Does a university library (still) belong on Instagram?
Date:18 April 2026Author:Josca Westerhof, Babette Knauer
This article is published in English and Dutch. You will find the Dutch version below. / Dit artikel is zowel in het Engels als in het Nederlands gepubliceerd. De Nederlandse versie vind je hieronder.
Open access publication in the spotlight - 'The impact of mining-induced earthquakes on mental health: Evidence from the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study and Biobank’
Date:30 March 2026Author:Open Access Team
Open access publication in the spotlight, March 2026 - 'The impact of mining-induced earthquakes on mental health: Evidence from the Dutch Lifelines Cohort Study and Biobank’
Open access publication in the spotlight - 'The price of automated case law annotation: comparing the cost and performance of GPT-4o and student annotators'
Date:30 January 2026Author:Open Access Team
The article in the spotlight for the month of January 2026 is titled 'The price of automated case law annotation: comparing the cost and performance of GPT-4o and student annotators', written by Iris Schepers, Michelle Bruijn, Martijn Wieling and Michel Vols.
Open access publication in the spotlight - 'Dogwhistles, Discrimination, Humour and the Law: Regulating Implicit Messaging'
Date:12 December 2025Author:Open Access Team
The article in the spotlight for the month of December 2025 is titled 'Dogwhistles, Discrimination, Humour and the Law: Regulating Implicit Messaging’, written by Jennifer Young (Faculty of Arts).
Open access publication in the spotlight - 'Exploring concept creep: Youth’s portrayal of ADHD on TikTok'
Date:17 November 2025Author:Open Access Team
The article in the spotlight for the month of November 2025 is titled 'Exploring concept creep: Youth’s portrayal of ADHD on TikTok’, written by Wietske de Vries, Laura Batstra en Arjen van Assen (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences).
Open access publication in the spotlight - 'AI as moral cover: How algorithmic bias exploits psychological mechanisms to perpetuate social inequality'
Date:28 October 2025Author:Open Access Team
The article in the spotlight for the month of October 2025 is titled 'AI as moral cover: How algorithmic bias exploits psychological mechanisms to perpetuate social inequality’, written by Islam Borinca (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences).
Open access publication in the spotlight - 'Directing Digital Citizenship: How Librarians Mediate the Dutch Digital Welfare State'
Date:19 September 2025Author:Open Access Team
The article in the spotlight for September 2025 is titled 'Directing Digital Citizenship: How Librarians Mediate the Dutch Digital Welfare State’, written by Maud Rebergen, Joëlle Swart and Marcel Broersma (all from the Faculty of Arts).
Embedded data stewardship and practical solutions for lab research data - An interview with Jelte Nimoth (UG DCC)
Date:15 September 2025Author:Alba Soares Capellas
Jelte Nimoth is an embedded data steward at FSE from the UG Digital Competence Centre (UG DCC). In his role, he combines his scientific and technical expertise to help researchers make their data and software FAIR, while developing practical solutions for data management in the lab. In this interview, he tells us more about his job and the system he created in the lab.
New series: Spotlight on Diamond open access - SciPost (1)
Date:05 September 2025Author:Giulia Trentacosti
The UG views diamond open access as a sustainable, affordable, and equitable model for scholarly publishing. We are committed to supporting trustworthy diamond open access initiatives. This new series highlights the initiatives starting with SciPost.
Best practices in Open Science: Federico Pianzola on publishing with MIT’s Direct to Open programme
Date:04 September 2025Author:Giulia Trentacosti
Federico Pianzola’s monograph 'Digital Social Reading: Sharing Fiction in the Twenty-First Century' was published open access through MIT Press’s Direct to Open programme and underwent open peer review, showcasing best practices in open science.