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| Published on: | 27 September 2023 |
The University of Groningen Library (UB) and the Open Science Community Groningen (OSCG) organize the annual Open Research Award to celebrate open research practices.
| Published on: | 26 September 2023 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (September 2023)
| Published on: | 25 September 2023 |
Until 19 October, you can make use of a trial of the MideastWire news service.
| Published on: | 22 September 2023 |
Information literacy training is an important ingredient in helping to build the critical thinking skills that students will need in their future careers. Meet Lilian Tabois and find out how the University of Groningen Library (UB) supports students and researchers in developing their information literacy skills.
| Published on: | 21 September 2023 |
The UB has a new licence on the French daily Le Monde.
| Published on: | 19 September 2023 |
Until 31 October, you can make use of a trial of the World Religion Database (WRD).
| Published on: | 15 September 2023 |
Open access book fund and Diamond open access fund closed
| Published on: | 13 September 2023 |
Studio reservations via Library app unavailable 21-24 September
| Published on: | 07 September 2023 |
As the new Programme Manager Open Science, you are expected to contribute to the UG mission through your active involvement in various activities.
| Published on: | 16 August 2023 |
The fourth film in the Humanity Hits series is about the 16th-century Thesinge Book of Hours.
| Published on: | 19 July 2023 |
Two new resources have been added to our e-resources list: Fascist Latin Texts and SlaveVoyages.
| Published on: | 13 July 2023 |
Last December, the University Library (UB) City Centre launched a pilot to save energy. Following an interim evaluation of the pilot, it has been decided to adjust the opening hours as of 1 September and to extend the so-called UG-only periods around the exam weeks.
| Published on: | 10 July 2023 |
The new podcast Open Science Bites by the University of Groningen showcases open practices in a to the point and engaging way.
| Published on: | 26 June 2023 |
The University of Groningen ranks first worldwide in the field of open access, according to the 2023 Leiden Ranking. In this interview with Giulia Trentacosti, we explore the status of open access at the UG.
| Published on: | 22 June 2023 |
According to the 2023 CWTS Leiden Ranking (Leiden University), the University of Groningen ranks 1st in the world in the area of open access, with 95% of publications being openly accessible in the period 2018-2021.
| Published on: | 16 June 2023 |
In 2022, 97% of UG/UMCG peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings were open access - including gold (30%), hybrid (32%) and green (35%) open access. The share of open access publications remained stable from 2021, but rose significantly compared to previous years.
| Published on: | 14 June 2023 |
The UG’s Open Access Book Fund is expected to run out by the end of May 2023. The fund was very successful, with 48 applications received since the fund’s launch in February 2022.
| Published on: | 01 June 2023 |
A 30-day trial of 'Missionary Studies' and 'Church Missionary Society Archive.'
| Published on: | 26 May 2023 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight May 2023
| Published on: | 24 May 2023 |
Extra opening hours UB City Centre and UB Zernike around the exam periods.
| Published on: | 23 May 2023 |
Please upgrade your RefWorks to the newest version.
| Published on: | 15 May 2023 |
The new podcast Open Science Bites by the University of Groningen showcases open practices in a to the point and engaging way.
| Published on: | 02 May 2023 |
The UB is closed on Ascension Day and Whitsun
| Published on: | 28 April 2023 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight March 2023: The process of replication target selection in psychology: what to consider?
| Published on: | 24 April 2023 |
Until 23 May, you can make use of a trial of the APA PsycTests database.
| Published on: | 18 April 2023 |
A 30-day trial of the online video collection Shakespeare's Globe on Screen 1 (2008-2015).
| Published on: | 17 April 2023 |
The new podcast Open Science Bites by the University of Groningen showcases open practices in a to the point and engaging way.
| Published on: | 04 April 2023 |
Numbers Request-a-copy in 2022
Request-a-copy enables users of the UG research portal to request publications that are not yet full text available (because of an embargo or restriction). The UB acts as an intermediary and forwards the request to the author of the publication. In 2022 a total of 909 request-a-copy requests were received.
| Published on: | 03 April 2023 |
Opening hours UB Good Friday, Easter, King's Day
| Published on: | 31 March 2023 |
The open access policy does not introduce new requirements for UG- and UMCG-affiliated authors. It rather explains the available publishing options for researchers and crystallises existing practices.
| Published on: | 30 March 2023 |
New UGP publication: Een Nobelprijs geboren in Groningen: Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893 – 1986)
| Published on: | 27 March 2023 |
UGP has published UG’s first open textbook The Tragedy of the Self: Lectures on Global Hermeneutics by Andrea Sangiacomo.
| Published on: | 24 March 2023 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight March 2023
| Published on: | 20 March 2023 |
The new podcast Open Science Bites by the University of Groningen showcases open practices in a to the point and engaging way.
| Published on: | 20 March 2023 |
The Copyright Information Point helps researchers, lecturers, and students. Meet Dorine Kieft, academic information specialist and copyright expert at the University of Groningen Library (UB).
| Published on: | 15 March 2023 |
From 20 March through 9 April the University Library City Centre is only accessible for students and staff of the University of Groningen (and other holders of a University card). Hanze students will have no access to the library in these periods
| Published on: | 09 March 2023 |
New UGP publication: Ethnographic Causality
| Published on: | 07 March 2023 |
New agreements Universities and the UvO Foundation on reuse of copyright material (text and images) in education 2023-2025: lecturers can use material up to and including 40 pages with a maximum of 20% of the entire work (this uses to be 50 pages and 25%).
| Published on: | 03 March 2023 |
University of Groningen Press (UGP) has published a book Differentiated Instruction in Teaching from the International Perspective: Methodological and empirical insights.
| Published on: | 28 February 2023 |
New licence: Sources Chrétiennes Online
| Published on: | 16 February 2023 |
Support for diamond open access at the UG
| Published on: | 16 February 2023 |
Since February 2022, the fund has received 35 applications: 7 books have been finalized and published, while one request has been rejected, one was withdrawn and the remaining 26 are still in progress or pending approval.
| Published on: | 10 February 2023 |
Frank Scholten’s documentary approach to photography gives us scenes of an everyday modernity in Palestine with a particular attention to religion and ethnography.
| Published on: | 09 February 2023 |
Scientific authors from Dutch universities and UMCs can publish open access with these two publishers at no extra cost.
| Published on: | 07 February 2023 |
Learn where to find open materials created by top educators, how to share your materials using an open license, and how you can increase your students’ impact through open pedagogy.
| Published on: | 26 January 2023 |
The Humanity Hit on the Chronicle of the abbey of Wittewierum is nominated for the Best Groninger Film 2022, in the Commissioned film/ commercial category. The film was made last year by Marieke Verdijk and Frank Boxman, who were commissioned by the Special Collections department of the UB Groningen.
| Published on: | 23 January 2023 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight January 2023
| Published on: | 23 January 2023 |
All UG dissertations from 2022 - 610 in total - have been received in digital format.
| Published on: | 20 January 2023 |
New collections were added to the online platform Adam Matthew Explorer.
| Published on: | 17 January 2023 |
The new diamond open access journal Journal of Spinoza Studies (JSS) is now available at University of Groningen Press (UGP).
| Published on: | 11 January 2023 |
The University of Groningen Library (UB) is launching a digital, interactive map called Tales from Frisia
| Published on: | 21 December 2022 |
From 9 January through 27 January the University Library City Centre is only accessible for students and staff of the University of Groningen (and other holders of a University card). Hanze students will have no access to the library in these periods
| Published on: | 14 December 2022 |
The UB will be open as much as possible during the holiday period around Christmas and New Year. Read more about the opening hours between Christmas and New Year and the first week of January 2023 (January 2-8)
| Published on: | 13 December 2022 |
University of Groningen Press has published a book 'Resistance and freedom: The Groningen Relief of 1672 and the University' edited by Arjen Dijkstra and Joop W. Koopmans.
| Published on: | 09 December 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight December 2022
| Published on: | 08 December 2022 |
Since 1 June, the UB City Centre has been providing free menstrual products for library visitors as part of a pilot project.
| Published on: | 07 December 2022 |
The UB is now licensed to Oxford Scholarship Online and Oxford Clinical Psychology.
| Published on: | 01 December 2022 |
The University Library now offers an FAQ about funder requirements to help you comply with your funder's policy.
| Published on: | 29 November 2022 |
De afdeling Bijzondere Collecties van de UB Groningen heeft een themanummer van het tijdschrift De Boekenwereld samengesteld. In dit themanummer staat ‘Frisia’ centraal, ooit de naam voor het hele gebied dat we nu Groningen, Friesland en Ostfriesland noemen.
| Published on: | 28 November 2022 |
According to the agreement between Emerald and UNL (Universities of The Netherlands), corresponding authors from Dutch universities are entitled to 86 vouchers which allow open access publication at no extra cost in Emerald journals. On 25 November 2022, all available vouchers were used. This means that the deal is suspended for the remainder of 2022 and UG/UMCG articles will no longer be eligible for the usual discount on the open access fee.
| Published on: | 23 November 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight november 2022.
| Published on: | 22 November 2022 |
Energy saving pilot: adjusted opening hours UB City Centre as of 1 December
| Published on: | 21 November 2022 |
Springer Nature OA deal: annual quota reached
| Published on: | 14 November 2022 |
Cities for talent: Good practices for internationalisation in medium-sized European cities
| Published on: | 09 November 2022 |
New journal in University of Groningen Press
| Published on: | 07 November 2022 |
It's been two years since the interview with open educational resources (OER) specialist Mira Zhuk. Meanwhile, a second OER specialist has joined the University of Groningen Library (UB): Meet Martijn Blikmans.
| Published on: | 04 November 2022 |
17 November, 13-17, Van Swinderen Huys plus livestream
| Published on: | 25 October 2022 |
3 winnaars van de 2022 Open Research Awards:
- Ahmad Alsahaf and team (UMCG):FAIR data management of a large-scale electron microscopy database for type 1 diabetes
- Aranka Ballering and team (UMCG): Preregistering qualitative research: our known unknown
- Julia Doornbos and team (University College Groningen/Faculty of Spatial Sciences): The Postcolonial Present: co-creating, sharing and remembering life stories of the Indo-European diaspora
| Published on: | 24 October 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight October 2022
| Published on: | 17 October 2022 |
Make use of a 30-day free trial period of the International Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance.
| Published on: | 13 October 2022 |
Another Open Science Newsletter, October 2022 issue, has been published.
| Published on: | 13 October 2022 |
UGP has published a Liber Amicorum for Martha Roggenkamp
| Published on: | 10 October 2022 |
As of August 2022, the UG/UMCG has a new Read & Publish agreement with the American Institute of Physics (AIP).
| Published on: | 28 September 2022 |
Opening hours and RUG only, exam period
| Published on: | 22 September 2022 |
Leiden University and the University of Groningen score the highest among NWO publications with 94% open access, which can presumably be attributed to these institutions’ progressive use of the Taverne amendment.
| Published on: | 21 September 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight September 2022: 'The lonely heroine: portrayal of women scientists in films'
| Published on: | 19 September 2022 |
Springer Nature open access deal: annual quota approaching
| Published on: | 08 September 2022 |
The University of Groningen Library (UB) and the Open Science Community Groningen (OSCG) organize the annual Open Research Award to celebrate open research practices.
| Published on: | 23 August 2022 |
As of 1 September, students can book a studio at the UB City Centre via the Library app.
| Published on: | 17 August 2022 |
Pure is not available on 29 and 30 August 2022.
| Published on: | 16 August 2022 |
A new resource has been added to our ditigal resource list: Open Access Digital Theological Library (OADTL).
| Published on: | 16 August 2022 |
On Friday 19 August, Hora Finita will be unavailable due to maintenance.
| Published on: | 11 August 2022 |
Mistral: Journal of Latin American Women's Intellectual & Cultural History included in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
| Published on: | 27 July 2022 |
From 1 to 19 August, the 3rd and 4th floors of UB City Centre will be closed. If you would like to request lendable from these collections, please do so via SmartCat; for non-lendable material, please email servicedesk-bibliotheek@rug.nl .
| Published on: | 08 July 2022 |
Please check our social media channels for updates.
| Published on: | 30 June 2022 |
In 2021, 97% of UG/UMCG peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings were open access - including gold (28%), hybrid (35%) and green (33%) open access. The share of open access publications rose from 69% in 2020.
| Published on: | 24 June 2022 |
Donderdag 23 juni werd de grote 'Bommen Berend'-tentoonstelling De Groninger Academie & Groningens Ontzet in de UB Binnenstad geopend. Het is een van de vijf uitingen waarin de Universiteitsbibliotheek Groningen vorm aan de herdenking van 350 jaar Groningens Ontzet, waarbij steeds de rol van de Groninger Academie centraal staat.
| Published on: | 23 June 2022 |
As of June 2022, the UG became a sponsoring member of OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks).
| Published on: | 22 June 2022 |
In 2022 the city of Groningen will celebrate the fact that 350 years ago it stood up against the aggression of Bommen Berend. The UG, too, will actively participate in the commemoration, as professors and students actively and enthusiastically fought for freedom in 1672.
As a part of the activities at the UG, the University of Groningen Library presents five blog posts, written by students wokring at the Special Collections department, in all of which the role of the Groningen academy plays a central part.
| Published on: | 20 June 2022 |
Article in the spotlight for June 2022
The article in the spotlight for the month of June 2022 is titled The View from Below: How the Neoliberal Academy Is Shaping Contemporary Political Theory , written by Maeve McKeown (Campus Fryslân).
| Published on: | 17 June 2022 |
In our Humanity Hits series, the third video has just been released: Groningens Ontzet (The relief of Groningen).
| Published on: | 16 June 2022 |
New licence Reaxys Medicinal Chemistry
| Published on: | 13 June 2022 |
Another journal of University of Groningen Press included in DOAJ
| Published on: | 27 May 2022 |
Sybrand Buma , mayor of Leeuwarden and RUG alumnus, is coming to Groningen to talk about some books from his father's estate that he donated to the University of Groningen Library last year.
| Published on: | 25 May 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight May 2022
| Published on: | 23 May 2022 |
Opening hours Ascension Day and Pentecost
| Published on: | 19 May 2022 |
LibGuides Library Guides literature guides subject guides
| Published on: | 18 May 2022 |
Questions on copyright? Ask the Copyright Information Point
| Published on: | 12 May 2022 |
Diamond open access fund launched for UG and UMCG authors
| Published on: | 08 May 2022 |
At the end of August there will be 'Party in Stad': the 350th anniversary of the liberation of Groningen in 1672, after a long siege by Bernhard van Galen, bishop of Münster, better known as Bommen Berend.
To bring the festivities to everyone's attention, the team that was once responsible for the famous University of Groningen Lipdub has joined forces again to make another spectacular clip!
| Published on: | 26 April 2022 |
This manuscript dates from the thirteenth century. It was written by the oldest Groninger we know personally: Emo of Huizinge.
| Published on: | 26 April 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight February 2022: 'Speech Prosody: The Musical, Magical Quality of Speech'.
| Published on: | 12 April 2022 |
In twee tentoonstellingen besteedt de Universiteitsbibliotheek Groningen aandacht aan voormalig klooster Yesse in Haren: een fysieke expositie in het UB-gebouw en een online expositie. Beide tentoonstellingen maken deel uit van het driedaagse evenement Van Yesse naar Sint Jan, middeleeuwse mirakelen in kerk en klooster, in Essen/Haren en Groningen, donderdag-zaterdag 28-30 april 2022. Op het programma van dit evenement staan verder een processie van Yesse naar de Martinikerk, lezingen, een film, een catalogus- en boekpresentatie, een expositie in de Martinikerk en de uitvoering van de Caesarius-cantate en andere muziekstukken.
| Published on: | 07 April 2022 |
In de Universiteitsbibliotheek Groningen bevindt zich een zeer gevarieerde verzameling geestelijke liedboeken uit de 17e tot en met 20e eeuw uit vele landen, vergezeld van een theologische handbibliotheek. De collectie van ca 15000 banden heeft een internationaal en interkerkelijk karakter. Meer dan de helft van de boeken blijkt niet aanwezig te zijn in andere Nederlandse bibliotheken.
| Published on: | 21 March 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight February 2022: 'Speech Prosody: The Musical, Magical Quality of Speech'.
| Published on: | 03 March 2022 |
The University of Groningen Library has acquired a new (Surf) license for 3 years on all journals of Amsterdam University Press . Some of the journals have been made open access through the Subscribe to Open (S2O) OA model . AUP has committed to 'flip' at least one journal to open access every year.
| Published on: | 28 February 2022 |
UKB consortium signs new deals for access to scientific journals and open access publishing
| Published on: | 22 February 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight February 2022: 'Speech Prosody: The Musical, Magical Quality of Speech'.
| Published on: | 16 February 2022 |
Open access book fund launched for UG authors
| Published on: | 08 February 2022 |
Was Martin Luther a quiet bookworm, engrossed in his Bible study, or a controversial angry man?
Read it on our Gaurinica blog!
| Published on: | 08 February 2022 |
New trial subscription to NEJM Evidence
| Published on: | 03 February 2022 |
Special issue 'Stuttering' of Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie published
| Published on: | 27 January 2022 |
Adam Matthew contains primary sources for teaching and research (books, articles, photographs, newspapers, reports, letters, etc.), from the 15th to 21st centuries. To our license, the following collections have been added: Colonial Caribbean: Settlement, Slavery and Empire, 1624-1832 / Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922 / The Gilded Age and Progressive Era / Mass Observation Project: 1990s
| Published on: | 26 January 2022 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight January 2022
| Published on: | 25 January 2022 |
Request-a-copy enables users of the UG research database to request publications that are not yet full text available (because of an embargo or restriction). In 2021 a total of 1,174 request-a-copy requests were received.
| Published on: | 24 January 2022 |
All UG dissertations from 2021 - 640 in total - have been received in digital format.
| Published on: | 20 January 2022 |
Terwijl de grafische industrie in Groningen steeds meer bedreigd wordt door de komst van internet, bloeit het marginale drukwerk als nooit tevoren. Door de inzet van tientallen Groninger margedrukkers blijft de kennis van de historische druktechnieken behouden. Niet alleen hun materialen maken deel uit van het industriële erfgoed van de stad, maar ook hun documentatie, kennis en ervaring.
In deze tentoonstelling wordt een selectie getoond uit het werk van vier Groninger margedrukkers. Het werk van Elze ter Harkel, Marlies Louwes, Dick Ronner en Hester Verkruissen geeft een goed beeld van het gevarieerde drukwerk dat in Groningen gemaakt én verzameld wordt.
| Published on: | 18 January 2022 |
The UG became a sponsoring member of Direct to Open (D2O), an initiative by MIT Press.
| Published on: | 17 January 2022 |
Following the trial in december last, the UB gained a license for EU Law Live, an information platform in the field of European law.
| Published on: | 14 January 2022 |
The University of Groningen Library (UB) holds approximately 3.5 million printed books. Some of these belong to the so-called Special Collections . Evert Jan Reker is an information and collection specialist for the Special Collections and works with these rare, valuable, and antique collection pieces.
| Published on: | 11 January 2022 |
As of January 2022, UG/UMCG authors can benefit from new Read & Publish agreements the University of Groningen and the UMCG closed with publishers Rockefeller University Press, John Benjamins and the Future Science Group.
| Published on: | 11 January 2022 |
Exam period: the UB City Centre is only accessible to staff and student from the UG
| Published on: | 11 January 2022 |
The University of Groningen sees the development of open science as one of its priorities for the next 5 years. In this series of interviews, we explore the status of open science at the different UG faculties. Next up: the Faculty of Philosophy.
| Published on: | 18 December 2021 |
Opening hours UB during the holidays.
| Published on: | 15 December 2021 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight December 2021
| Published on: | 13 December 2021 |
In our film series Humanity Hits , the first subject is the so-called Luther bible from our Special Collections.
Martin Luther once held this book in his own hands. He wrote in it too, in response to the text. Others after him followed suit. The book is an edition of the New Testament, translated into Latin by Erasmus of Rotterdam. He did not like the existing translation and so, in 1516, he made a better one. In 1527, this fourth edition appeared in Basel. Luther bought a copy. This copy.
| Published on: | 07 December 2021 |
Access to Het Financieele Dagblad (FD Online)
| Published on: | 07 December 2021 |
New cluster published in European Journal of Life Writing
| Published on: | 02 December 2021 |
On 30 November 2021 the University Library received the 3000th gift from Jan Noorlandt, archivist at the Christelijke Hogeschool in Ede. The publications mainly concern Theology, Groningen printed books and beautiful children's books from the years 1850 - 1950.
| Published on: | 02 December 2021 |
Book series 'Netherlands Studies in Ritual and Liturgy' open access available in UGP
| Published on: | 24 November 2021 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (November 2021)
| Published on: | 19 November 2021 |
Working with LGBTQIA+ youth in the child welfare system: Perspectives from youth and professionals edited by Mónica López López, Rodrigo González Álvarez, Mijntje ten Brummelaar, Kevin R.O. van Mierlo and Leo Wieldraaijer-Vincent published with UGP
| Published on: | 16 November 2021 |
We now have trial access to Oxford's Very Short Introductions series until 31 December.
| Published on: | 15 November 2021 |
As a result of the recently announced stricter measures, the UB now offers 450 study places.
| Published on: | 11 November 2021 |
Op vrijdag 26 november wordt het nieuwe boek van dr. Joop Koopmans gepresenteerd tijdens een minisymposium in de Universiteitsbibliotheek Binnenstad. Dit boek heeft als titel: Het nieuws verbeeld: Oorlog en vrede in de titelprenten van de Europische Mercurius (1690-1750) .
| Published on: | 09 November 2021 |
Until 1 December, you have access to the information platform for European law: EU Law Live.
| Published on: | 27 October 2021 |
Meet Alie Bijker, license manager at the University of Groningen Library.
| Published on: | 26 October 2021 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (October 2021)
| Published on: | 25 October 2021 |
Springer Nature open access deal: annual quota reached
| Published on: | 21 October 2021 |
Join our online event on 28 October 2021 to celebrate the many ways in which academics make their research more accessible, transparent or reproducible.
| Published on: | 13 October 2021 |
Trial Springer protocols until 30 November
| Published on: | 06 October 2021 |
Recently, the University Library of Groningen acquired two special collections of poetry volumes and handwritten texts by Hendrik de Vries, including a first edition of his Spaansche volksliederen [Spanish folk songs] and of Coplas, the poetry edition that made him famous.
In an online exhibition, David Veltman shows which inspiration De Vries got after his visits to Spain.
| Published on: | 06 October 2021 |
The UG subscribed to the Opening the Future collective funding programme of Central European Press (CEU). The programme is a novel variant of the subscribe to open model (S2O) aimed at realizing a sustainable transition to open access for books.
| Published on: | 06 October 2021 |
Exam period: the UB City Centre is only accessible to staff and student from the UG
| Published on: | 06 October 2021 |
3 winners of the 2021 Open Research Awards:
- Hannah Dugdale+team: Repeatable, reproducible & open bioinformatics for biologists (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Jan Anton Koster+team: SIMsalabim: An open-source drift-diffusion simulator for semiconductor devices (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
- Andres Felipe Ramos Padilla: Astronomical databases and open practices to understand galaxies (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
| Published on: | 04 October 2021 |
Trial Follow the Money: investigate people, systems and organisations that misbehave and thus cause damage to society.
| Published on: | 30 September 2021 |
In 2020, 69% of UG/UMCG peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings were open access - including gold (25%), hybrid (32%) and green (12%) open access. The share of open access publications rose from 64% in 2019, 55% in 2018, 51% in 2017 and 37% in 2016.
| Published on: | 30 September 2021 |
The live draw of the 3 winners of the Open Research Award takes place on Tuesday, 5 October 2pm - 3 pm (14-15 CEST)
| Published on: | 30 September 2021 |
New issue Groningen Journal of International Law published
| Published on: | 24 September 2021 |
The Special Collections at Groningen University and Uppsala University are linked through their ownership of the two most famous works of the 16th-century Swedisch roman catholic scientists, cartographer and writer Olaus Magnus. This concerns his Carta Marina, printed in Venice in 1539 and now held by Uppsala University, and his book Description of the Northern Peoples (Historia De Gentibus Septentrionalibus, Earumque Diversis Statibus, Conditionibus, Moribus, Ritibus, Superstitionibus, Disciplinis) printed in Rome in 1555 and now held by Groningen University. The two objects are closely related, and this relationship becomes evident when focusing on one of the most interesting aspects of both works: their emphasis on sea monsters.
Participating in the Things That Matter summer school of prof. Raingard Esser, students Sanna Nyholt and Madelief Albers researched both works. They describe their findings in the beautifully illustrated online exhibition Olaus Magnus' monstrous creatures.
| Published on: | 23 September 2021 |
As of 27 September all study places in the UB will be available again
| Published on: | 20 September 2021 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (September 2021)
| Published on: | 16 September 2021 |
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| Published on: | 15 September 2021 |
Bert Cornelius was world-famous in Groningen for illustrating the Mussengang serial, which appeared on the back cover of the Groningen university newspaper every week from August 1984 until June 1995. As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of what is now called the Ukrant , the University of Groningen Library nog exhibits a huge selection of Cornelius' Mussengang illustrations.
- Exhibition University Library City Centre, Friday 17 September - Thursday 16 December 2021
| Published on: | 13 September 2021 |
Emerald agreement: approaching annual quota in October 2021.
| Published on: | 07 September 2021 |
In the series 'Highlights from our electronic collection' we would like to present four titles on the subject of
| Published on: | 02 September 2021 |
New issue Zeitschrift für philosophische Literatur published
| Published on: | 31 August 2021 |
The annual Open Research Award organized by the University of Groningen Library and the Open Science Community Groningen celebrates the many ways in which academics make their research more accessible, transparent or reproducible. Call for submission open until 15 September.
| Published on: | 31 August 2021 |
As a result of the relaxation of the corona measures, the number of study places in the University Library will be increased in the coming period. The opening hours of the UB City Centre will be extended; coffee corners and terraces will be open again. The UB Zernike will reopen on 1 September.
| Published on: | 26 August 2021 |
Two more journals of University of Groningen Press included in DOAJ
| Published on: | 23 August 2021 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (August 2021)
| Published on: | 12 August 2021 |
The Library of Wittewierum is a thing of the past. For centuries now. It only existed as long as there was an abbey there. In 1561, that abbey was dissolved. Its last remains vanished in the 19th century. Some books from its library have survived, though. Even more than we thought.
On our weblog Gauronica, curator Special Collections Adrie van der Laan describes what we can learn about the Bloemhof abbey through the Wittewierum Chronicle, written in the thirteenth century by abbot Emo.
| Published on: | 13 July 2021 |
New articles published in European Journal of Life Writing
| Published on: | 08 July 2021 |
The University of Groningen Library now has access to four new Nature journals.
| Published on: | 08 July 2021 |
Opening hours libraries during summer
| Published on: | 06 July 2021 |
In the series 'Highlights from our electronic collection' we would like to present four titles on the subject of Language & Literature.
| Published on: | 06 July 2021 |
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (April 2021)
| Published on: | 06 July 2021 |
Rechtsorde vernieuwd
| Published on: | 01 July 2021 |
"Skateboarding in Seoul" is a portrait about a booming street culture written by UG author Sander Hölsgens (Faculty of Arts) published with University of Groningen Press.
| Published on: | 30 June 2021 |
After a trial, Queen Victoria's Journals is now in licence for the UG
| Published on: | 29 June 2021 |
You now have access to VoteWatch Europe. VoteWatch Europe is an independent organisation set up to promote better debates and greater transparency in EU decision-making, by providing easy access to, and analysis of, the votes and other activities of the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers.
| Published on: | 29 June 2021 |
For a period of almost 400 years (1215–1594), Essen was home to the Cistercian convent of Yesse. This was the second largest monastery in the province of Groningen and one of the largest convents in the medieval Netherlands. It owned no less than 850 hectares of land and was granted special status as a pilgrimage site because of the miracles that had taken place there.
As you can read in the seven stories that make up th digital exhibition Yesse and traces of a rich heritage, the University of Groningen Library is home to a number of the most precious of these remnants.
| Published on: | 24 June 2021 |
The University of Groningen Library (UB) and the Open Science Community Groningen (OSCG) organize the annual Open Research Award to celebrate open research practices.
| Published on: | 24 June 2021 |
The open access support teams of the University Library and Central Medical Library have recently come across four cases of predatory/fraudulent publishing behaviour at the expense of UG/UMCG authors.
| Published on: | 23 June 2021 |
Recently, the metadata information of more than 1,300 datasets became available on the UG research portal, 1,000 of which are open data.
| Published on: | 18 June 2021 |
Among the oldest books in the University of Groningen Library are the incunabula , the ‘first generation’ of printed books (printed before 1501). These imposing Bibles, carefully printed classical texts and humble devotional works have a long history of use. For centuries, they have been owned, read, cherished or neglected by different individuals. They changed hands, and were restored and adapted to various needs.
PhD student Anna de Bruyn did extensive research into the incunabula in the University of Groningen Library. She created a beautiful online exhibition about her discoveries.
| Published on: | 08 June 2021 |
New: The extensive database Online Literature will replace LION (Literature Online)
| Published on: | 04 June 2021 |
Meet Doetsje Brouwer, Pure Support Specialist
| Published on: | 03 June 2021 |
Next to an extensive printed collection, the University of Groningen Library also offers a large selection of e-books and e-journals.
| Published on: | 31 May 2021 |
In onze nieuwe digitale tentoonstelling laten we de reis van onze Lutherbijbel zien tegen de achtergrond van de verschillende eigenaren die dit boek heeft gehad.
Dit bijzondere exemplaar van Erasmus’ Novum Testamentum uit 1527 heeft in de kantlijn persoonlijke reacties van Maarten Luther en Regnerus Praedinius op de vertaling van Erasmus .
| Published on: | 27 May 2021 |
On Sunday 23 May, Dutch public broadcaster VPRO featured the beautiful radio documentary Het Spoor Terug: De geschiedenis van het vrouwelijk orgasme [The Way Back: The History of the Female Orgasm] by Lotte van Gaalen . In the documentary, UG historian Dr Karen Hollewand , an expert on the history of sexuality in the early modern period (ca. 1450-1800), speaks from the Special Collections research room of the University Library.
| Published on: | 27 May 2021 |
As of 31 May the UB will be open again during evening and weekends
| Published on: | 25 May 2021 |
The University of Groningen Library is a member of Open Book Publishers. On this platform, recently two interesting new titles were added.
| Published on: | 18 May 2021 |
New volume European Journal of Life Writing published
| Published on: | 17 May 2021 |
Third journal of University of Groningen Press included in DOAJ
| Published on: | 17 May 2021 |
New journal in University of Groningen Press: Mistral