly evolving towards more qualitative evaluation, as multiple initiatives show since then, including COARA, the…...

DORA – 10 Years On The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is 10 years old. As an homage, we are displaying a few titles related to the issue in the entrance of the Library this week. Metrics-base…

Join us at the FAB during the IHEID Book and Podcast Festival organised by the Direction of Research, CIES, and the FAB - a chance to look at books and podcast published by professors over the past year. Librarians will be there to answer any questions you have about our collections and services from 10am to 5.30pm. Discover the full programme here.

Book and Podcast Festival @ the FAB on May 16 Join us at the FAB during the IHEID Book and Podcast Festival organised by the Direction of Research, CIES, and the FAB – a chance to look at books and podcast published by professors over th…

Hello everyone! My name is SHELBY and I'm a chatbot. Don't worry, I'm not an artificial intelligence that can evolve by learning from my mistakes. However, I can help you find the Library's web pages, FAQs and research guides that might have the answers to your questions. And if I can't, I'll direct you to our Save Time, Ask a Librarian…...

SHELBY Can Help Hello everyone! My name is SHELBY and I’m a chatbot. Don’t worry, I’m not an artificial intelligence that can evolve by learning from my mistakes. However, I can help you find the…

Registration is now open for the International Association of Law Libraries’ 41st Annual Course!
The ICRC Library, Geneva Graduate Institute Library and UN Library & Archives Geneva look forward to welcoming you in Geneva from October 8-11, 2023. Find out more about the program, discover the venues and register at https://iall.org/conf2023/.

2023 Annual Course Scholarships - IALL By Mark EngsbergIALL President The IALL scholarships program continues this year, marking the return of in-person conferences at Stanford in 2022. The program will provide financial assistance in the form of bursaries to assist law librarians and local Swiss librarians…Read more →

A refurbishment on level 2 with support from the Fab and the facility management service allowed us to create a space influenced by Swedish minimalism and Mediterranean relaxation. We hope you enjoy it!

A new cosy corner for the Library A refurbishment on level 2 with support from the Fab and the facility management service allowed us to create a space influenced by Swedish minimalism and Mediterranean relaxation. We hope you enjo…

Home improvement, the Zotero way - a quick guide to useful add-ons for everyone

Home improvement, the Zotero way Home improvement, the Zotero way – a quick guide to useful add-ons for everyone

Children and their rights - a view from the Library

Children and their rights “We are of our childhood as we are from a country.” – Saint-Exupéry. For a long time, children have not received much attention in international relations studies. After the First…

Google Scholar is the go-to search engine for anyone looking for scholarly content. It offers the same convenient and familiar interface as Google, as well as options that can be useful to researchers. Here is how to use it properly.

Google Scholar: Let’s be scholarly Google Scholar is the go-to search engine for anyone looking for scholarly content. It offers the same convenient and familiar interface as Google, as well as options that can be useful to research…

With Spring comes the yearly Geneva Sustainability Week, and we put a small selection of titles on display at the entrance of the Library to celebrate this event. 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....

Geneva Sustainability Week, March 20-24 With Spring comes the yearly Geneva Sustainability Week, and we put a small selection of titles on display at the entrance of the Library to celebrate this event. The environment and sustainable de…

Women's rights and gender have a strong importance for the Institute and our Library. Here is a short presentation to complement the selection of titles presented in the entrance to the Library in celebration of Gender Equality Week (March 2-12) and International Women's Day (March 8)....

Gender Equality Week (March 2-12) Women’s rights and gender have a strong importance for the Institute and our Library. Here is a short presentation to complement the selection of titles presented in the entrance to the Libra…

You already know the basics but you want to learn some tricks to use Zotero more efficiently. We hear you. Here are 10 tips that advanced Zotero users should know about....

10 advanced ways to become a more proficient Zoteroist You already know the basics but you want to learn some tricks to use Zotero more efficiently. We hear you. Here are 10 tips that advanced Zotero users should know about.

A quick guide on how to book library study spaces (aka bubbles)

Booking bubbles: a how-to As a member of the Geneva Graduate Institute community, you can book our “Bubbles” (study rooms) for individual or team work. The self-service booking system is not complicated, but req…

February 13-17 is International Love Data Week 2023. Its theme this year 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 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…...

Love your data! February 13-17 is International Love Data Week 2023. Its theme this year is “Data: Agent of Change”. Data is the fundamental component upon which research results are based. You should …

Nous vous souhaitons une belle et heureuse année 2023 et vous accueillons à nouveau dès le jeudi 4 janvier, 8 h 00. La Bibliothèque We wish you a happy new year 2023 and look forward to welcoming you back on Thursday, 4 January, from 8 am onwards. The Library Illustration: pixabay, CC0 (Creative Commons)

Happy 2023! Nous vous souhaitons une belle et heureuse année 2023 et vous accueillons à nouveau dès le jeudi 4 janvier, 8 h 00. La Bibliothèque We wish you a happy new year 2023 and look forward to welcoming y…

La Bibliothèque sera fermée du samedi 24 décembre 2022 au mercredi 4 janvier 2023 inclus. Joyeuses fêtes à tous ! La Bibliothèque The Library will be closed from Saturday, December 24, 2022, through Wednesday, January 4, 2023, included. Happy holidays to everyone! The Library Illustration: pixabay, CC0 (Creative Commons)

VACANCES D’HIVER / WINTER HOLIDAYS La Bibliothèque sera fermée du samedi 24 décembre 2022 au mercredi 4 janvier 2023 inclus. Joyeuses fêtes à tous ! La Bibliothèque The Library will be closed from Saturday, December 24, 2022, t…