Library Accessibility Services is Giving Students with Print Disabilities Expanded Access to Resources

Making Learning Universally Accessible Library Accessibility Services and the Adaptive Lab at York University’s Scott Library is continually enhancing its service of providing students with print disabilities, access to texts and information that they otherwise would not be able to read. For many university students, conducting deadline-driven research for multiple courses and subsequent essays or […]

Survey finds 50 percent of York Instructor respondents are creating their own open educational resources

Open Educational Resources Survey Despite high adoption rates of OER amongst faculty respondents, survey finds lack of awareness around best practices for finding resources  According to a recent faculty survey which looked at the use of open educational resources (OER) at York University, the majority of faculty respondents are highly engaged with OER. Open educational […]

Looking for a study space? Try one of YUL's student-approved spots to study

Whether you come to York U libraries to work or study, finding the right spot is key. Need to work with a partner or a group or just need some quiet space? No problem. Whether you study best in silence or in study nook with groups, our libraries have you covered. From Scott Library near […]

Student placement collaboration between faculty and YUL empowers student contributions on Black Histories

Teaching and Learning Collaborating with YorkU Libraries Collaboration between York U Libraries and a fourth-year public history course is helping students to produce web profiles via Wikimedia platforms—all in an effort to change the way Black histories are being shared online. York U librarians and archivists provide expertise to fourth-year History students on new ways […]

Featured Collection: Season's Readings

Ready for winter reading? Explore our Season's Readings featured collection including print books, e-books and more. Visit the display in the entrance to Scott Library or explore more online.

NOTICE: Scott Library Elevator Refurbishment has been extended until further notice.

As part of ongoing efforts to improve the student experience in our spaces, York Facilities is proceeding with the refurbishment of the elevator in Scott Library. The refurbishment is has been extended until further notice. We apologize for this inconvenience. This project will ensure years more of functional life for our elevator, so our upper […]

Curious about Open Educational Practices? Learn more with the Libraries’ Infographic, Guide & Mini-Course

By Stephanie Quail You may have heard the terms open education (OE) and open educational resources (OER) over the last few years. This global movement has changed the way instructors use educational resources in the classroom.  OER are free teaching and learning resources that are created by instructors and other experts and use open licences, such as Creative Commons licences. […]

YFile: Celebrate Ada Lovelace’s legacy at Libraries’ Wiki Edit-a-Thon

Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women’s achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician and writer who also happened to be the very first computer programmer. She wrote what were essentially computer programs for the analytical engine that computing pioneer Charles Babbage conceptualized, but never actually […]

Sign-Up for the Open Education Training Program - Begins November 2022

In summer 2020, York University Libraries worked with the Open Education Steering Committee to launch a four-week mini-course on Open Education for Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) project leads. This course was designed to help AIF leads fulfill the open educational resources (OER) component of their AIF contract.  Stephanie Quail, scholarly communications librarian, Hilary Barlow, W.P. Scott […]

YFile: Opening our eyes to the possibilities of OER

The decision to devote this issue of “Innovatus” to Open Educational Resources (OER) is a deliberate one. Across Canada, there is a national conversation happening about how academic institutions use OER, support OER adoption and creation in the classroom, and how OER facilitate innovative pedagogy.  As the articles in this issue of “Innovatus” show, instructors […]