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 […]

Library Accessibility Services is Giving Students with Print Disabilities Expanded Access to Resources

Making Learning Universally Accessible Library Accessibility Services and the Adaptive Lab at York University’s Scott Library is continually enhancing its service of providing students with print disabilities, access to texts and information that they otherwise would not be able to read. For many university students, conducting deadline-driven research for multiple courses and subsequent essays or […]

Survey finds 50 percent of York Instructor respondents are creating their own open educational resources

Open Educational Resources Survey Despite high adoption rates of OER amongst faculty respondents, survey finds lack of awareness around best practices for finding resources  According to a recent faculty survey which looked at the use of open educational resources (OER) at York University, the majority of faculty respondents are highly engaged with OER. Open educational […]

Student placement collaboration between faculty and YUL empowers student contributions on Black Histories

Teaching and Learning Collaborating with YorkU Libraries Collaboration between York U Libraries and a fourth-year public history course is helping students to produce web profiles via Wikimedia platforms—all in an effort to change the way Black histories are being shared online. York U librarians and archivists provide expertise to fourth-year History students on new ways […]