News and events
News and events from the University of Groningen Library
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.
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
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:
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)
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.
Due to financial and technical reasons, the current RefWorks contract will not be renewed. Do you use RefWorks? Then switch to our other reference managers, EndNote or Zotero.
As a UG student, you can get free access to twelve Dutch newspapers: from Dagblad van het Noorden to the Volkskrant and Trouw.
If you created your InView account before 2025, you need to anonymize it yourself before 14 November 2025 if you want to keep your personal settings, such as favorite sources on the home page and the labels, notes and markings.
Until 31 December, you can make use of a trial of the independent, investigative journalism platform Mediapart.
Recently, 3 new publicationbs were published at University of Groningen Press (UGP):
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Queer and in Care: Journeys through care being young and LGBTQIA+
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Ultra: Dystopian Nightmares and Utopian Dreams of Artificial Intelligence
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Commensality and Cultural Heritage: Bringing the Foodways of the Middle East and Its Diasporas to the Table
You now have access to the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM).
Extra opening hours UB City Centre: 11 October - 5 November 2025.
You can now reserve a studio in the UB City Centre through the UB App as usual.
Quota-based open access publishing agreements: caps expected in 2025 for LWW, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press, and ACS
New UGP publication: Texts and Materials in Data Protection and Digital Human Rights
New UGP publication: Settler Colonialism as a Structure?
European Journal of Theatre and Performance: new journal at UGP