Upcoming training: Zotero and Open access

• Remote training: Zotero, Thursday June 12, 2025 from 2 to 5pm* (in French)

Zotero is a free open-source bibliography management application.

Learn how you can use this software to manage your bibliographical references in a simple, intuitive way and cite them in documents.
From importing references, organizing them into collections and annotating PDFs to presenting the final version of your text with citations, come along and find out what sets it apart from other tools.
Facilitate collaboration with colleagues by creating group libraries to share your references.

Aims of the training:
• Manage your references using this free, open source tool
• Learn how to use the main features of the software and how to cite references

This training session is aimed at anyone who needs to manage or format bibliographical references and more generally wants to find out how Zotero works.
It will take place remotely (via Microsoft Teams) in French.

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Check out the CeRIS training calendar

More information: biblioformation@pasteur.fr

* Paris time

• Remote training: "Managing open access to publications: challenges, ecosystem and policies adopted by institutions and research funders," Monday June 16, 2025 from 4 to 6pm* (in French)

In its Charter for Open Access to Scientific Publications, the Institut Pasteur has set itself the target of 100% of publications published as open access. It has introduced the system of submitting publications to the HAL-Pasteur open access archive, with the COMESP using this as part of its appraisal policy for scientists.
See the page on the HAL-Pasteur website on submitting publications for the COMESP here.

Aims of the training

This course will help you:
• Understand the challenges and issues related to open access and the open access ecosystem
• Know how to comply with the open access policies adopted by the Institut Pasteur and research funders.

Topics covered:
• The scientific publication cycle
• File formats and reuse rights
• Roads to open access and related costs
• The importance of open archives
• Bibliodiversity and the diamond model
• Open access policies adopted by institutions and funding bodies

This training is open to all without any prior requirements.

Consult the detailed program

Check out the CeRIS training calendar

More information: biblioformation@pasteur.fr

* Paris time