Esther Bättig Neusch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head of Education Services, University Library

Focus

Library Management, Organization Development, Change Management, Leadership, Coaching, Teaching technologies, Didactics, Information Literacy, Open Education (OE), Open Educational Resources (OER)

Experience

• Head of Education Services & Library Management Team member
  ZHAW
  03 / 2021 - today
• Head a.i. of Education Services
  ZHAW
  01 / 2020 - 02 / 2021
• Information Literacy Coordinator Librarian
  ZHAW
  02 / 2015 - 12 / 2019
• Information Specialist
  ZHAW
  08 / 2010 - 01 / 2015
• Information Specialist & Debuty Head of University Libraries
  ZHW
  11 / 2006 - 05 / 2007
• Information Specialist
  ZHW
  10 / 2004 - 10 / 2006
• Teacher for Primary Level
  Cantons of Thurgau and Zurich
  08 / 1993 - 05 / 2001

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Graduation in Information and Documentation Sciences
  University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur
  09 / 2001 - 07 / 2004
• Teacher
  Teacher Training College Hitzkirch
  08 / 1988 - 07 / 1993

Continuing Education

• Certified Systemic Coach CP
  Coachingplus GmbH
  10 / 2024
• Certificate in Leadership Basic
  Canton of Zürich
  11 / 2021
• Certificate in Open Networked Learning ONL 19
  ZHAW
  12 / 2019

Network

Membership of networks

• Bibliosuisse
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Information und Wissen e.V. (DGI)
• Association Information Literacy Working Group at Swiss Universities
• Association of Academic Librarians Switzerland

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

Fostering AI & recognition in Open Education / Co-project leader / ongoing

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Bättig Neusch, E., Corredera Nilsson, E., Flühler, R., & Krüger, N. (2025). Das Kollektiv hinter dem Individuum : OER, KI und die strategische Rolle von Bibliotheken am Beispiel der ZHAW Hochschulbibliothek. Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, 49(3), 341–351. https://doi.org/10.1515/bfp-2025-0030

Other publications

Bättig Neusch, E., Corredera Nilsson, E., & Flühler, R. (2026). Putting creators in the limelight : a white paper on creator-centered indicators for OER. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-36774

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