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Join Our Collaboration: Making Research Services Easier to Find

This September, we’re kicking off our new project, “Making Research Services Easier to Find,” and we’re looking for collaborators!   What is the project about?   Problem: Gaps Between Research Services and Researchers Despite the range of services available at TU Delft, there’s a significant disconnect between what is offered and what researchers know or..

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I get Inspired: Breathing in Inspiration at TU Delft Library

In today’s fast-paced academic world, innovation and creativity are essential for staying ahead. At TU Delft Library, we embarked on a transformative journey to enhance inspiration for students at the library. “How can our organization contribute to fostering an exceptional learning experience for students?” “In what ways can we infuse the Library Learning Center with..

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Building Blocks Card deck

Unknown to the vast majority of students is the wide collection of academic treasures that TU Delft owns. Hidden away in huge basements, hundreds of historical books, maps, and (technical) appliances are stored. A lot of untouched potential of knowledge for students. However, engaging students with all these covered objects seems to be challenging. The..

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Highlights from our Global Service Design Conference 2023 Experience

The Service Design Global Conference 2023 is a must-attend event for professionals looking to gain fresh perspectives and inspiration. This year, our team had a unique experience, attending both on-site and virtually.    For Dilay, attending in person at Radialsystem in Berlin was an amazing experience. Being surrounded by designers from all over the world and..

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Three new jobs as TU Delft Library

As part of the Digital Services Programme, three new positions are being advertised. Closing date is 28 February 2022 User Experience Officer Contribute to world-class education and research as User Experience Officer at TU Delft Library. Your UX-enhancing changes will help students, researchers and university teachers fully benefit from our library’s services and vast repository..

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What digital collections does a library actually manage?

Brainstorming sessions held as part of our ‘rethinking the repository’ project quickly landed on the importance of thinking about (digital) collections as a way to structure the requirements for a new repository. For each different digital format that we as a library collect or manage (eg., research articles, masters’ theses, recordings of lectures, digitised special..

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