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Category: Research
Preserving Archives: Maastricht University students present Special Collections documentary film
Four passionate students from University College Maastricht (UCM), one of Maastricht University’s (UM) Liberal Arts and Science programmes, made a documentary film about the university’s Special Collections. The documentary, titled “Caring Archives,” was created as part of a visual ethnographic research project. It was screened at the University Library last week.
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Automated import of Web of Science, PubMed and Scopus into the research information system Pure
For over a year now, the Current Research Information System (CRIS) team has been querying the Web of Science database for Maastricht University publications and automatically importing them into our research information system Pure.
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Embracing Open Access at Maastricht University: 2022 in Review and a Glimpse into 2023
More than 84% of our 2022 academic publications are open access. That’s an increase of 7% points in 2022 and a rise of 9%. In this post, we will discuss these results and the expectations for 2023.
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Open Access publishing: Towards a more inclusive and diverse publishing landscape
Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) and the Collaborative Dutch University Libraries and National Library (UKB) are taking further steps towards creating a more diverse and equitable publishing landscape. This initiative involves embracing the paths of ‘Full Open Access’ and ‘Diamond Open Access’.
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The FAIR Extension: Get FAIR Evaluation metrics directly from your browser
Explore FAIR metrics directly on scholarly websites using the FAIR browser extension, simplifying interaction with the FAIR landscape.
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NWO releases a new call for the Open Science Fund
The Open Science Fund (OSF) is aimed at supporting projects specifically designed to implement and stimulate Open Science practices. The 2023 OSF call is intended to stimulate Open Science by incentivising and rewarding researchers and therefore fits within UM’s new Recognition & Rewards program.
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Abel Diaz Gonzalez: collaborating with Maastricht University Press to publish proceedings of NBM Conference
Abel Diaz Gonzalez, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University SBE and chair of the 2023 NBM conference, has taken the lead in collaborating with Maastricht University Press to publish the proceedings of the New Business Models (NBM) Conference. This short interview sheds light on the significance of this partnership and its impact on the academic community.
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Henk van den Hoogen wins Lifetime Achievement Award for research support
Our colleague Henk van den Hoogen recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award for research support at the SURF Research Day in Amersfoort. The award ceremony highlighted Henk’s crucial role in, among other things, appointing a data steward at every UM faculty.
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Open Science Festival Maastricht / UKB/LCRDM Networking Day
On Thursday 25 May, the first Open Science Festival Maastricht took place, organised by the Open Science Community Maastricht (OSCM) in collaboration with the Maastricht University Library. Several panel discussions and parallel sessions focused on the theme of Open Science. The network day of UKB (Dutch University Libraries and The Royal Library of the Netherlands)/LCRDM (National Coordination Point Research Data Management) also took place at the same venue, allowing visitors to combine the two programmes. The theme of the UKB/LCRDM networking day was ‘Research Data Curation in daily practice’.
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Open Science Festival Maastricht – 25 may 2023
The Open Science Community of Maastricht University (OSCM), in collaboration with the University Library, is organising its first Open Science Festival on 25 May!
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