The Matter of Hospitals: A new book explores the material life and sensory experiences of healthcare institutions

The Matter of Hospitals: A new book explores the material life and sensory experiences of healthcare institutions

Last week saw the online publication of The Matter of Hospitals - An Alphabetical Investigation, a new open-access book from Maastricht University Press, edited by Anna Harris. More than a collection of essays, this 441-page volume is a unique alphabetical ... Read More
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Sensitive Partnership Form in the Research Project Services (RPS) platform

To assess whether collaboration within a project is sufficiently secure and meets all UM standards and expectations, UM has established three assessment frameworks: Knowledge Security, Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) and Fossil-free Society. Together with the Sensitive Partnership Unit (SPU), ... Read More
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Research Computing Support hosts successful Maastricht Computing Day and Autumn HPC School

On October 27th and 28th, the Research Computing Support team successfully organized the Maastricht Computing Day and Autumn HPC School ... Read More
Research Data Management training materials now available

Research Data Management training materials now available

Discover the training materials in the open repository Zenodo ... Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
Group photo at the conclusion of the Open Topstukken Project, taken in front of the Open Topstukken website. From L to R: Maarten Coonen, Sandra Fauconnier, Daan van Ramshorst, Odin Essers, Hilde van Wanroij, Maryam Mazaheri, Vivian van Slooten and Peter Verberne. Missing: Johan Oosterman and Ruud van den Heuvel (Radboud University).

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
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