What do institutional repositories in Switzerland look like today?

First results from the NAIF Track 3 survey show:
🔎 100% of repositories provide Open Access content
🔎 Diverse platforms (DSpace, Invenio/InvenioRDM, Zenodo…)
🔎 Strong interoperability (DOIs, APIs, OAI-PMH)
🔎 Lean teams, growing complexity

📰 The full news: https://eth-library.github.io/naif/posts/2026-04-02-first-insights-swiss-repository-survey/

🗃️ The survey questionnaire and anonymised dataset on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19365107

#Repositories #NAIF #Switzerland

Dear colleagues interested in #metadata and #laboratory workflows,

our project “Semantic x-Lab” wants to interlink information from different lab-internal systems such as instrument 🔬 and method databases and #ElectronicLabNotebooks, and external sources such as publication #repositories and #Wikidata, in #KnowledgeGraph|s. 🕸️ Our aim is to integrate metadata from previously isolated systems and find new connections in experiments across research centers. 🏛️

We invite you to join us at this year’s #HMCConference2026 - Metadata in Action, where we will be hosting an extended workshop. We are going to present our use cases and first project results. But we would also like to hear your thoughts!

See you on 28th of April at #DKFZ #Heidelberg! #HMC2026 @helmholtz_hmc

https://events.geomar.de/event/884/page/99-pre-conference-workshops#x-Lab

At the 1st @OSTrails Bootcamp in Braga, Leonidas Pispiringas presented how the OpenAIRE metadata validator has been extended to support FAIRness assessment.

Repositories following the OpenAIRE Guidelines will be able to assess their data collections based on the OSTrails FAIR-IF, helping strengthen the FAIRness of their collections.
Repository manager? Get in touch to try it out.

#OpenAIRE #OSTrails #FAIR #Repositories #OpenScience

New Issue 72: Accessibility & re-use of archaeological collections in #heritage. EAC symposium proceedings management edited by Agnieszka Oniszczuk, Agnieszka Makowska and David Novák.
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.72

People, participation and public value lie at the heart of archaeological practice and policy, and these principles are tested in the way we manage, preserve and reuse archaeological archives. The contributions collected here examine the ‘life after life’ of archaeological #archives.

They explore how digital/physical collections can be made accessible, meaningful & resilient while upholding professional #standards & societal expectations. Across three thematic sections, the volume addresses the #FAIR-ness of archaeological #data, the evolving role of archaeological #repositories, and the broader societal value of archives. Case studies from across Europe demonstrate the opportunities and risks of the digital transition, the increasing demands placed on repositories & the potential of archives to contribute to #science, #education, #health, #community engagement and #innovation.

Internet #Archaeology issue 72: https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.72

"Planning is understood to [promote trust in repositories] but [...] despite the importance assigned to succession planning in certification standards for trustworthy digital #repositories (TDRs), there is little in-depth guidance on how to design and implement such plans."

Hope for the best, plan for the worst: Reducing risks associated with #repository cessation https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v20i1.1091 #TDRs #DigitalLibraries #DigitalCuration #OpenData #OpenResearch #digipres

Glassworm Is Back: A New Wave of Invisible Unicode Attacks Hits Repositories

https://www.aikido.dev/blog/glassworm-returns-unicode-attack-github-npm-vscode

#HackerNews #Glassworm #Invisible #Unicode #Attacks #Cybersecurity #GitHub #Repositories

The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published a statement specifying three significant challenges arising from #ArtificialIntelligence. @coar_repositories cite 1) lack of attribution, 2) #misinformation, and 3) aggresive #bots, as emerging problems to be navigated.

Navigating the Uneasy Interdependence of #AI and #OpenScience https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/navigating-the-uneasy-interdependence-of-ai-and-open-science/ #repositories #OpenResearch #GenAI #DigitalLibraries #scholcomm