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Classified as: temporary closure, user services, reference services
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Published on: 19 Aug 2020

The Library is pleased to announce that ۲ݮƵ students, faculty and staff can now take advantage of an expanded Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). Phase two of this service provides access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex (Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering), Nahum Gelber Law Library, the Islamic Studies Library and the Marvin Duchow Music Library. Materials from other branches are not available at this time.

Classified as: temporary closure
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Published on: 13 Aug 2020

The ۲ݮƵ library is offering an innovative activity to welcome new, current, and former ۲ݮƵians back to campus, even if only in spirit. We hope to draw everyone back from afar with the aid of their computers: to entice them with the comfort of beloved spaces, the feel of delving into the library’s vast collections, and the irresistible pull of a mystery.

Classified as: ROAAr, Friends of the Library, Orientation
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Published on: 12 Aug 2020

Beginning the week of August 3rd, ۲ݮƵ Library will resume digitization of ourrare and special collectionson a small scale.The initial rollout of this serviceprioritizes the ۲ݮƵ community as it prepares for fall 2020 virtual teaching.۲ݮƵ students, faculty, and staff may placerequests using theon-demand digitization form.

Classified as: ROAAr, Digitization
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Published on: 31 Jul 2020

As you may know, ۲ݮƵ Library has partnered withtheBureau de coopération interuniversitaire(BCI) and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to implement a unified catalogue that rolled out on July 8, 2020. Learn more.

Classified as: Library news, Friends of the Library
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Published on: 22 Jul 2020

The Library is pleased to announce that ۲ݮƵ students, faculty and staff can now take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). The initial rollout of this service provides access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library only. Materials from other branches are not available during the first phase of this service. ۲ݮƵ users can request up to ten items per week using a form.

Classified as: temporary closure, user services
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Published on: 17 Jul 2020

Beginning the week of July 20, ۲ݮƵ students, faculty and staff will be able to take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). The initial rollout of this service will provide access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library only. Materials from other branches will not be available during the first phase of this service.

Classified as: user services, temporary closure
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Published on: 8 Jul 2020

۲ݮƵ Library is partnering with the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to provide the Quebec scholarly community with access to three digital platforms. This includes a unified catalogue orLibrary Shared Services Platform (SSP) that will provide access to more than 20 million documents across the 18 collections and is supported by OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WorldCat).

Classified as: system notification, system maintenance, system upgrade
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020

This week, ۲ݮƵ Library staff members will begin to check-in items that have been returned during the closure period. In order to begin this process, the ۲ݮƵ Library staff members will cancel all holds and requests placed on ۲ݮƵ items.

Users who have placed a hold on a returned item will get a notice indicating that their hold has been cancelled.

Please note that users will be able to place new holds once the Library is open and items can be made accessible for browsing.


We apologize for the inconvenience.

Classified as: system notification
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Published on: 6 Jul 2020

We hope you like thenew My Account experience in WorldCat Discovery - it was developed with accessibility and responsive design in mind.The new interface complies with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines.

Similar to the former My Account page, library users will now see a list of checked out items, hold requests, and outstanding fees. The Checked Out tab now includes the exact date and time when an item is due as well as the ability to select multiple items to renew at once.

Classified as: system maintenance, system upgrade
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Published on: 26 Jun 2020

Please note that virtual reference serviceswill not be available on Wednesday, June 24 and Wednesday, July 1in observance ofLa fête nationale/Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day and Canada Day respectively.

Questions? Ask Us!

Classified as: temporary closure, statutory holidays
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Published on: 17 Jun 2020

We have received reports that some users are having trouble accessing

The site continues to be accessible, however, we advise users havingissues to select from two troubleshooting options.

OPTION 1

  • Clear their browser cache and cookies. For a list of instructions for each browser see:

OPTION 2

Classified as: system notification
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Published on: 15 Jun 2020

and will be unavailable Monday, June 15 and Tuesday, June 16, 2020 between 8:00AM and 10:00AM for a scheduled software upgrade.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Classified as: downtime
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Published on: 10 Jun 2020

۲ݮƵ Library will be performing a system update in WorldCat Discovery from Monday, June 15 to Friday, June 19. All Library users are asked to avoid using the “Sign In” button or logging in to "My Account" from WorldCat Discovery during this period. Please note that this includes logins for the purpose of saving searches.

Classified as: system maintenance, system upgrade
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Published on: 27 May 2020

The Library hasautomatically renewedall checked-out items that were originally due between March 1, 2020 and September 14, 2020. The new due date for these materials will be September 15.

Library / COVID-19 Closure Reminders:

- The Library’s physical branches are closed in conformance with government and campus directives until further notice. No fines will be accrued during this time.

Classified as: temporary closure
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Published on: 26 May 2020

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