Vision, mission, values and team

■ Our mission

We contribute to the openness and dissemination of scientific knowledge in alignment with EPFL’s mission and priorities.

We provide EPFL learning, teaching and research communities with support, advice, and expertise in the field of scientific information.

We are committed to facilitating the creation, dissemination, promotion and preservation of EPFL’s academic and scientific output.

We develop relevant collections, offer high-level services and training, and provide stimulating and inclusive study and collaboration spaces to address the needs of our audiences.

Driven by EPFL’s commitment to excellence, we work together with all EPFL partners to promote academic success, advance research, and support Open Science.

■ Our vision

An influential advocate of the free circulation of knowledge, EPFL Library provides inspiring experiences to its communities, to foster knowledge creation and learning.

EPFL Library aims to positively impact professional and scientific practices to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

■ Our values

■ Organizational chart and team

The EPFL Library (SISB) reports directly to the Vice-Presidency for Academic Affairs (VPA).

Head

Strategic support and communication

Provide strategic support to the whole Library and lead the Library’s efforts towards promoting its services, collections and facilities.

  • Financial planning and budget management
  • Statistics and performance indicators
  • Strategic project management
  • Internal and external communication strategy
  • Communication activities
  • Event design, planning and promotion
  • Library environmental scanning and strategic watch

Frank
Frank Milfort

Head of team, Communication and events

[email protected]+41 21 693 47 68
Joëlle
Joëlle Bonardi

Communication and event specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 05 00
Elisa
Elisa Pospieszny

Communication and event specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 76 32

User services

Assist, inform and guide users, particularly students, in the use of, and access to, library resources and services.

Head of unit ad interim: Isabelle Eula

  • Information, guidance and advice
  • Onsite and online helpdesk
  • Introduction to the use of the Library
  • Spaces and facilities

Gaël
Gaël Revelin

Head of team, Information and user assistance

[email protected]+41 21 693 17 67
Anthony
Anthony Hunziker

Documentary Information specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 25 12

CharlĂšne Laurents

Head of team, Loan and document delivery

[email protected]+41 21 693 41 00
Damien
Damien Gueritault

Documentary Information specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 21 69
Julien
Julien Tanari

Documentary Information specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 21 28

Academic and research support

Provide a suite of services in support of studying, teaching and research, aligned to the needs of EPFL community.

  • Coordination of the Library’s training offer
  • Information and data literacies
  • Specialized training programs for students, PhDs and researchers
  • Individual and group training

Chiara
Chiara Gabella

Head of team, Research data management

[email protected]+41 21 693 60 91
Alain
Alain Borel

Research data management specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 98 01
Francesco
Francesco Varrato

Research data management specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 48 59

ETH Domain “Open Research Data” (ORD) Program – Measure 3 (project)

Collections


Provide EPFL students, teachers and researchers with relevant scholarly resources.

  • Collection development, collection management policy
  • Document selection
  • Needs assessment and usage analysis
  • Collection promotion
  • Resource acquisition and access
  • Publisher and supplier relations
  • Usage statistic monitoring
  • Special collections (sci-fi, video games, etc.)

Digital repositories and archives

Collect, disseminate, preserve, promote EPFL scientific outputs and offer associated support services.

  • IT support
  • Administration of integrated library system (ALMA) and discovery tool
  • Technical coordination of library metadata
  • Application development
  • Support, advice, expertise
  • Administration and curation of Infoscience and ACOUA
  • Management of PLUME platform

EPFL archives

Angelica
Angelica Bersano

Administrative archives specialist

[email protected]+41 21 693 93 78

Contact

[email protected]


+41 21 693 21 56


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