News and events
News and events from the University of Groningen Library
University Library opening hours in April and May (Good Friday, Easter, King’s Day, Remembrance Day, Liberation Day, Ascension Day, Whitsun).
CERN has been selected to host a new phase of Open Research Europe (ORE), supported by a new funding consortium of European national funding agencies and research organizations, among which NWO. With NWO joining ORE, this will mean that the platform will be available as a publication channel for researchers affiliated with a Dutch research organisation, regardless of whether they have an NWO grant or not.
The UB will be open as much as possible during the holiday period around Christmas and New Year. Read more about the opening hours uin this period (December 2025 - January 2026)
Extra opening hours for the University Library (UB) during the examination period: 14 March to 8 April 2026. During this period, the UB will only be accessible to students and staff of the University of Groningen. Hanze students will not have access during these periods.
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3 winnaars van de 2025 Open Research Awards:
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Curing the Curriculum: A Student-Led Open Research & Education Podcast for (medical) students. Ulf Ebeling (Faculty of Medical Sciences) and team
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Learning Russian through films. Diana Zhuravleva (Faculty of Arts) and team
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Open access co-produced book -Queer and in Care: Journeys throughcare being young and LGBTQIA+. Mónica López López (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences) and team
UG and UMCG signed deals for two new PLOS journals, Expert Medicine Collection was extended and final phase of contract negotiations with ACS is proving difficult.
Due to the weather conditons, the University Library will remain closed for the entire day on Wednesday 4 February.
New UGP publication: Nait Soez’n: De Groninger Studentenbond in de jaren zeventig – en wat daaraan vooraf ging –
Discover more than 14,000 printed dissertations from the University of Groningen from the period 1614-2013. These are now available via SmartCat. Search by author or chronologically, and find works by historical researchers such as Aletta Jacobs and Antonius Deusing. The new Library Guide ‘Catalogue Dissertationum Universitatis Groninganae (1614-2013)’ will help you with this.
New UGP publication: Missie (on)voltooid: Twee eeuwen innovatie in de aardappelzetmeelindustrie
Weather update for 12 January: UB remains open for now
Epidemics and Girlhood: new collections in AM Explorer online
Open Science NL* awards 45 projects that strengthen infrastructure for open science in the Netherlands.n. Our University of Groningen Press is involved in 2 of these projects:
From 1 January 2026, Den Hollander will no longer be available for the UG.
Until 31 December, you can make use of CAS BioFinder.
From 1 January 2026, Altmetric Explorer will no longer be available for the UG. Please switch to the Impact Module of SciVal. The UMCG retains access to Altmetric.
The UB quits YouTube - follow us on PeerTube. The University Library is committed to open science and digital autonomy. We want to promote open principles in our communication strategy as well.
The Library Support Desk will be closed on Thursday 20 November ; the building and the Facility Desk will remain open!
Until 15 December, you can make use of a trial of the Stalin Digital Archive.
You now have access to the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM).