Update: Classes, examinations and other operations will resume tomorrow morning, February 7, as normal. The weather emergency has been lifted. ----------- Keele & Glendon Campuses will be closed as of 2:30 pm today due to severe weather. Classes cancelled & exams will be rescheduled. As a result of ongoing severe weather, afternoon and evening classes […]
Update: The weather emergency has been lifted as of 5:30 this morning and the University and Libraries are open today as scheduled. ---------------------------- Effective January 28, 2019, 5:30 pm the University has adopted Weather Emergency Procedures at the Keele and Glendon campuses. All classes will be cancelled at that time and examinations postponed. University Offices and Libraries will be closed. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
