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A true thriller for students and staff 🙀 👻

This year, One Book One Campus reads ‘Birnam Wood’ by Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton. A page-turning eco-thriller about what happens when heartfelt principles meet obscene wealth. Read the novel this summer, join the conversation this autumn.

https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-true-thriller-for-students-and-staff

#UtrechtUniversity #UniversityLibrary #Utrecht #Books #Reading #BookClub #Science #OneBookOneCampus

Two hands emerging from the branches of a tree are holding the book 'Birnam Wood' by Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton.

Utrecht University Library organises One Book One Campus

Agnes Andeweg: “It is just more fun when you can discuss a book you read together”

https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-university-library-organises-one-book-one-campus

#Utrecht #UniversityLibrary #Science #Books #OneBookOneCampus

Portrait of Agnes Andeweg in the garden of Utrecht University Library City Centre. Agnes stands in front of a tree with green leaves and has a friendly and laughing face.

Activities of TIB in the European university alliance “EULiST”

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Since 2023, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) has joined forces with 9 partner universities in the European University Alliance “EULiST – European Universities Linking Society and Technology”. The aim of the funding line announced by the European Commission is to strengthen the European bond through closer institutional cooperation and various exchange programs for the mobility of students, scientists and other university members as well as to improve the competitiveness of European universities. In addition to these goals, the alliance offers the opportunity to develop forms of education and research that are committed to the ideas of the Open Science movement and thus to transparency, accessibility and cooperation in research.

The participating universities are located in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Slovakia. Aiming toward finding solutions to societal challenges by employing an integrative approach to social, natural and technical sciences, many of them have a focus on the technical and natural sciences and are thus at the core of TIB’s tasks.

The TIB is involved in several processes within the alliance. It contributes its expertise in open software development and open access publishing and thus its many years of experience in the strategic development of open science. It has long been our belief that openness is a key building block for infrastructural and cultural collaboration, as well as for the unification of European campuses. Openness is a prerequisite for the production and distribution of knowledge without access barriers in a democratic manner. Moreover, it also offers practical opportunities for institutional cooperation and for innovative and flexible learning formats.

Development of open digital infrastructures and advice on publishing open access

The first step in bringing together digital offerings was to collect the services of the partner universities in order to develop a joint offering in the form of a Knowledge Hub. In terms of content, the Knowledge Hub thus offers the possibility of making open educational resources (OER), research data, publications and course offerings, among other things, findable across institutions via a central search entry point. As a technical basis, the TIB can build on the results of the Open Educational Resources Search Index OERSI. The subsequent use of the underlying technology has already been successfully tested using the example of research data with the search index for Research Software, Data and Terminologies with ReSoDaTe.

On this basis, work is currently underway on a central course catalog that brings together the courses offered by the partner institutions in one central location and makes them jointly searchable. In addition to specially developed search environments, other platforms such as Open Alex also play an important role, as they already have numerous integrations, particularly in the area of open access, and could potentially make up further components of the Knowledge Hub.

Other services developed at the TIB, such as the “Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG)” and the TIB AV-Portal, are also offered to the alliance. For example, there was an introductory webinar in using the AV portal in April 2024 at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Spain. Also in 2024, the TIB organized the one-week online workshop “How is a scientific journal created?” for EULiST students and doctoral candidates. Participants got hands-on experience with all the players, roles, and important topics in the scientific publication process through simulating the founding of an open access journal. All steps were played through and then discussed.

Openness in international university teaching

Openness in teaching is the TIB’s topic in Work Package 3 “Learning and Teaching”. With the “EULiST compatibility check”, a concrete pilot project is in the starting blocks that focuses on and supports teachers as central actors in EULiST teaching cooperation. The offer of the project is a consultation process largely controlled by the teachers, in which the TIB offers support in developing course syllabi according to the principle of openness.

This means, we check the rights of use of teaching materials, including course literature, research open alternatives to content that is currently not freely licensed or check secondary publication rights of materials such as the journal articles. According to the LUH Open Access Policy, LUH members are generally required to upload copies of their publications to the LUH Open Access repository. This therefore applies not only to literature used in courses. Advice on the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and the integration of Open Science training courses into seminars are also part of the portfolio.

Further plans include networking events for open access officers and counselors from the partner universities as part of a staff exchange to, for example, pool resources in the area of open access advice through training courses developed and offered in cooperation between universities. The first concrete steps in this direction have already been taken through participation in the working meeting of Work Packages 2 and 3 at TU Wien in February 2025.

We hope that these activities will strengthen Open Science in and with the participating institutions.

#AVPortal #EULiST #LizenzCCBY40INT #OERSI #ORKGl #UniversityLibrary

We wish you a happy and prosperous new year!

Music by BackgroundMusicLab from Pixabay

#ubchemnitz #universitätsbibliothekchemnitz #universitätsbibliothek #bibliothek #universitylibrary #library #silvester #gutesneuesjahr #newyearseve #happynewyear

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Wir wünschen euch einen guten #Rutsch und ein #glückliches und #erfolgreiches neues #Jahr!

Music by BackgroundMusicLab from Pixabay

#ubchemnitz #universitätsbibliothekchemnitz #universitätsbibliothek #bibliothek #universitylibrary #library #silvester #gutesneuesjahr #newyearseve #happynewyear

🇬🇧 The little #elf tries tirelessly to convince the #Grinch of the true meaning of #Christmas. In the end, he manages to make the grim Christmas hater think and question his insidious machinations. In the end, the Grinch realises what makes Christmas so valuable for everyone, namely community, #love and joy.

Music by GerdSuppe from Pixabay

#ubchemnitz #universitylibrary #library #christmas #elfontheshelf #grinch #elfvsgrinch

Enjoy the winter atmosphere in the Dining Room in the University Library City Centre.

Until 20 December, the Dining Room will be made extra cosy. Play a board game with your fellow students or colleagues, grab some sweets or make your own greeting card that we will distribute among people who could use a helping hand. You will find all the supplies you need on the tables.

#UtrechtUniversity #UniversityLibrary #Utrecht

https://www.uu.nl/en/news/enjoy-the-winter-atmosphere-in-the-dining-room-in-the-university-library-city-centre

A puzzle in progress on a table in Utrecht University Library City Centre.

Board games on a table at Utrecht University Library City Centre.

Board games, a plastic snow man with light and a poinsettia plant.

🇬🇧 The Christmas elves were there and left us a pre-Christmas present. 🥳

#ubchemnitz #universitätsbibliothekchemnitz #universitätsbibliothek #chemnitz #bibliothek #universitylibrary #library #weihnachten #christmas

In the reading garden of the university library, a table tennis table is set up with a crane next to the lawn and seating.

🇩🇪 Die Weihnachtswichtel waren da und haben uns ein vorweihnachtliches Geschenk da gelassen. 🥳

#ubchemnitz #universitätsbibliothekchemnitz #universitätsbibliothek #chemnitz #bibliothek #universitylibrary #library #weihnachten #christmas

Im Lesegarten der Universitätsbibliothek wird mit einem Krank eine Tischtennisplatte neben der Rasenfläche und den Sitzgelegenheiten aufgestellt.

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👹 Deeply hurt and disappointed, the elf vowed to take revenge. The plan seemed perfect, but the Grinch wouldn't be the Grinch if he didn't find a way out. 😉

Music by Dmitrii Kolesnikov from Pixabay

#ubchemnitz #universitätsbibliothekchemnitz #universitätsbibliothek #bibliothek #universitylibrary #library #zweiteradvent #weihnachten #christmas #elfontheshelf #grinch #elfvsgrinch

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👹 Tief verletzt und enttäuscht, schwor der Elf sich zu rächen. Der Plan schien perfekt, doch der Grinch wäre nicht der Grinch, wenn er nicht einen Ausweg finden würde. 😉

Music by Dmitrii Kolesnikov from Pixabay

#ubchemnitz #universitätsbibliothekchemnitz #universitätsbibliothek #bibliothek #universitylibrary #library #zweiteradvent #weihnachten #christmas #elfontheshelf #grinch #elfvsgrinch

🇬🇧 The #Grinch is back in our #library! 😱 He has hatched a new plan to steal #Christmas. With his cunning tricks and determination, he believes he will succeed. But he has made the plan without his adversary: the clever and vigilant #Elf (on the Shelf). What the Grinch doesn't know, however, is that our elf has been watching his goings-on for some time. The question remains: Can he carry out his dastardly plan to sabotage the festival unmolested?

#ubchemnitz #universitylibrary #elfontheshelf

Do you use a reference manager, such as Zotero or Endnote? The Utrecht University Library would like to help you better use and manage references. That is why we would like to learn which tools you use.

You can help us by completing this survey: https://survey.uu.nl/jfe/form/SV_8J4cQoYeWcmewcu

#ReferenceManager #Zotero #EndNote #UtrechtUniversity #UniversityLibrary #Science

Would you like to know more about OpenAlex? Join our Programming Cafe on 28 November in which the focus will be on the programming features of OpenAlex.

https://www.uu.nl/en/events/programming-cafe-28-november-2024

#UtrechtUniversity #UniversityLibrary #OpenScience #OpenAlex #Programming

OpenAlex, a big step towards Open Science? Our Open Science specialist @jeroenbosman explains.

"OpenAlex offers equal opportunities to all scientific output, regardless of language or format"

https://www.uu.nl/en/background/openalex-a-big-step-towards-open-science

#OpenScience #UtrechtUniversity #OpenAlex #Science #UniversityLibrary

As part of the International Open Access Week 2024, the Utrecht University Library is organising a workshop around a new publishing model: Publish, Review, Curate (PRC). On Thursday 24 October, researchers and support staff are warmly invited. Join colleagues and Open Access experts to explore this model and discover how to make it work for you.

#OpenAccess #UtrechtUniversity #UniversityLibrary

https://www.uu.nl/en/events/workshop-international-open-access-week

"A Geek’s Wildest Deams" -- thanks to a library! :) https://www.endangeredalphabets.com/2024/09/10/a-geeks-wildest-deams/ #writing #script #musicalnotation #manuscripts #Cambridge #UniversityLibrary

„Traumschiffe der Renaissance – Schiffspokale und Seefahrt um 1600”

In der Ausstellung befinden sich auch Objekte aus dem Fundus der Universitätsbibliothek: Das „goldene Schiff” und eine Karte der östlichen Erdhalbkugel.
Die Ausstellung ist noch bis zum 1. September zu besichtigen.

https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/besuch/ausstellungen/traumschiffe

#ublmu #ubmuenchen #universitätsbibliothek #art #lmumünchen #ausstellung #kunst #universitätsbibliothekmünchen #universitylibrary

⏳ #Countdown for handing over @dhnb business to the next Board & Chair.
📄 Today, I will work w/ my intern on adding our #DHNBPublications back-issues to the #FRITT diamond open-access journal system, hosted & maintained by the #UniversityLibrary Oslo.
💽 They will add metadata for all 264 papers from #DHN2018 to #DHNB2022: our conference and workshop proceedings.
📚 DHNBPublications also accepts conference & workshop proceedings outside the #Nordic #Baltic regions! https://journals.uio.no/dhnbpub

I'm establishing a new routine called #ExLibris #Friday. Every Friday, I will post 1 ExLibris from my collection, the #NationalLibrary of Norway, or the #UniversityLibrary's digital collections.
Where possible, I will say a bit about the artist, the owner & the collection or how it came into my possession.
I start with an Exlibris made for me by #German artist & friend of my grandfather's, Willi Richter. I only have one copy, and I doubt more exist. It was a gift more to my grandfather than me.

#UniversityLibrary

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