The upcoming Learning Commons is being discussed on the TEL@York blog. They have also linked to our discussion paper.
Check it out!
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York Libraries Select VuFind
An evaluation team which included members of the Library Computing Committee and key Reference Librarians has selected VuFind as the preferred Search and Discovery interface for York University Libraries. VuFind is currently being tested and used at numerous academic libraries including Yale, Stanford, Villanova and Trent Universities. VuFind recently received a Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration. With VuFind the Libraries will be able to present, in a unified environment, a variety of research resources including links to electronic journals, institutional repositories and archival collections.
Working groups will be established to guide project implementation. Late spring 2009 is the target for a pilot system to be used for testing functionality, the user interface and usability. It is expected that the system will be ready for the start of the 2009-2010 academic year.
We anticipate that the York Community will agree with one influential commentator on library technology when he says that VuFind Rocks the House.
York U history published
2009 is York’s fiftieth anniversary! Many celebrations are planned for this year and there will be a lot of York history on display at the library and archives and elsewhere around the campus.
Just published is York University: The Way Must Be Tried by Michael Horn, a history of this university. The library has many copies available, and you can buy one at the bookstore.
YORKwrites rescheduled
YORKwrites, York’s annual celebration of scholarly, research and creative literary works that was set for this Wednesday, Nov. 5th, is being re-scheduled. The new date will be announced shortly.
In the meantime, visit the web site which highlights the achievements of York’s faculty, students and alumni. If your work is missing, please contact York University Libraries. YORKwrites is an initiative of York University Libraries and York University Bookstores, with a two-fold objective:
- to celebrate all recent scholarly, research and creative works produced by the York community and promote them, internally and externally.
- to document the scholarly, research, and creative works produced by the York community. This includes work by faculty, students, alumni and staff.
YORKwrites is co-hosted by York University Libraries and York University Bookstores.
