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.
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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
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. At UofT, Central ITS hosts an annual series of events to raise awareness about how to protect ourselves against malicious cyber threats. These events include online conversations with UofT's Information Security team, presentations on subjects like Multi-… Read more
Campus Police and the Community Safety Office have partnered with AppArmour to create the U of T Campus Safety App. The official safety app of U of T, it is now available for free download via Google Play and the Apple Store.
This unique app integrates with U of T’s safety and security systems to… Read more
Two journal titles and 87 digitized journal issues have been added to the Project for the Study of Dissidence and Samizdat (PSDS).
КРАСНЫЙ ЩЕДРИНЕЦ (RED FOLLOWER OF SHCHEDRIN) No. 1 (1986) – No. 10 (1990) was a journal edited by Boris Ivanov with humorous and satirical writings… Read more
As of 20 July 2020, MASL (Mayors and Sheriffs of London, https://masl.library.utoronto.ca) – the open-access, referenced, searchable database of London’s mayors and sheriffs – has been relaunched with the support of the Information Technology Services digital projects team at UTL. Searches can… Read more
Doing infectious disease research during a pandemic is a very different experience from researching other diseases.
If you're feeling overwhelmed and having trouble understanding all the different types of ever-evolving research on COVID-19, take our new online learning module, Navigating the… Read more