
DIY Podcast Studio, new and improved!
The new DIY Podcast Studio in the Inner City Library facilitates recording and editing podcasts for the entire UM community ... Read More

New and reactivated Open Access APC discount deals
Updates about Springer, Emerald, Walter de Gruyter and IOS Press open access discount agreements in January ... Read More

I/B/E/S Global Aggregates (via Wharton) no longer available as of 1-1-2023
For each year, faculties and library set their budgets and carefully decide on which database licenses should be available for students and staff ... Read More

Open Education in practice
This week we take a look at two projects realised under the umbrella of the OCW/SURF-funded incentive scheme on open and online education ... Read More

New online resource: TruValue Labs (via FactSet)
New online resource focusses on company environmental, social, and governance (ESG) behaviour ... Read More

Emerald open access deal: no more APC discount in 2022
The Emerald open access discount agreement has reached the maximum APC discounts for 2022. Emerald has suspended the discount arrangement for the rest of the year. On 1 January, a new allocation of OA waivers will become available ... Read More

Talking about books
The University Library starts a new series of video blogs, called ‘Talking about books', where we put books (in print or E-book) from our collection in the spotlight ... Read More

It’s a book! Open Access of course.
Last week, we presented the first Maastricht University Press Open Access book online. A print version of the book was offered a week earlier to Professor Dr Rainer Prokisch on his retirement from the chair of International Tax Law at ... Read More

Open Access monitor: 82% of Dutch scientific articles Open Access
In 2021, we took another big step towards 100% Open Access (OA) in the Netherlands. Last year, Dutch universities made 82% of peer-reviewed scientific publications OA. Via publishers (gold OA) or university repositories (green OA). An increase of nine per ... Read More