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Opening up university treasures: The ‘Open Topstukken’ Project
Maastricht University (UM) and Radboud University (RU) joined forces to bring their most remarkable heritage objects into the digital spotlight. Through the Open Topstukken Project, both universities digitised and shared 15 key objects each from their collections around 4 shared themes, making them accessible, findable and reusable to researchers, students, and the public worldwide.
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Looking back: Butterflies through the eyes of science and art
During the Weekend van de Wetenschap (Weekend of Science), visitors were invited into the wonderful world of butterflies at Tapijn. The University Library participated with the activity “Butterflies through the eyes of science and art”, where science, art, and history beautifully came together to inspire both young and old.
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UM Library contributes to national interoperability and linked data networks
At the Maastricht University (UM) Library, we collaborate with partners across the Netherlands to make research data and digital collections easier to find, connect, and reuse.
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Open Access Week 2025: Who owns our knowledge?
Knowledge should belong to the communities that create it. Unfortunately, commercial interests are increasingly controlling how research is shared, accessed, and valued. This week, we join the global movement that questions who really owns our scholarly knowledge.
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Come to Your Senses, a new Maastricht University Press open-access book
Maastricht University Press has published Come to Your Senses – A Senses-based Learning Guide as an open-access book, making it freely available for everyone, including researchers, teachers, and students.
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New workshop available: Introduction to Qualtrics
Whether you are preparing a thesis study, running course evaluations, collecting feedback after an event, or conducting research, Qualtrics provides a flexible and reliable space for data collection and analysis.
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Royal Society discount deal and new features added to our Open Access Journal Browser
We’ve introduced a new publishing deal and several enhancements to our Open Access Journal Browser, helping UM and MUMC authors make better-informed choices about where to publish Open Access.
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DSRI service update: status and recovery plan
The DSRI service is currently unavailable following planned maintenance in July. Updates to the cluster management software caused multiple issues with the data storage system, resulting in an unstable cluster and inaccessible data for users.
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Level up your research with high-performance computing: Join Maastricht Computing Day or Autumn HPC School this October
On the 27th of October the Research Computing Support team and SURF will organise the Maastricht Computing Day. Additionally, on the 27th and 28th of October they will organise the Autumn HPC School. Join one of these events to discover how high-performance computing can enhance your research, build practical skills, and connect with fellow researchers.
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Workshop: DataverseNL in practice – Requirements, workflows, and best practices
On 6 November, the University Library is organising a workshop on DataverseNL. This is the data repository supported by Maastricht University to describe, publish and preserve research datasets.
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