Library+ Teacher
Education support for teachers @UMResources for your courses
Find and offer as many resources as you want and develop your students into domain experts and well-trained information seekers.

Borrowing from the library

Collections

Copyright Information Point

Dictionaries

E-books

KeyLinks Learning Resources

Ordering literature
Facilities for education
Are you teaching or planning exams in the University Library in the upcoming period? In that case, we offer facilities and services for your education.

Computer facilities in the library

Hours & Locations

Reserving rooms

Software in the library

Storage capacity for students

Student Desktop Anywhere – SDA

Teaching in the University Library

WiFi: Wireless Network Maastricht University
Integrating information literacy into your course
Information Skills Support
The library organises workshops, has made some online tutorials and instructional videos. Tutorials, video’s and additional information can be found on the Skills & Support page.
Implementing tools for offline and online education
What do you want your students to achieve in your course? What teaching and learning activities suit these intended learning outcomes? And how to facilitate these given aspects as where are your students, how to monitor and assess them?
In addition to hosting the digital learning environment (Canvas), the Library Blended PBL Support team supports teachers in implementing tools for teaching and learning. We can advise on your (online) education, whether it’s about entire course design, implementing digital tools, or adapting and offering assignments for your students to perform.
Tool wheel
Use the Tool Wheel as a starting point to find out what online tools are available in the context of several educational scenarios.
Video in education
Visit VideUM to learn more about video in education and UM video conferencing tools.
Digital assessment
Canvas offers functionality to create (formative) tests and surveys. In addition, faculties can make use of digital assessment for their courses, making use of TestVision.
Build your course Canvas
Students enter course-related content and tools in the digital learning environment via the Student Portal. Teaching and support staff work in the back-end or learning management system (Canvas). Visit the Going Canvas Portal for everything you want to find out about this LMS and how to start working with it.
UM Online Education Portal
Checkout the official UM Online Education portal, which has been launched in order to provide the UM community with information about facilitating education via digital means.
Support for teachers
Specialised help on the available library facilities and services for teachers at Maastricht University.Copyright information point
Everything about copyright for teachers.
Writing Studio
The main goal of the Writing Studio is to support students and help them reflect on their thinking, searching and writing process.
Data Search Support
Turn to our data search specialists when help is needed in searching for data.
Peer Point
At Peer Point, your students can get help from a fellow student.
Library Workshops & Courses
We offer all sorts of workshops & courses in the field of information skills.
Thesis SupportAll
In addition, we offer the online Thesis SupportAll for bachelor and master students who are in the process of writing their thesis.
Education related news & events
Browse the web with Ecosia and plant trees together
Let’s start the new year in a ‘green’ way and help saving CO2. From 15 January, sustainable search engine Ecosia will be set as default on Maastricht University’s Student Desktops in the library locations and Student Desktop Anywhere.
Discover KeyLinks Learning Resources for your courses
Starting course period 3 (January 2021), KeyLinks Learning Resources will help you create uniform lists of course-related materials for your students in Canvas. Let us introduce this new tool to you.
UM roadmap for project proposals in the 2020 OCW/SURF tender
Just before summer, we shared the call for proposals on Open and Online Education. In addition we now inform you on the UM roadmap for those considering applying for a grant.Activities and dates SURF organised a general information session about...
Information-Wise in a Nutshell
Project Information-Wise has been running from March 2019 – August 2020. This blog post introduces the project context, its deliverables, and presents the team behind the scenes.
Information-Wise: UM Information Literacy Framework
What is Maastricht University’s vision of information literacy education? Read this blog post on the UM information literacy framework to find out.
How to enhance your students’ information skills?
This blog post presents the research and evidence that provides insights into how to enhance your students’ information skills.
Contact & Support
For questions or information, use the web form right to contact a subject specialist.
Contact an Education Support specialist