Celebrate Open Access Week with York University Libraries by attending a free public screening of the Oscar-winning film Citizenfour. The film depicts the disclosure by Edward Snowden of NSA spying secrets to the film’s producer Laura Poitras, as well as journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill. The documents leaked by NSA insider Snowden to […]
UPDATE: The FoneSaver Trial has ended as of January 14, 2016. Please refer to this page for more details. Is Your Smartphone or Tablet Plagued by Low-Battery Life? Have you ever forgotten to charge your cellphone or tablet the night before and wound up on campus with a device that has about […]
You are invited to visit the exhibit "ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE" held in the Scott Library from Oct 19 - Nov 20, 2015. Opening: Monday, Oct 19th 10:30 am Sound and Moving Image Library Keynote speaker: Prof Irene Henriques (Schulich School of Business) musical performance by Toronto musician Nuno Cristo. The exhibit traces […]
Join York University Libraries by attending one of three events happening the week of September 21 – 25 at York, as we celebrate Science Literacy Week! We're coordinating this along with Libraries, Museums and other institutions across Canada. Silence of the Labs Screening Monday, September 21, 6 - 7 pm Paul Delaney Gallery (Room 320), […]
York University Libraries would like to invite all graduate students to join us for our annual Library Open House. WHEN: Tues. September 8th, 2015, 2-3:30 p.m. WHERE: Scott Library Collaboratory (2nd floor) Come out and: Meet subject librarians who can help with your research Learn about the collections, services, and facilities available to you Explore […]
York University Libraries recently approved a Statement of Principle on Nondisclosure Clauses in Licenses. To promote openness and fairness among libraries that license scholarly resources, the York University Libraries will no longer enter into vendor contracts that require nondisclosure of pricing information or other information that does not constitute a trade secret. All new and […]
For your reading pleasure … Scott Library has introduced a “Leisure Reading Collection” in response to requests from our students and a renewed interest in recreational reading in academic libraries. Current categories include: New Fiction, CanLit (Canadian Literature), Award Winners, Bestsellers and Staff Picks. Leisure Reading titles are selected from various book lists, staff and […]
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Presentation videos are now available from the 3rd annual Steacie Library Dungeon Hackfest that took place on February 18-19, 2015. The intense 30-hour event was jointly organized by York University Libraries and LaunchYU, York University’s Entrepreneurship program. 58 students from various faculties gathered early on a Thursday morning during Reading Week to kick off the […]
Click here to view the 2015 Program Interim University Librarian Catherine Davidson presented the results at last night's Research Gala: Dr. James Wu Prize for Best Lower-year Project 1st Prize: Christopher Ford for the project named "Doctor Assisted Death in Canada" for course AP HREQ 2010 2nd Prize: Jessie Spasov for the project named "The […]
