Elsevier journals 100% open access: Dutch research institutions and Elsevier reach framework agreement
The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), The Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centres (NFU), The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and information and analytics business Elsevier have reached a framework agreement. ... Keep reading
How flipping a journal became about more than just Open Access
In January 2019, the entire editorial board of Elsevier’s Journal of Informetrics (JOI) resigned to start Quantitative Science Studies (QSS). They wanted a journal with the same scope and same scientific standards, but society-owned, open access and open citations ... Keep reading
Open Education: do not reinvent the wheel, get inspired
Open Education is part of Open Science, as became clear during the Open Science event last Friday, 25 October. Leo Köhler (FHML) presented the TOOL2-project and Costas Papadopoulos (FASoS) showed us the DARIAH Teach Platform ... Keep reading
An important step on the road to Open Science at UM
Rianne Letschert signed DORA on behalf of Maastricht University last Friday during the UM Open Science Event. Find out more about DORA and Open Science at UM. And read about the exciting OS related projects that were presented by UM scholars during the event ... Keep reading
De wijde wereld van het recht duiden met algoritmes
De pilot Web of Laws ontwikkelt tools die snel de relevante uitspraken filtert voor juristen. Met FAIR datagebruik en open science als belangrijke ankerpunten ... Keep reading
Analysing the wide world of law with algorithms
The pilot project Web of Laws is working to develop tools that quickly filter the relevant rulings for lawyers with FAIR data use and open science as important anchors ... Keep reading
UM Open Science event 2019
On Friday 25 October the 2019 UM Open Science event took place. Rianne Letschert started the event with the official signage of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) ... Keep reading
Micah Vandegrift – a Fullbright in Maastricht
Micah Vandergrift visited Maastricht University Library as a Fulbright-Schuman innovation fellow and stayed with us for 5 months between October 2018 and February 2019. ... Keep reading
Open Science: UKB has signed The Hague Declaration
Maastricht University Library is a member of UKB, the Dutch consortium of the thirteen university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands. We are happy to announce that UKB endorses the goals of the Hague Declaration. Read more on the main purposes ... Keep reading
LIBER statement on Open Science
LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries, is in favour of ‘opening up of the research process’. LIBER believes that the move towards openness will lead to increased transparency, better quality research, a higher level of citizen engagement, and will accelerate the pace of scientific discovery through the facilitation of data-driven innovation ... Keep reading