OSC-NL Knowledge Exchange 2024

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On July 5th, the annual Knowledge Exchange organised by the Open Science Community Netherlands (OSC-NL) brought together coordinators and ambassadors from various Open Science Communities (OSCs) across the country. I participated as FASoS Open Science ambassador alongside Dennie Hebels (UB Maastricht, Open Science Ambassador FHML) and Rianne Fijten (co-founder of the OSC Maastricht). The Knowledge Exchange was hosted in the SURF offices near the Utrecht central train station and offered discussions, workshops, and planning for future initiatives. Current Status of the Dutch OSCs Before the event, many participants provided updates on the status of their respective OSCs. This input is [Read more...]

Re-imagining academic exchanges: creating unconferencing formats for the 2024 Historicidagen

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In December 2023, our “unconferencing” committee brainstormed on opportunities to redefine academic discourse and collaboration during the 2024 Historicidagen in Maastricht. In this post, we would like to share our ideas and invite fellow researchers, educators, and heritage professionals to suggest their own pioneering formats. At the beginning of our meeting, we briefly defined what the theme of the 2024 Historicidagen, “Undisciplined History”, means to us and what the notion of “undisciplined” research has to do with transcending traditional conference formats. What excited us about undisciplining was that it looks like an invitation to do things differently. Different by reaching out [Read more...]

Open Day at the SHCL Maastricht

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On Monday, December 4, the Social Historical Center for Limburg (SHCL) hosted an open day for the institute's donors and colleagues from the Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS). Director Nico Randeraad welcomed the attendees, followed by a presentation from Head of Collections, Irene Schrier, on the key activities of the archives and library departments over the past year. Special emphasis was placed on the challenges that come with obtaining larger industrial collections from closed business. On the one hand, such collections are often uncatalogued and extensive. On the other hand, the documents were often stored in unsuitable rooms and not looked after for [Read more...]