As the campus winds down for the holiday break, the Content Development and Analysis Department at York University Libraries is continuing to work hard to ensure that faculty and students have access to eContent needed for the winter term. Find out how to request eBooks, streaming videos and more.
Read moreThe Regent Park Film Festival Home Made Visible project, in partnership with York University Libraries and Charles Street Video, has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming.
Read moreIn celebration of Open Access Week, York University Libraries will host an online panel event exploring issues related to Indigenous research and scholarship as well as the ownership, control, access and possession of Indigenous information and data.
Read moreYork University Dean of Libraries Joy Kirchner has issued a notice to the community announcing the appointment of Jack Leong in the role of associate dean, research & open scholarship, York University Libraries. Leong assumes the role on Oct. 1.
Read moreAlumni Engagement and York University Libraries hosted a virtual fireside chat on Aug. 18, featuring alumnus Jesse Thistle, author of the award-winning memoir, “From the Ashes: My Story of Being Metis, Homeless, and Finding My Way.”
Read moreAnna St.Onge, director of Digital Scholarship Infrastructure with York University Libraries, has been recognized by the Archives Association of Ontario with the James J. Talman award for challenging conventional thinking about archival work.
Read moreThe York University Libraries’ Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections hosted its first-ever virtual class visit with Professor Miguel Gonzalez’s SOSC 3800 Development Studies Research Methods course, part of the International Development Studies program in the Department of Social Science.
Read moreThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1,084,087 grant to support the “Integrating Archives Unleashed Cloud with Archive-It” project, led by Ian Milligan from the University of Waterloo, alongside co-investigators including Nick Ruest, digital assets librarian in the Digital Scholarship Infrastructure department of York University Libraries.
Read moreTeaching & Learning librarians and archivists are developing new online resources to teach research skills to incoming students, many of whom are attending university for the first time.
Read moreWorking within the framework for reopening the province established by the Ontario government, York University is planning for a gradual, phased approach to the return to campus this fall. A dedicated Return to Campus website is being prepared to provide the York community with clear, consistent and timely communications throughout the phased return to campus.