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Looking back at the library workshops at the 2026 UM Education Days

During this year's Maastricht University (UM) Education Days, colleagues from the UM Library shared practical approaches to educational innovation. Through two interactive workshops, participants explored how emerging technologies can enrich teaching while encouraging students to use them critically and responsibly ... Read More
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What digital literacy competences should every UM student have?

Maastricht University Library is currently developing a Digital Literacy Competence Framework to help define the digital knowledge, skills and attitudes students should develop during their studies. Faculty consultations are now underway to help shape the framework and explore how these ... Read More
Open Science Festival Limburg 2026

First Open Science Festival Limburg highlights interdisciplinarity and collaboration

On 11 and 12 June, researchers, educators, students and support staff gathered in Heerlen and Maastricht for the first Open Science Festival Limburg. Organised by the Open Science Community Maastricht and the Open Science Community Parkstad, the festival explored the ... Read More
Bookshelves with travel and guidebooks at Maastricht University Library.

New digital exhibition on military memory tourism

How did Europeans visit and remember sites of war before modern heritage tourism? This new digital exhibition explores the rise of military memory tourism through historical travel guides, tracing the transformation of battlefields, monuments and memorial sites from military spectacles ... Read More
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New Canvas online training course for UM staff

The new Maastricht University (UM) online training course will help teachers and tutors get the most out of Canvas ... Read More
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Citizen Science hub De BRUG officially kicked off

On Monday 18 May 2026 a kick-off meeting for the regional Citizen Science hub De BRUG was organised at Avans Hogeschool in Den Bosch ... Read More
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The people behind the research: UM team receives Open Science NL funding to study invisible knowledge work

A multidisciplinary team of researchers and support staff from Maastricht University has been awarded a €250,000 grant from Open Science NL for the project “Invisible knowledge work and the transformation and scaling of Open Science practices.” The project is led ... Read More
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Preserving Maastricht University’s visual history

Since 2025, Maastricht University Library has been working on the Maastricht University (UM) Heritage Photo Collection project, making a curated selection of historical photographs from the UM archive more accessible. As part of this project, sessions are being organised with ... Read More
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OpenUP Grant: deadline extended until 21 June 2026

Due to the many expressions of interest we have received, and in response to several requests for additional time, we have decided to extend the application deadline for the OpenUP Grant ... Read More
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