Living in Ellipsis: On Biopolitics and the Attachment to Life Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Location: Collaboratory, 2nd Floor, Scott Library This talk is located in a shattered, formally inconsistent, yet intelligible zone defined by being in life without wanting the world. Reading with Claudia Rankine (Don’t Let Me Be Lonely), the […]
Update October 23: Adobe has released an updated version of their Adobe Digital Editions 4 software. Users are encouraged to download and use the updated version which has a patch to address the security issues identified earlier. Thanks to Ryerson University Library and Archives for the update. Adobe has also updated (and made more explicit) […]
Join York University Libraries as we celebrate Science Literacy Week along with institutions across Toronto. View book displays at our branch libraries, peruse an extensive list of books, podcasts, YouTube video series, documentaries, and other popular science resources available in the library and online, and attend one of three events happening the week of September […]
The Learning Commons has launched two new modules in the Student Papers and Academic Research Kit (SPARK).
Vice-President Academic & Provost Rhonda Lenton has issued the following announcement: I am very pleased to announce that Catherine Davidson has been appointed interim university librarian effective July 1. Ms. Davidson has served as associate university librarian (AUL) for collections at York University Libraries since 2004. Previously she served as reference librarian, electronic resources librarian […]
July 16, 2014 - Twitter account tracks anonymous Wiki edits from House of Commons addresses via the Toronto Star. OTTAWA—What do Pamela Wallin, a defunct CFL team, and the Communications Security Establishment of Canada have in common? All have had their Wikipedia entries anonymously altered by people using government-associated Internet protocol addresses. And a new […]
June 4, 2014 - On June 4th, York University Libraries launches a bold new website that will transform how students and faculty members find scholarly information and conduct their research. Visitors of the website will notice innovative approaches were taken to create a more user-friendly, intuitive online experience. The website’s architecture has been re-developed and […]
Feb. 7, 2013 - One of the first things Melanie Hague did after Obsidian Theatre Company hired her in 2011 was pack the posters, programs, photos, stage managers’ books and grant records into boxes and donate them to York’s Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections. Hague had just graduated with a master’s of fine arts […]
Colleagues, family and friends gathered on Monday, Dec. 9 to celebrate the career of Leila Fernandez, science librarian at the Steacie Science and Engineering Library on the Keele campus. Fernandez joined the University in 1988 as a reference/interlibrary loans assistant in Steacie Science Library (as it was then known). At that point she had an […]
Undergraduate students and instructors who are in the process of writing and grading particularly strong, final research papers, are encouraged to consider the Undergraduate Research Fair. Applications to participate in the multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair are due by Jan. 20, 2014 – but students are encouraged to apply early. Associate Librarian speaks at undergraduate research […]
