Come to the Experiential Education Symposium January 22, 2019
Come to the Experiential Education Symposium January 22, 2019
The Experiential Education (EE) Symposium showcases experiential education at York University and celebrates the achievements of students and faculty who have participated in EE. This multi-disciplinary, inaugural event will be held on January 22, 2019 from 1-4 p.m. in the Scott Library Collaboratory. It is a partnership between the AVP Teaching & Learning Office (YUExperience […]
Celebrate Open Access Week with the Libraries
Celebrate Open Access Week with the Libraries
The week of October 22 to 28 marks International Open Access Week. The Libraries are celebrating #OAweek with a movie screening and a series of open textbook and open data displays throughout the Keele campus. Screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship Join us for a special screening of Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. This documentary […]
Prestigious International Open Access Conference Coming to York University November 2-4, 2018
Prestigious International Open Access Conference Coming to York University November 2-4, 2018
OpenCon Coming to York University November 2-4, 2018 - Opportunity to Attend. Joy Kirchner, Dean of Libraries is pleased to announce that she is hosting OpenCon 2018, the prestigious international open access conference at York University’s Keele Campus in partnership with University of Toronto and Ryerson University. OpenCon creates an opportunity for energetic, engaged students […]
Find your course textbooks at the library today!
Find your course textbooks at the library today!
Photo credit: Untitled image by Hermann via Pixabay, available under CC0 license The beginning of the Fall semester is right around the corner! You’ve probably selected your courses and are getting ready to start classes in September. But have you thought about the textbooks you’ll need for the upcoming semester? Did you know that York […]
SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals Grant Application Workshop
SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals Grant Application Workshop
SSHRC has announced another round of Aid to Scholarly Journals funding with a final deadline of September 10, 2018 (optional ORS full technical review deadline of August 24 2018). Join Janet Friskney, Research Officer for LA&PS and Anna St.Onge, Director of Digital Scholarship Infrastructure at York University Libraries for a loosely structured question and answer […]
Scott Library Announces New Family Room
Scott Library Announces New Family Room
The York University Libraries are announcing an enhanced service: a quiet, private space for parents or caregivers who are breastfeeding where they can breastfeed and other wise care for their babies. This space, called the Scott Library Family Room is available in Central Square 133B and has some soft seating, a refrigerator for storing breast […]
Scholars Portal outage on Canada Day
Scholars Portal outage on Canada Day
Please note that all Scholars Portal services (books, journals, GeoPortal, RACER, and Dataverse) will be unavailable from Saturday, June 30th at 5pm until Sunday, July 1st at 5pm due to a scheduled power shutdown at the University of Toronto. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Panel on Finding Truth in a Fake News World (Feb. 13, 2018)
Panel on Finding Truth in a Fake News World (Feb. 13, 2018)
Fake news is everywhere. What is real and what is fake? Can news sources be trusted? To counter the spread of fake news, York University Libraries is organizing a panel of journalists and academics on Feb 13, 2018 from 12pm-2pm at the Collaboratory on the second floor of the Scott Library. The panel discussions will […]
Introducing... The Abstract
Introducing... The Abstract
York University Libraries (YUL) is pleased to announce the release of The Abstract, a triannual newsletter designed to shared collections-related updates with the campus community. Collections are at the heart of the Libraries’ mission to support teaching, learning and research at York. In this first issue, we highlight important trends that are changing the landscape […]