The 2022 Open Science Awards focus on societal engagement. Submit your use case and inspire others with your example of how you have engaged with society. You might even win €250 ... Keep reading

Thursday, May 19, 2022, marks the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities ... Keep reading

Open Access benefits everyone. Retain your rights. It's good for you, for science, and for society ... Keep reading

On Friday 20 May a hybrid seminar will take place at the Het Nieuwe Insituut in Rotterdam and online. Get ready for a plenary program on how to tell stories about colonial encounters in relation to the contemporary climate change urgency ... Keep reading

In this Library+ Education update, we will update you on latest activities and workshops. And, if you get inspired but need some help making things happen, we hope you feel invited to contact us via Ask your Librarian ... Keep reading

In the context of the 2022 Open & Online Education incentive scheme funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Maastricht University anatomists succeeded for the third time to receive a grant for a project focusing on the creation and sharing of open educational resources (OER). ... Keep reading

UM students analysed botanical history books in the context of present-day science during a 4-week research project, in collaboration with evolutionary biologist Roy Erkens (Faculty of Science and Engineering), the University Library and Wikimedia Netherlands ... Keep reading

Orbis Intellectual Property is a full-text patent database of private and public companies around the world, comprising 131 million patents and patent applications and more than 2 million patent holders ... Keep reading

Just before Easter the University Library received the joyful message that the D&I Grant Proposal 'When every word matters; studying without barriers' was approved. ... Keep reading

The University Library’s website – the Online Library – underwent a true metamorphosis. We hope you will like the new design and will quickly find your way again on the website ... Keep reading

Composer and conductor Leonard Evers has set Kemp texts to music for the annual King’s Day concert ... Keep reading

Join the next DataHub sprint review with sprint goal "improve the customizable metadata schema interaction user experience" ... Keep reading

Try the Taylor & Francis e-books collection made available for all UM members by using Evidence Based Acquisition. ... Keep reading

How can we embed Open Science into teaching? Join our next Maastricht ReproducibiliTea (Zoom) meeting on 22 March from 11.00 to 12.00! We will discuss the article ‘Embedding Open and Reproducible Science into Teaching: A Bank of Lesson Plans and Resources’, together with Dr Martin Vasilev, co-author of the paper. ... Keep reading

Library+ Education update 2-2022: Open Eduction Week Special ... Keep reading

Do you think OER are hard to find or not applicable for your education? Then it is about time to debunk some myths about these free and open resources ... Keep reading

Interested in using your own (OA) publications for educational purposes or what to pay attention to if you create your own educational? ... Keep reading

No budget for more resources? Or curious about how to find and (re)use open educational material next to licensed resources? ... Keep reading

Sharing your learning materials is easier than you think. Want to try? Join us in the edusources project ... Keep reading

Join the next DataHub sprint review with sprint goal "welcome the custom in customizable metadata" ... Keep reading