On 9 July 2020 I had my TU Delft Library leaving party. How lucky I am with such colleagues! And together with our NMC I have made my own farewell video. And this is the text, I repeat it below as my last weblog as Director TU Delft Library. Fourteen years ago, after twelve years..
Tag: national plan open science
As a tradition I am wrapping up the year in this weblog. And what an opportunity! The same day as a very interesting opinion article is published in one of the national newspapers, i.e, “Digitization is threatening our university. It’s time to draw a line” (Dutch only). The rectores magnifici of the Dutch universities think..
What – on 24 December 2018 – could I possibly add to the wealth of information recently published about Plan S? That question has been on my mind the past few days. I have the habit to post something towards the end of the year, and obviously this should be about this topic. I have..
Three months have passed in 2018, three hectic months, where I combined two roles. Besides being Library Director at TU Delft, I also started as Program Manager Open Access at the VSNU. In the past weeks we launched the 3rd E-zine, concluded some negotiations, and are preparing for the renegotiations with Elsevier. It is a..