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Acceleration of Open Access News - 4 September 2018
The Dutch universities are pleased with the announcement by the international group of research funding bodies (Science Europe) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) that, from 2020, all publications resulting from projects funded by the affiliated bodies will be published exclusively…

Back to regular opening hours News - 29 August 2016
From Monday August 22, Leiden University Libraries apply regular opening hours again.

Herta Mohr library entrance open Announcement - 12 December 2024
Library

Open Access Week 2018: universities are making strides towards 100% Open Access News - 22 October 2018
Open Access will be on the international agenda from 22 to 28 October 2018. Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven says she is proud the Netherlands is in the vanguard of the Open Access movement. ‘Publicly funded research should also be publicly accessible. That is…

Open access agreement with Taylor & Francis News - 18 July 2016
A renewed agreement between VSNU and the publisher Taylor & Francis for 2016 and 2017 offers the opportunity for Leiden researchers to publish open access without additional costs in all hybrid journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge. We consider this to be an important step towards facilitating…

Extended opening hours starting 28 April News - 22 April 2021
From 28 April onwards, national curfew restrictions will be lifted. Library opening hours will be adapted.

Dutch universities give Open Access another boost News - 31 January 2019
The Dutch universities will give Open Access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take care’ to make publications available after six months in collaboration with researchers.

Exam stress? Extended opening hours study areas News - 9 March 2018
Various University locations have extended their opening hours during the upcoming exam period to give you more chance to study. The cafés have also extended their opening hours.

Maximum number of Open Access articles in Springer journals reached Announcement - 9 November 2023
Library, Research

American Chemical Society Supports Open Access Goals of Dutch Universities News - 26 May 2016
The American Chemical Society’s Publications Division (ACS) and VSNU, in its role representing Dutch universities and participating research institutions, have reached an agreement whereby open access publishing arrangements will be a part of the subscription licensing contract between the US-based…

100% Open Access agreement with Cambridge University Press News - 22 May 2017
The universities in the Netherlands and Cambridge University Press (CUP) have recently concluded a three-year agreement guaranteeing 100% open access to academic journals. As of June 1, researchers at Dutch universities will be able to publish articles in CUP’s full open access journals via the so-called…

Open Science stimulus: Call 'Citizen Science voor Gezondheid en Zorg' News - 11 February 2021
On 11th February 2021 ZonMw and Health~Holland jointly launched the call 'Citizen Science voor Gezondheid en Zorg (CS4GZ)'.

Deal Dutch Universities and Wolters Kluwer Nederland on Open Access News - 25 June 2018
Wolters Kluwer and the Dutch Universities have reached an agreement about Green Open Access as part of a contract dealing with legal en fiscal literature.

Dutch Rectores Magnifici publish own work as Open Access News - 11 March 2019
The latest scientific articles by the Rectores Magnifici of Dutch universities will soon be freely available online. They aim to set a good example to researchers in the Netherlands. Carel Stolker from Leiden University is one such Rector.

Open Access agreement with Oxford University Press starts in 2019 News - 11 January 2019
As of this year, Leiden researchers form both University and LUMC may profit from the open access agreement that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) concluded with Oxford University Press (OUP).

Agreement with Elsevier on Open Access Journal List News - 24 March 2016
We are very pleased to announce that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) and publisher Elsevier have reached an agreement on the journal list that will aim to make 30% of the Dutch research publications Open Access by 2018.

New front office of Leiden University in Jakarta opened News - 1 September 2022
Last July, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister of Education, Culture and Science and Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University's Executive Board, opened the new front office of the Leiden University office in Jakarta. The office - located on the grounds of the Dutch embassy - has a dual role. Firstly, it…

Team UBLeiden wins audience award Hackathon Linked Open Data News - 12 February 2018
Last weekend, Team UBLeiden won the audience award after a 24 hours Hackathon with Linked Open Data (HackaLOD)! The team volunteered to be locked up with many ‘cultural competing colleagues' in the Posthoornkerk in Amsterdam. For the HackaLOD Team UBLeiden combined in a game prints of monuments and…