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Open Collection Highlights
Project "Open Topstukken" ("Open Collection Highlights") - Maastricht University and Radboud University
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Maastricht University and Radboud University (Nijmegen) are two Dutch universities located in the south-east of the country. Both universities' libraries hold rich and extensive special collections (Special Collections Radboud University / Special Collections Maastricht University). Until the end of August 2025, both universities collaborate on a project named Open Topstukken (Open Collection Highlights) in which 15 collection highlights from each university library - a selection of rare books and manuscripts - are selected, digitized, and published, and also made available on Wikidata.
Both universities use Omeka S as Linked Open Data collection management software. In the Open Topstukken project, software is developed to automatically transfer metadata about the universities' collection items from Omeka S to Wikidata.
Wikimedians Daan van Ramshorst and Sandra Fauconnier work for the project as Wikidata specialists. You can see the first uploaded collection highlights and read more about the project on its project page on Wikidata: Wikidata:WikiProject Open Topstukken Maastricht University and Radboud University
