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NAIF launches a national survey on Swiss institutional repositories

10.11.2025

We are launching a national survey to map and better understand the landscape of institutional repositories in Switzerland. The initiative aims to strengthen interoperability, standardisation, and coordination across the country’s research information ecosystem.

The survey explores how repositories are managed, described, and sustained, focusing on infrastructure, metadata practices, governance, and long-term strategies. It seeks to identify common strengths, gaps, and challenges, laying the groundwork for a national roadmap aligned with international standards and open science principles.

The questionnaire is addressed to repository managers and service leads from Swiss higher education institutions operating repositories or CRIS systems. Each manager will be contacted directly to participate.

To support respondents, two Q&A sessions will be organised:

  • 🇫🇷 Thursday, 20 November 2025, 11:00–12:00 (in French)
  • 🇩🇪 Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 15:00–16:00 (in German)

The survey draws inspiration from major international efforts, including the NORF Survey of Open Repositories in Ireland, the OpenAIRE / LIBER / SPARC Europe / COAR Joint Survey of Open Repositories in Europe, the COAR consultation “Crafting a Vision for European Repositories”, and the institutional repository workflow survey carried out within the Working Group 2 (Taskforce 1: Metadata in Institutional Repositories) of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.

This will be the first national overview of repository maturity and practices in Switzerland. Findings will inform coordinated actions and shared services, and aggregated results will be published openly on Zenodo within the NAIF community — contributing to a stronger and more connected Swiss open science ecosystem.

Deadline: 15 December 2025
Contact:
Take the survey: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/naif-repositories-2025

NAIF Workshop on the responsible use of Quantitative Scientometric Indicators

31.10.2025

On 11th of September 2025, a NAIF Workshop on the responsible use of Quantitative Scientometric Indicators (QSI) was held at ETH Zurich in the context of the 6th SYoS (Swiss Year of Scientometrics) Workshop.
The slides of a lightning talk by Ginny Barbour, Co-Chair of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), on Using Quantitative Indicators Responsibly in Research Assessment are now available on Zenodo.
A summary of the workshop and its insights by Martin Jaekel is available on the SYoS Blog.

NAIF at the SOAD Day and at the ICSTI 2025 Annual conference

26.09.2025

The month of September is marked by a series of events dedicated to Open Science, and we are proud to have contributed to the momentum. We had the pleasure of presenting Track 4 of the NAIF project at the first SOAD Day (Swiss Open Academic Data Day) on 10 September and showcasing the technical aspects of the project at the ICSTI 2025 Annual conference (International Council for Scientific and Technical Information) on 19 September.
We are thankful to the organizers and participants of both events for the opportunity to present the project and engage in insightful discussions.
The slides of the SOAD Day presentation are available on the Zenodo community of the event.

Upcoming: NAIF workshops and panel discussion

03.09.2025

We are pleased to invite you to the following NAIF events:

  • Workshop: Responsible use of quantitative indicators (NAIF Track 1)
    • Date: Thursday, 11 September 2025
    • Location: ETH Zurich
    • Registration link
  • Workshop: Improving academic metadata for Swiss repositories and institutions (NAIF Track 4)
    • Date: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
    • Location: University of Neuchâtel
    • Registration link
  • From Policy to Practice: Building a National Open Research Information Framework in Switzerland (NAIF Track 2)
    • Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
    • Location: University of Zurich
    • Program: Flyer
    • Registration link

NAIF Information Event

03.09.2025

We would like to thank the more than fifty participants at the NAIF information event for their interest.
The slides of the presentation are now available.

Upcoming: NAIF information event

04.08.2025

We are pleased to invite you to the NAIF information event taking place on Thursday, 28 August 2025 at 4pm, where we will present the project and its goals.
Registration is no longer available.

The information event is open to anyone who is interested.

Project start

07.2025

We are pleased to announce the launch of the NAIF project.