UTL News

Science Literacy Week is back Sept 18-24!  U of T Libraries is once again proud to welcome this nationwide, week-long event which aims to inspire wonder and promote engagement with all things science.  This year's theme is E is for Energy.  This year, we're excited to… Read more

Originally published by U of T News on June 2, 2023  By Scott Anderson (photo by Lisa Sakulensky) Michael Walsh enjoyed a highly successful career as an investment banker – but he never left schooling in philosophy behind, channeling his interest in the subject into building a… Read more

The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is pleased to feature the exhibition The Sister Arts: Fashioning the Victorian Luxury Book. This exhibition explores the ways that luxury book manufacture came to provide roles for women in the book arts, initiating a sisterhood of illustrators, illuminators,… Read more

Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash The University of Toronto (U of T) has signed on to participate in a two-year open access agreement with Wiley through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). Through the agreement, effective January 15, 2023, U of T researchers may now publish their… Read more

Researchers analyze a manuscript as part of the The Book and Silk Roads project. U of T Mississauga’s Old Books New Science Lab is coordinating a follow-up project, Hidden Stories, which has received funding from the Mellon Foundation. Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn   Authored by Ali Raza… Read more

The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) is pleased to announce the Historical National Topographic System (NTS): 1:50,000 Scale Maps, Data, & GIS, a new Open Access geospatial data collection of over 6000 Canadian maps that all researchers can discover, explore, and analyze. … Read more

Today marks the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it honours the survivors of the Residential School System, as well as their families and communities.   Today is also Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the… Read more

The University of Toronto (U of T) is pleased to announce the expansion of its agreement with the Public Library of Science (PLOS) to fully cover author publication costs for all twelve PLOS journals, including PLOS ONE.    Under the terms of this agreement, which begins on… Read more

University of Toronto Press (UTP) and the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) proudly announce that they will continue to make leading scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences freely available online, by publishing them as open access (OA) digital editions. As part of this… Read more

During the month of November, the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) will host a weekly series of virtual panel discussions to showcase diverse perspectives on the principles and practice of Open Science, representing voices from a variety of personal and professional backgrounds… Read more

The Division of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) and the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) are calling for submissions to the U of T Public Policy Reports Collection. This collection assembles public policy-related research reports produced by University of Toronto units… Read more

On September 30, 2021, we pause to reflect on and to acknowledge the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We grieve alongside Indigenous people everywhere, who have been dealing with the pain of the discoveries of thousands of known and unmarked graves, as well as the deep intergenerational… Read more

Science Literacy Week is back Sept 20-26! U of T Libraries is once again proud to welcome this nationwide, week-long event which aims to inspire wonder and promote engagement with all things science.  This year, the theme is C is for Climate. More information on our… Read more

We are looking forward to welcoming students and faculty back to the libraries in September! Read on for details regarding how we are preparing to provide robust support for learning, research and teaching while maintaining health and safety as our top priority.   Library… Read more

Beginning this Fall semester, the library will be using a new application to prepare and support course reading lists. The Library Reading List application streamlines access to a wide variety of course-related and library materials for students and instructors… Read more

As the University prepares for an anticipated return to in-person learning, we are planning to reopen library buildings and book stacks on September 7. Library buildings will be open to current students, faculty and staff only.  Library buildings and services  Robarts Library and… Read more

Mindy Thuna has accepted the position of Associate Chief Librarian for Science Research and Information, effective July 1, 2021. Mindy holds a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science (Vertebrate morphology) from the University of Calgary… Read more

In recognition of National Indigenous History Month, University of Toronto Press (UTP) and University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) added two recent, widely lauded Indigenous Studies titles – Indigenous Women’s Writing and the Cultural Study of Law by Cheryl … Read more

Given significantly reduced case counts of COVID-19, the library will be re-opening some Central Library in-person services that closed in April when Provincial measures were introduced to reduce the transmission of COVID in our community.   While continuing to adhere to all… Read more

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) honoured Larry Alford with the CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship during its Annual General Meeting. This award, which is generously sponsored by ProQuest, is conferred annually to a Canadian individual who has… Read more

Beginning May 3, access to wifi and computers will be available at the Gerstein Science Information Centre for students who do not have these resources and have a critical need for them for their research and academic work.   The Technology Access Service … Read more

The University of Toronto (U of T) has renewed its contract with Elsevier for 2021-2023 through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). Driven by a bold negotiation strategy, this deal includes:    Significant cost savings: A 12.5% reduction for 2021, followed by… Read more

April 1, 2021 The Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) was released on March 15th.  University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) has been preparing for this policy release for many years and provides research data management (RDM) services to support faculty,… Read more

The University of Toronto (U of T) has signed on to participate in a three-year open access agreement with SAGE Publishing through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).   Through the agreement, which began January 1, 2021, U of T… Read more

The University of Toronto (U of T) has signed on to participate in a three-year open access agreement with the Public Library of Science (PLOS) through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).  Under the terms of this agreement, which began January 1, 2021, U of T researchers… Read more