Indigenous student art brings connection to Miinkaanensing Reading Room

By: Alex Huls | November 5, 2025 York University Libraries (YUL) has called on Indigenous students to help advance efforts to create safe, welcoming spaces on campus through an art competition that contributes to the co-design of the Miinkaanensing Indigenous Reading Room. Plans for the Miinkaanensing Indigenous Reading Room at York University’s Keele Campus Scott Library […]

Explore new worlds through York U Libraries' virtual reality workshop

Edited by: Ashley Goodfellow Craig | October 31, 2025 An archeological student is standing at the foot of the Temple of Karnak in Egypt; but the building isn’t a tourist-packed ruin. Instead, they are seeing the temple as it was 3,000 years ago – with newly constructed columns and freshly painted hieroglyphics – an experience […]

Walking for York’s Libraries: A Big Step Toward Quiet Study Spaces

On October 9, members of the York University Retirees’ Association (YURA) came together for their annual 5 km walk through York University’s Keele Campus—this time with a special goal in mind. Their steps helped raise just shy of $16,000 towards their goal of supporting students by the purchase of new quiet study pods for York University Libraries. […]

Explore Open Access this October 

Celebrate International Open Access (OA) week this October by participating in the Libraries’ workshops and programming during October 20 to October 31, 2025! Whether you’re new to open access or well-versed in the core concepts, the Libraries have an engaging slate of events happening to support the York community in engaging with OA.   Consider participating […]

York Libraries launch new curriculum to strengthen student research skills 

Edited by Ashley Goodfellow Craig | September 25, 2025 With digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly challenging how information is gathered and analyzed, York University Libraries is introducing a bold new curriculum to revolutionize student research.  To help students navigate today’s complex information environment, the libraries have launched “Think, Research, Create: Introduction to Library […]

Enter the Miinkaanensing: Indigenous Student Art Competition

Co-create the Miikaanensing Indigenous Reading Room with York University Libraries! The Libraries will be hosting a student art competition in Fall 2025 and we invite all Indigenous students to submit a piece of artwork to the competition.  We are accepting art in any traditional or contemporary format.  Flat pieces, such as paintings, poems, and beading, etc., […]

Future business leaders drive social innovation in Costa Rica

By Deirdre Kelly In the lush hills of Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica, York University’s Las Nubes EcoCampus shows how education can cross borders. At its centre is Casita Azul, a modest one-room library that serves as a hub for cultural exchange, community empowerment and collaboration. Recently, Casita Azul received a donation from Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA […]

Libraries' new tool makes open access publishing more accessible

By Stephanie Quail | April 17, 2025 York University Libraries (YUL) has launched SciFree, a new search tool that identifies open access journals with discounted publishing fees to help York researchers share their work with the world. Over the last several decades, the open access (OA) journal movement has seen global institutions push to make scholarly […]

Removing barriers: how Library Accessibility Services is reducing inequalities in learning

By Alex Huls | March 5, 2025 This March, York University is recognizing and participating in SDG Month Canada, a national initiative to advance collaboration, awareness and engagement around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Throughout the month, YFile will present a series of articles that highlight contributions from York University and its efforts to advance the […]

Participate in survey to help improve York U Libraries services

By Stephanie Quail | February 26, 2025 York University Libraries (YUL) and the Osgoode Law Library are calling on students, faculty and staff to participate in a LibQUAL+ survey and provide feedback on how library services and collections can be improved. The LibQUAL+ survey instrument was developed by the Association of Research Libraries to help libraries assess and improve their […]