The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2026 OCUL Outstanding Contribution Award, a recognition that celebrates individuals and teams whose work advances OCUL’s mission and strategic priorities through innovation, leadership, collaboration, and community-building.
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In a move to strengthen Canada’s open scholarly infrastructure, Coalition Publica, OCUL, and the University of Toronto Libraries, as the service provider for Scholars Portal, have jointly entered into a new agreement. This memorandum of understanding formalizes their longstanding collaboration and leverages expertise to advance the long-term preservation of open research in Canada.
Beyond the Algorithm is taking a summer vacation! The reading club will be back in September but in the meantime, our AI and Machine Learning Program Manager Kari D. Weaver compiled a short list of AI reads for the warmer months, including a toolkit for values-driven artificial intelligence in libraries and archives.
Ontario’s universities stand at a pivotal juncture: There is need to adapt to the transformations of an AI-enabled world, as underscored by the recent Council of Ontario Universities AI Task Force Report. The Ontario Council of University Libraries affirms that academic libraries are not peripheral but foundational to this transition – serving as essential partners in advancing teaching, research and critical AI literacy across disciplines.