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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

“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

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

Foolow up: From Monday 7 January, 13 students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) will study historical plant books from Maastricht University’s Special Collections ... Keep reading

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

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

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

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

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

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: "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

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

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

On Wednesday 13 June, we organise a Research Data Management event for UM researchers and support staff. Specialists from UM and SURF are present to answer your data-related questions ... Keep reading

The EBSCO Academic e-book Collection is an extensive package of more than 170.000 e-books in a broad range of academic subjects. We kindly invite you to have a look at the available titles in your field of interest. ... Keep reading

Curious about UM Library's 2017 highlights on services and support for researchers, teachers and students? Take a look at this 5 minute video where we give the floor to some of our users within Maastricht University ... Keep reading

This post about Open Access is the third in a short series about selecting the best journal to publish in and some of the options to consider. UM Library supports researchers in this task. Learn more about selecting journals, article processing charges and the journal browser ... Keep reading

This post about the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is the second post in a short series about selecting the best journal to publish in and the way Maastricht University Library supports UM researchers with this task ... Keep reading

The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) announced a new three-year deal with Oxford University Press (OUP). The deal is covering access to OUP’s journals as well as Open Access to Dutch contributions in 2019 and 2020. Maastricht University takes part in this deal ... Keep reading

In a short series about selecting the best journal to publish in, we will cover some of the options to consider. And the way Maastricht University Library supports UM researchers with this task. This is the first post in the series ... Keep reading