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A major expansion of Robarts Library, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, will start to take shape this summer thanks to a transformational gift from Drs. Russell and Katherine Morrison. More

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New Journals Added to the Project for the Study of Dissidence and Samizdat

87 digitized journal issues added to the Project for the Study of Dissidence and Samizdat.

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Mayors and Sheriffs of London Relaunched

MASL has been relaunched with a database that is fully searchable from 1190 to the present.

U of T Libraries to Migrate to New Library Services Platform in January 2021

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Information Commons launches new RemoteLab Service

Beginning July 6, 2020, the University of Toronto Libraries will offer remote access to student computers in the Computer Access Facilities.

Curbside Pickup (now includes Gerstein and Downsview books) and Technology Access Services

Beginning June 22, Robarts Library will offer a Curbside Pickup Service for print books not available through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service.

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Anti-Black racism reading list from U of T Libraries

U of T Librarians have assembled a list of resources available on topics of anti-Black racism and violence in Canada, Black resistance, race and health equity, and educating against anti-Black racism.

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Library launches revamped Romantic poetry bibliographic database

The University of Toronto Libraries has just launched an updated and redesigned version of the Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry with a greatly improved search function.

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Millions of U of T Library books now accessible online via HathiTrust Digital Library

During the U of T library closure due to COVID-19, current students and faculty can read digitized versions of more than 2.5 million of the library’s in-copyright print books that have been deposited in the HathiTrust Digital Library. 

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Online learning module for COVID-19 research

Doing infectious disease research during a pandemic is a very different experience from researching other diseases.

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COVID-19: Updates on Library Services and Operations

Please visit this page regularly for updates on changes to library services due to the COVID-19 virus.

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Now open at Gerstein Science Information Centre: New Reflection Room for religious, spiritual and secular practices

We are pleased to announce that a new Reflection Room is now open to the U of T community. This space can be used for meditation, mindfulness, prayer, and yoga.

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Libraries host student editors from U of T, York and OCAD U for 5th annual Student Journal Forum

On February 4th, 2020 the University of Toronto Libraries, in partnership with York University Libraries, hosted the 5th annual Student Journal Forum.

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University of Toronto agrees to first open access publishing deal with Karger Publishers

The University of Toronto (U of T) and Karger Publishers have entered into a transformative open access agreement that includes reading access to all Karger e-journals with immediate open access to U of T-authored articles.

From left to right: Vice-President and Provost Cheryl Regehr, Elizabeth Haig (accepting on behalf of Alina Bykova), Rahul Arora, Amanda Khan and Larry Alford, U of T's chief librarian (photo by Paul Terefenko)

Three graduate students win U of T Libraries research exhibition awards

Students Rahul Arora, Alina Bykova and Amanda Khan were recently recognized by University of Toronto Libraries for research that ranged from computer graphics to laparoscopic surgery and a Russian ghost town in the Arctic.

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Libraries to Offer Ongoing Support for Wikipedia initiatives at the U of T

The UTL has hired a former Wikipedian in Residence, Alex Jung,  to support the research and learning by improving access to high quality unique online open access primary source resources and collections like digitized rare books, web archives, and art.

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In Memoriam: Katherine Morrison (1925-2019)

The University of Toronto and its students have lost a loyal friend, a generous and visionary benefactor, and a passionate lover of the library. Katherine Morrison was 94.

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Open Educational Resources Grants Awarded to U of T Instructors

The University of Toronto Libraries, in partnership with the Online Learning Strategies and Academic and Collaborative Technologies units of ITS, have awarded three University of Toronto instructors grants of up to $3,000.00 each to support the work invol

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Mourning Robert Blackburn, U of T's pioneering former Chief Librarian, 1919-2019

Former Chief Librarian, Robert H. Blackburn, passed away this past Tuesday September 17. Blackburn served as Associate Director of the University of Toronto Libraries from 1947 to 1954 when he was appointed Chief Librarian.

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OISE library brings influential voices from Canada's past to life through digitization of tapes from 1970s

OISE librarian Nailisa Tanner and Toronto Academic Library Intern Jenna Mlynaryk digitized and published recordings of interviews between famous Canadian politicians and Richard Alway, then a graduate student in history at U of T