Join us in celebrating your OCUL colleagues by nominating an individual or team within the consortium whose exemplary contributions embody the values of collaboration, networking and community.

“We’re thrilled to reintroduce the OCUL Award and know there are so many people whose steadfast and collaborative efforts are deserving of recognition,” said OCUL Executive Director, Amy Greenberg. “OCUL members have had to navigate unprecedented circumstances these past few years and this award is one way to acknowledge – and show appreciation for – their tremendous accomplishments.”

From making data discoverable to digital asset management, the Collaborative Futures Mini Conference is an opportunity to learn from your library colleagues' experiences working with Alma and Omni.

The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is pleased to announce a pilot project with Wiley to give libraries access to the publisher’s nearly 24,000 ebook titles as part of a shared evidence-based acquisition (EBA) program.  

Between May 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024, nineteen Ontario academic libraries are taking part in the pilot. Once the project concludes, based on usage statistics over the one-year period, titles will be purchased and form a shared collection of ebooks for participating OCUL libraries.  

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We’re pleased to share an update about the ongoing migration of Odesi collections to Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository. 

Scholars Portal Days 2023: Refresh/Reframe/Renew

Online Event
Thursday, May 4 and Friday, May 5, 2023

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Scholars Portal is this year’s recipient of ABO-Franco's Prix Micheline-Persaud as announced at the 2023 OLA Super Conference. 

TORONTO (Ontario), 28 October 2022 - The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Greenberg as Executive Director following an extensive North American search.
 

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OCUL would like to congratulate Interim Executive Director, Michael Vandenburg on his upcoming appointment as Dean of Libraries at Dalhousie University. Michael has served as OCUL Interim Executive Director since May, 2021 providing steady operational and strategic leadership to the consortium in a year of transition. Michael will begin his new role on August 15, 2022 and we wish him all the best.
 
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Currents of Change

Thursday, May 12 - Friday, May 13, 2022