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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.
…New online resource: Orbis Intellectual Property
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.
…Library project received 2022 D&I grant
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.
…The new Online Library!
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.
…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
…DataHub sprint review
Join the next DataHub sprint review with sprint goal “improve the customizable metadata schema interaction user experience”
…Evidence Based Acquisition deal: your participation is welcome
Try the Taylor & Francis e-books collection made available for all UM members by using Evidence Based Acquisition.
…ReproducibiliTea – Embedding Open Science into Teaching
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.
…Library+ Education update 2-2022: Open Education Week Special
Library+ Education update 2-2022: Open Eduction Week Special
…OER myth-busting
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.
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