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XXL hours from Saturday 16 March to Thursday 4 April
Looking for a place to study? During the upcoming exam period, we offer UM students extra opening hours. Also check out the informal study places and bookable rooms within UM campus. ... Keep reading
Breng de ‘Minervalia’ terug naar Maastricht
Het eerste project van UM Crowd is project Minervalia. Een klein boek van grote waarde: de oudste in Maastricht gedrukte komedie. ... Keep reading
Advance your education and research using UM’s ‘old classics’
How can using old books from the Library’s Special Collections and a bit of technology add value to advance your courses? In Library Vlog #4, Rachel Elands tells us about the Maastricht Science Programme ... Keep reading
Join the Student Idea Competition
Join the Student Idea Competition. We need you to come along and think together on how to solve UM's challenges to improve the learning outcomes of our PBL by using IT! ... Keep reading
Massive growth of Lecture Recordings at UM
Almost 4000 lectures were uploaded in 2018 to UM's video infrastructure Mediasite ... Keep reading
Welcome to the Open Education Week (4-8 March)
University Maastricht celebrates Open Education Week with new initiatives in the spotlight. For example: AnatomyTOOL project, DariahTeach-platform for Digital Arts & Humanities, Open badges at FSE, Online module on digital information skills ... Keep reading
Expositie Europa in beeld nog een week te zien
De expositie ‘Europa in beeld, bezienswaardigheden uit de Jezuïetencollectie: reisgidsen, toerisme en erfgoed’ is nog een week te zien in het Bestuursgebouw van de Universiteit Maastricht (Minderbroedersberg 4-6. 6211 LK Maastricht) ... Keep reading
UM provisionally awards Canvas as the new Learning Management System
The UM Executive Board has adopted the unanimous recommendation by the LMS steering committee to provisionally award the LMS contract to Instructure (Canvas platform) ... Keep reading
Wooclap Demo sessions – Live voting tool
Interested to join a Wooclap demo session to inform you about educational applicability and functionalities of this audience response tool for live voting? Sign up now! ... Keep reading
Follow-up: investigating the botanical archives of Maastricht
From Monday 7 January, 13 students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) will study historical plant books from Maastricht University’s Special Collections during a 4-week research project. ... Keep reading
Library Vlog #3: AI in the classroom
We interviewed UM colleagues and students and experts from IBM about the current and future role of AI in education. In addition, you will hear more about the AI inside the classroom sessions, which took place shortly before the Christmas break. ... Keep reading
Gaby Lutgens nominated for Wynand Wijnen Education Prize 2018
Congratulations for Gaby Lutgens, UM Library coordinator of Blended PBL Support ... Keep reading
This weekend XXL hours Randwyck Library
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January the Randwyck Library will have extended opening hours. You are welcome to prepare for your exams on both days between 08.30 – 18.00 ... Keep reading
Explore Editions and Formats in LibSearch
The 'Explore Editions and Formats' section in LibSearch has improved. The sort and filter options are more refined so you can make your results more specific. Check it out now! ... Keep reading
Thesis skills training sessions masters SBE
The University Library offers several skills training sessions in January 2019 for master students SBE. ... Keep reading
Poëzieparcours 2019
Dit jaar vindt van 2 januari t/m 6 februari het Poëzieparcours plaats in Maastricht. De Universiteitsbibliotheek is met een van haar vitrines onderdeel van deze culturele stadswandeling met het thema 'Vrijheid' ... Keep reading
Opening up old books: investigating the botanical archives of Maastricht
From Monday 7 January, 13 students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) will study historical plant books from Maastricht University’s Special Collections during a 4-week research project. ... Keep reading
More Open Access publications in LibSearch
There is a new functionality in LibSearch, our discovery tool: the Open Access filter. You can now limit your search results to Open Access, including free access e-books and articles ... Keep reading
Blackboard, Canvas, or Brightspace?
Last week the deadline expired for submitting a quotation to the LMS tender published by Maastricht University. Time to take new steps in the process. ... Keep reading
Library Vlog #2: Information Literacy Skills
It is time for the second UM Library vlog item: a short interview with our information specialist Stefan Jongen, to inform you where to find the online modules developed by UM Library, and to show you our latest online module: managing your citations and references ... Keep reading
