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Category: Collections


  • Beyond his art: The personal side of Bernard Reith

    As an exceptional exhibition of Bernard Reith’s work is showcased at Maastricht University, his family offers insights into the artist’s personal life and lasting legacy.

  • Important Update: Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementation for Qualtrics

    As part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing security and user experience, we want to inform you about a crucial update to the Qualtrics login process. Starting 22 January 2024, Qualtrics will transition to a Single Sign-On (SSO) system. This implementation requires all users to log in exclusively through SSO, contributing to a more secure and streamlined access experience.

  • NTvG stopt met instellingsabonnement

    Met ingang van 1 januari 2024 heeft het bestuur van het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (NTvG) besloten om geen instellingsabonnementen meer aan te bieden. Als gevolg hiervan heeft de Universiteit Maastricht (UM) en het Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+ (MUMC+) per 1 januari 2024 geen toegang meer tot dit abonnement.

  • EAR II and the CopyrightCheck tool

    The Easy Access Agreement 2023 (EAR II) is an agreement between the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) and the collective management organisation Uitgeversorganisatie voor Onderwijslicenties (UvO) regarding the use of extracts (fragments) from publications for educational purposes, such as PDFs, images, etc. This agreement revises the existing Reader agreement concerning the use of extracts in (digitally) delivered educational materials. At the initiative of UNL and UvO, SURF (cooperative association of Dutch educational and research institutions) collaborated closely with universities to develop the CopyrightCheck tool.

  • woman in garden who holds up a book

    Talking about books VIII

    Sharon Anyango talks about Silent Spring, a book by Rachel Carson about the impact of pesticides on the global environment.

  • A Hollywood star in Maastricht: Marlene Dietrich as seen by Charles Eyck

    A wartime sketch of Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich by Dutch artist Charles Eyck sparks intrigue as it resurfaces, shedding light on an important chapter of Maastricht’s history and the hunt for the missing original.

  • Kluwer Navigator wordt InView Essential

    InView Essential is vanaf 22 november 2023 de nieuwe naam van Kluwer Navigator.

  • Pierre Kemp and his muses on display

    Explore the newest exhibition at Inner City Library, unveiling captivating narratives about poet Pierre Kemp and his muses.

  • woman reading old book

    Talking about books VII

    In this video, Monika Barget talks about Nouvel Atlas des Enfans. The 1793 edition of the book forms part of UM Library’s Special Collections. Monika takes you to the closed stacks department of the Inner City Library, where this book is located.

  • Photo Hans Maarse by (c) 2023 Maastricht University Press

    Maastricht University Press pioneers Open Education with the open textbook “Health Policy Analysis – An Introduction”

    We are proud to unveil our first open textbook, “Health Policy Analysis, An Introduction”, authored by Emeritus Professor Hans Maarse, a renowned expert in Health Policy Analysis.