News archive
Category: Research Support Update
New workshop & coaching: unlock the secrets of open-access publishing
Are you curious about the world of open-access publishing? We have two new opportunities to help you navigate this dynamic landscape: an open-access workshop and a weekly open-access publishing hour.
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Predatory and Questionable Publishing Practices: How to recognise and avoid them
Avoid predatory journals! Check out our Open Access Publishing Guide and the recently published Predatory and Questionable Publishing Practices, and learn to recognise and avoid them.
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Research Data Management Community Meeting – The Role of NWO in Accelerating Open Science Implementation
Join us for the upcoming Research Data Management (RDM) Community meeting on 11 June from 12.30 to 14.00.
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Highlights 2023 – From a research perspective
Last month, we presented the Highlights 2023 of the Maastricht University Library. In this article, we would like to provide a brief overview of our achievements from the past year regarding research support.
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Embracing Diamond Open Access – a national project
Diamond Open Access (DOA) is a community-driven scholarly communication model that prioritises immediate access to research while upholding author rights and promoting diversity in publishing. The Diamond Open Access project in the Netherlands aims to strengthen non-profit scholarly publishing and aligns with bibliodiversity and open science principles.
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ORCID update – (Re-)Authenticate your ORCID iD in our research information system Pure
In the newest release of Pure, there were several updates to Pure’s integration with ORCID. If you created a connection between Pure and ORCID to synchronise your output information, now might be an excellent opportunity to reactivate the synchronisation again.
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Trial for Overton database: unlocking policy insights and research impact
Starting this week, you can access the Overton database. We are running an institutional trial for Overton, “the world’s largest collection of policy documents, parliamentary transcripts, government guidance and think tank research”, until 31 May 2024.
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Towards Responsible Publishing – cOAlition S needs your feedback
cOAlition S is seeking academic feedback on their Responsible Publishing proposal, paving the way to a community-based publishing system for scholars to openly share their research and engage with innovative quality control and evaluation standards.
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Data story: Research Software at Maastricht University
Research software’s importance has grown across disciplines, since it is a central component when doing science in the digital age.
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Access to public health literature with Global Health database
The University Library recently started offering access to the Global Health database (EBSCO). Global Health is a database that provides a truly global perspective on public health, indexing key literature not covered by other databases.
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