Tutorials and Training

As part of the Specialised Information Service for East, Central and Southeast European Studies, we offer research institutions, universities and libraries training courses on our service and information offers locally or via webinars.

We offer for example the following training topics:

the research gateway osmikon and its services for Eastern European studies,
the Specialised Information Service for East, Central and Southeast European Studies and its services,
literature search with osmikonSEARCH and other search tools,
research data management.

We also regularly conduct webinars and on-site trainings, however only in German:

You can find the current dates on the website of the Bavarian State Library: Course schedule

We also offer information literacy tutorials for East, Central and Southeast European Studies, which can be used for self-study as well as for teaching.

Information literacy tutorials for the East, Central and Southeast European Studies

Background knowledge on the library landscape for the East, Central and Southeast European Studies

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Ways to effective research

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Research data

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New acquisitions services, newsletter and more

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Arbeit mit Archivalien

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Die Tutorial-Reihe „Arbeit mit Archivalien“ entsteht in Kooperation mit dem FID Nordeuropa im Rahmen des Netzwerks NordOst. Der FID Nordeuropa veröffentlicht innerhalb der Reihe Tutorials zu den digitalen Angeboten der nordeuropäischen Archive. Diese können in der VifaNord angesehen werden.

"Focus on East and Southeastern Europe: virtual workshops for students, researchers and information specialists"

In the autumn of 2020, the Specialised Information Service for East, Central and Southeast European Studies organised a workshop series in cooperation with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Bibliotheken und Dokumentationsstellen der Ost-, Ostmittel- und Südosteuropaforschung e.V. (ABDOS). Some of the workshops were aimed at librarians and information specialists, while others catered to the needs of students and researchers.

Workshop at 28 January 2021 about "Libraries and book markets in times of a pandemic: challenges and chances".

Presentation (pdf) und YouTube-Video (in German)

Workshop on 1 February 2023 about "Bosansko bibliotekarstvo" | "The Bosnian library system: Libraries from Sarajevo introduce themselves"

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Workshop on 15 October 2020 about "Acquisition and records of open access E-books"

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Workshop on 18 March 2021 about "Research data management in Russian, Eastern and Southeastern European studies"

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Workshop on 3 December 2020 on "Newsroom Eastern Europe: Searching for and in digitalized newspapers"

Presentation (pdf) und YouTube-Video (in German)

Book a training course

Please contact us and tell us your wishes regarding the topic and time frame of the training. We will answer your request within five working days.

Queries

For questions and suggestions please write us an e-mail:

✉ osmikon(at)bsb-muenchen.de

Important libraries and their functions (approx. 13 minutes)

Relevant library catalogues (approx. 20 minutes)

Scripts, special characters and languages in library catalogues, bibliographies and subject databases (approx. 30 minutes)

The research gateway osmikon (approx. 20 minutes)

Thematic search (approx. 25 minutes)

Search for essays: Part 1 (approx. 14 minutes)

Search for essays: Part 2 (approx. 35 minutes)

Introduction to research data management (approx. 15 minutes)

How does the ARTOS-Aboservice work? (ca. 6 minutes)

Unterschiede zwischen Bibliothek und Archiv (ca. 7 Minuten)

Das richtige Archiv finden (ca. 6 Minuten)

Digitale Angebote der nordeuropäischen Archive

"Focus on East and Southeastern Europe: virtual workshops for students, researchers and information specialists"

Libraries and book markets in times of a pandemic: challenges and chances

Bosansko bibliotekarstvo | The Bosnian library system: Libraries from Sarajevo introduce themselves

Acquisition and records of open access E-books

Research data management in Russian, Eastern and Southeastern European studies

Newsroom Eastern Europe: Searching for and in digitalized newspapers

Queries