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Category: Student Support
Critically exploring AI for a literature search: library project outcomes
Over the past academic year, colleagues from different Maastricht University (UM) Library teams collaborated on a project to develop criteria for evaluating the output of (generative) AI tools. Existing evaluation methods, such as the well-known CRAAP-test, fall short when it comes to evaluating AI output.
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Looking back at the library workshops at the 2026 UM Education Days
During this year’s Maastricht University (UM) Education Days, colleagues from the UM Library shared practical approaches to educational innovation. Through two interactive workshops, participants explored how emerging technologies can enrich teaching while encouraging students to use them critically and responsibly.
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New online resource: Compustat Capital IQ Transcripts (via Wharton)
Compustat Capital IQ Transcripts provides a convenient way to analyse historical transcript data and trends on 10,600 companies.
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New equipment DIY Podcast Studio and lendable DIY Podcast Kit
Our DIY Podcast Studio is improved with a new professional recorder and it is now also possible to borrow a DIY Podcast kit.
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Training session WestlawNext and Westlaw UK
Training session WestlawNext and Westlaw UK, Friday 21 April 2023 from 11:00 to 13:00 p.m. in room 1.213 at the Inner City Library.
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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
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Nieuwe editie van de Leidraad voor juridische auteurs
De tiende druk, 2022 van de ‘Leidraad voor juridische auteurs: Verwijzen naar literatuur, regelgeving en jurisprudentie in voetnoten en literatuurlijst’, bedoeld voor Nederlandstalige teksten, is herzien en geactualiseerd.
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Introduction sessions on company data & statistics
The library will be organising a series of free online training sessions for finding company data & statistics for your thesis, projects or life after university.
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Renovation work at UNS50 may cause noise nuisance
As from 5 September up until December 2022 renovation activities will be done from 12.45 to 13.45 near the Randwyck Library location.
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Update on our Chromebooks for digital assessment
With the rising popularity of digital exams at UM, exams on Chromebooks have all but replaced traditional pen and paper exams. This is why the Library keeps investing in digital exam facilities: replace the old and improve on what we have.
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