Published: October 29, 2024
By: Alison Lang, UTL News

In the world of academia, there is a great deal of emphasis placed upon the importance and sanctity of the written word. And while texts and physical materials are critically important, it is equally essential that students, faculty and librarians alike engage with narratives that have never been put to paper, to help deepen scholarship and our understanding of the world around us.

Published: October 18, 2024
By: Alison Lang, UTL News

A cloth-bound version of the Bhagavad Gita. A water-damaged copy of a Hebrew codex. The final letter of a World War I officer with a pressed flower tucked within its folds.

These seemingly disparate materials each have a story that hasn’t been visible to the naked eye – until now.

Published: September 17, 2024
By: Alison Lang, UTL News

Last September, a student approached Accessibility and Resource Sharing librarian Hujma Chowdhury with a problem. The student had been trying to navigate the then-newly installed access gates at Robarts and Gerstein libraries and due to low vision, they didn’t know which way their TCard stripe faced to swipe through the access gate.

Published: September 11, 2024
By: Alison Lang

What do you think of when you hear the term “travel writing?”  

Some of us might envision Jack Kerouac’s laconic beat chronicle On The Road, while others may look to Maya Angelou’s crackling memoir of political and personal self-discovery while living in Ghana, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes.  

Published: September 9, 2024
By: Alison Lang

The path to the hallowed halls of academia – and specifically, academic libraries – isn’t always straightforward. In Devon Stolz’s case, his journey to the University of Toronto included a brief stopover into the world of TV baking in 2018 when he became a contestant in the second season of The Great Canadian Baking Show.