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Early career scholars meet & greet
Early career scholars: find out about Maastricht University Library research support services and help us align our service to your needs ... 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
Open Access publishing agreement with Oxford University Press started
Corresponding authors of Maastricht University and MUMC+ can now publish open access for free at Oxford University Press (OUP) ... 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
Massive growth of Lecture Recordings at UM
Almost 4000 lectures were uploaded in 2018 to UM's video infrastructure Mediasite ... Keep reading
Data stewardship: a new UM Library service
UM Library now offers data steward services to researchers in addition to our support to make research data FAIR ... 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
Taverne: an extra boost for open access
“You share, we take care” was launched today. We give open access another boost by helping researchers to make paywalled publications available to the public. Maastricht University is a participating partner in this VSNU project ... 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
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
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
Elsevier read and publish license extended by 6 months
Maastricht University students and researchers will have continued access to Elsevier articles behind a paywall (subscriptions) and UM researchers can publish their articles open access without extra costs (APC) in almost 400 Elsevier journals for another six months ... 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
New tool: access publications anywhere with the Library Access browser extension
The Library Access browser extension makes it simple to access academic articles, journals and databases licensed by UM Library. Add the extension to your browser and you will experience the internet as if you were on campus, wherever you are ... Keep reading
Open Access publishing and copyright
Open Access and a Creative Commons licence go hand in hand. But, do you understand the meaning of such a licence? More about Creative Commons and Copyright support in this article ... Keep reading
Prof. Dr. Rianne Letschert about open access – Open Access Week 2018
Prof. dr. Rianne Letschert: "Scientists not only want to reach scientist but also NGOs or policymakers, for example. That is why it is important that their work is open access available." ... Keep reading
Open Access Week 2018
This week (22-26 October) is International Open Access Week. At Maastricht University, we will pay extra attention to updating the Open Access portal and we will report on current open access issues, such as cOAlitionS, predatory publishers, APC, paywalls, copyright, and ORCID. We are open to your suggestions ... Keep reading
New and easy LibSearch login
Logging in to LibSearch has become more convenient for employees and students of Maastricht University. You can now simply log in with your UM account. ... Keep reading
