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Category: Special Collections
Maastricht University Library takes concrete steps forward in Linked Open Data
On 31 March, Maastricht University Library completed the first phase of the national programme line Linked Digital Heritage (Verbonden Digitaal Erfgoed).
…Art Nouveau illustrations, fairy tales & law and creepy stories
This autumn, we are all about fairy tales from our Golden Age of Illustration core collection. A precious collection of more than fifty of the most beautifully illustrated children’s books from around the turn of the twentieth century. All major author …
…Historical Book Review: writing on unusual old psychology books
In the Historical Book Review elective of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience students are taught how to write a historical book review article for Wikipedia on original, strange, or unusual psychology (related) books from the Special Collection …
…Indulging in old travel books and writing for Wikipedia
Since a few years, FASoS students have been delving into travel treasures from the UM Jesuit collection, select a book themselves and write a bachelor thesis and a Wikipedia article on it. This year’s Wikipedia articles are ready, published and available to all.
…Hybrid seminar on colonial stories and contemporary climate change urgency
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.
…Opening up old books: treasure hunting in Maastricht University’s botanical archives
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.
…Maastrichtenaar Poet Pierre Kemp set to music for King’s Day Concert 2022
Composer and conductor Leonard Evers has set Kemp texts to music for the annual King’s Day concert
…Find out where you stand
On Friday 24 September 2021, the artwork ‘find out where you stand’ was unveiled.
…Writing a Historical Book Review
Students from the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN) are currently writing Wikipedia articles on original, strange, or unusual psychology (related) books from the Special Collections that were published before 1920.
…Maastricht ondertekent als eerste universiteit in Nederland het NDE-manifest
Terugblik online event Digitaal Erfgoed @UM
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