Dedicated space for Indigenous students, researchers opens at Scott Library

By Cora Coady | February 12, 2025 In a collaborative effort to support Indigenous students and their learning experiences, York University Libraries’ (YUL) has opened the Miinkaanensing (pronounced mee-ni-kahn-en-sing) Indigenous Reading Room. Located in Room 202E of the Scott Library, Miinkaanensing is a new space that offers Indigenous students and researchers a quiet space to gather and engage with […]

Casita Azul Library a hub for community education programs in Costa Rica 

York University’s Las Nubes eco-campus focuses on hosting students for experiential education opportunities and improving rural livelihoods with an emphasis on environmental conservation. Casita Azul, the little blue house, is in the unique position of not only operating as an academic library in service to the Las Nubes mission, but also as a community hub […]

Peñas Blancas River wins ecological prize with the help of Casita Azul Library 

On March 12, 2024, Casita Azul received the highest award level of five stars as part of a prestigious local ecological prize, acknowledging their significant contribution to recent clean-up efforts at the Peñas Blancas River in Costa Rica. Building on their established connections within the community, and their recently implemented, successful bi-monthly recycling program, Casita […]

Featured Collection: Season's Readings

Ready for winter reading? Explore our Season's Readings featured collection including print books, e-books and more. Visit the display in the entrance to Scott Library or explore more online.

NOTICE: Scott Library Elevator Refurbishment has been extended until further notice.

As part of ongoing efforts to improve the student experience in our spaces, York Facilities is proceeding with the refurbishment of the elevator in Scott Library. The refurbishment is has been extended until further notice. We apologize for this inconvenience. This project will ensure years more of functional life for our elevator, so our upper […]

Curious about Open Educational Practices? Learn more with the Libraries’ Infographic, Guide & Mini-Course

By Stephanie Quail You may have heard the terms open education (OE) and open educational resources (OER) over the last few years. This global movement has changed the way instructors use educational resources in the classroom.  OER are free teaching and learning resources that are created by instructors and other experts and use open licences, such as Creative Commons licences. […]

Featured Collection: A List of Halloween Films...to watch, if you dare!

15 films to celebrate the scariest time of the year. Explore our Featured Collection of Halloween Films.

YFile: Celebrate Ada Lovelace’s legacy at Libraries’ Wiki Edit-a-Thon

Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of women’s achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician and writer who also happened to be the very first computer programmer. She wrote what were essentially computer programs for the analytical engine that computing pioneer Charles Babbage conceptualized, but never actually […]

Sign-Up for the Open Education Training Program - Begins November 2022

In summer 2020, York University Libraries worked with the Open Education Steering Committee to launch a four-week mini-course on Open Education for Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) project leads. This course was designed to help AIF leads fulfill the open educational resources (OER) component of their AIF contract.  Stephanie Quail, scholarly communications librarian, Hilary Barlow, W.P. Scott […]

YFile: Opening our eyes to the possibilities of OER

The decision to devote this issue of “Innovatus” to Open Educational Resources (OER) is a deliberate one. Across Canada, there is a national conversation happening about how academic institutions use OER, support OER adoption and creation in the classroom, and how OER facilitate innovative pedagogy.  As the articles in this issue of “Innovatus” show, instructors […]