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This blog post presents the research and evidence that provides insights into how to enhance your students’ information skills ... Keep reading

This brand-new knowledge clip will support you in creating a healthy and balanced technology use. We invite UM students to attend the digital detox online workshop on 14 May ... 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

Not just numbers, but that’s how many workshops the skills & support team of the UM Library delivered and the number of participants in January 2017 ... Keep reading

On 1 June 2016 EndNote X7.3 will be upgraded to EndNote version X7.5 ... Keep reading

When you quickly want to find e-journals in LibSearch, i.e. “Nature of Science”, use the advanced search option below the search box. Select the filter “title phrase”. Fill in “Nature” and click on the search button. The first result is the one you are looking for ... Keep reading

The University Library offers a dedicated collaboration tool, that not only facilitates communication and information sharing, but explicitly offers the possibility to work together in a safe environment: the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) based on Sharepoint (MicroSoft) ... Keep reading

As from Monday 1 February the University Library offers you LibSearch, an improved library search engine for all students and employees of Maastricht University and external library members. It has a new interface and offers extra search options. You might run into some questions during your first usages. We are ready to help you. ... Keep reading

The University Sports Centre in Randwyck is the brand new indoor sports accommodation of Maastricht University. It is a multifunctional accommodation where Learning Spaces are at your disposal. You do not need a UM sports card to use the Learning Spaces; but you must have a valid UM card ... Keep reading

Do you have books or other materials from the University Library that you are no longer using? Then you can do us a big favour by returning them before 29 January to the inner city or Randwyck locations. That way, you will help us facilitate the switch to a new library system. ... Keep reading

Medical students are consumers of research output, but are also under increased requirements to become producers of research content. Open Access has clear advantages from both perspectives. It allows medical students, whether in Maastricht or in Sydney, to draw on a wider array of research output than would otherwise be possible ... Keep reading

Open Access is entering steadily into the Humanities and Social Sciences, and is now considered as an alternative to the traditional way of publishing monographs and scientific books. It is also worth noting that the submission of manuscripts of monographs to OA publishers is no different to that of ‘normal’, ‘traditional’ publishing house ... Keep reading

Only few weeks to go before the UM free online course on Problem Based Learning (PBL) will start! ... Keep reading

Are you working in higher education and do you have an idea for a project on open and online education? Then submit your proposal! ... Keep reading

With the start of this new academic year, the Student Desktop has slightly changed. Maastricht University offers a new environment: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). ... Keep reading

From now on the results and progress of the project UM Video Services will be presented at the UM VideUM website. Three reports have already been added to the content, ... Keep reading

On 19 May around 55 researchers, supporting staff and policy makers attended the seminar “Research data management at UM”, which was organised by the library’s research data support team. The programme covered a large variety of topics, ranging from ethical theory to practice experiences by researchers ... Keep reading

On 22 April 2015, during the FASoS Research Day, library specialist addressed two ongoing developments in research and focused on the context and implications in daily research practices. ... Keep reading

Do you know the UM rules of research data management? Do you know the benefits and how to do it properly? Are you interested in experiences of colleagues? Do you know what support UM provides? Come Tuesday 19 May to an interactive seminar highlighting the state of affairs of research data management at UM ... Keep reading

Since 1984, the University Library facilities for the UM School of Business and Economics have developed from a basic collection of printed materials into a wealth of academic information that is made available 24/7 via the Online Library. This presentation puts the spotlight on some of the multifaceted differences ... Keep reading