Explore Open Science through our new interactive video series
The Maastricht University Library has launched a new interactive video series on Open Science, designed to help researchers, educators, support staff, and students explore what Open Science means ... Read More
Citizen Science Matchmaking Event – Connecting citizens and science
Citizens in Limburg are invited to contribute to ongoing research at a unique event hosted by Maastricht University Library. The Citizen Science Matchmaking Event will take place on Monday 15 December 2025, from 13:30 to 17:00, at the Theater aan ... Read More
Most innovative poster prize at Open Science Festival 2025
On Friday 24 October, UM Library colleague Shuai Wang received the Most Innovative Poster Prize at the Open Science Festival 2025 for his poster Designing Data Infrastructure Maturity Profiles. The poster presents a new framework for documenting implementation decisions in ... Read More
Help students collaborate: 4 ways to use Microsoft Teams for group work
Did you know that Microsoft Teams offers tools to support student group work? A main benefit is that group work takes place in a licensed and managed environment, rather than relying on free tools, such as Google docs ... Read More
Opening up university treasures: The ‘Open Topstukken’ Project
Maastricht University (UM) and Radboud University (RU) joined forces to bring their most remarkable heritage objects into the digital spotlight. Through the Open Topstukken Project, both universities digitised and shared 15 key objects each from their collections around 4 shared ... Read More
Looking back: Butterflies through the eyes of science and art
During the Weekend van de Wetenschap (Weekend of Science), visitors were invited into the wonderful world of butterflies at Tapijn. The University Library participated with the activity “Butterflies through the eyes of science and art”, where science, art, and history ... Read More
Open Access Week 2025: Who owns our knowledge?
Knowledge should belong to the communities that create it. Unfortunately, commercial interests are increasingly controlling how research is shared, accessed, and valued. This week, we join the global movement that questions who really owns our scholarly knowledge ... Read More
Come to Your Senses, a new Maastricht University Press open-access book
Maastricht University Press has published Come to Your Senses – A Senses-based Learning Guide as an open-access book, making it freely available for everyone, including researchers, teachers, and students ... Read More
New workshop available: Introduction to Qualtrics
Whether you are preparing a thesis study, running course evaluations, collecting feedback after an event, or conducting research, Qualtrics provides a flexible and reliable space for data collection and analysis ... Read More
