Title: The CERN Scientific Information Service

Speaker:  Dr.Micha Moskovic

Time: 09:00, Nov. 23

Place: Room 221, Library Building

Abstract: This lecture will present the Scientific Information Service (SIS) at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. After a general introduction of CERN, it will present the role of SIS within the organization and the different sections that compose it. It will then give a detailed account of the activities of the Library and Open Access sections.

About the speaker:

Dr. Micha Moskovic obtained a Ph.D. in Theoretical High Energy Physics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium) in 2014. He was a postdoctoral researcher in the String Theory Group of the Università di Torino and INFN, Torino (Turin, Italy) between 2014 and 2016. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Open Access section of the CERN Scientific Information Service (Geneva, Switzerland) where he is an expert on INSPIRE content and metadata and is involved in the development of the new INSPIRE platform. In 2019, he will become the new INSPIRE Content and Community manager.