University of Ottawa Library
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| University of Ottawa Library | |
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| Location | Canada |
| Type | Academic library |
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| Director | Talia Chung |
| Employees | 161 |
| Website | biblio |
University of Ottawa Library is the library system of University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 3 main libraries - the Morisset Library (Arts and Science), the Brian Dickson Law Library and the Health Sciences Library - in addition to a number of specialized research collections.[1]
Description
The main library is the Morisset Library (Arts and Science), where Archives and Special Collections, Geographic, Statistical and Government Information Centre, and Media Centre are located in the Morisset Pavillion. The University of Ottawa Library contains approximately 8 million items including printed books, ebooks, maps, and etc. with its collection budget of $15 million Canadian dollars.[2]
The Archives and Special Collections contains holdings on a variety of subjects, particularly on feminism movement in Canada and it has the largest collection of feminist publications in Canada from periodicals and newsletters including Branching Out and Broadside[3]. In addition, in 2018, the Archives and Special Collections collaborated with the Library and Archives Canada and the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists – Education and Research Institute (INWES-ERI) founded by Monique Frize for the project of Canadian Archive of Women in STEM to develop a search index portal to facilitate discovery in one central location[4].
The Library has digitized over 20,000 French books and air photos from the National Air Photo Library (NAPL) collection which are in the public domain. In addition, with consent from the National Aboriginal Health Organization's (NAHO) Board of Directors, the Library and the Indigenous Program at the Faculty of Medicine archived the NAHO’s website using Archive It which is no longer publicly available[5].
In 2018, the Learning Crossroads (CRX) was opened to students, faculty, and staff at uOttawa with two lecture halls and more than 1000 individual and group study rooms[6][7]. In addition, it houses a wide range of cutting-edge technologies like a video wall, featuring a giant 8K screen, virtual reality equipment and multimedia studios[8].
Partnerships and collaboration
The Library is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)[9], the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)[10], and the Ontario Council of University Libraries[11] as well as other groups.
Branch libraries
- Morisset Library (Arts and Science)
- Brian Dickson Law Library
- Health Sciences Library
- Archives and Special Collections
- Berkman Library
- Geographic, Statistical and Government Information Centre
- Management Library
- Media Centre
- Isobel Firestone Music Library
- Faculty of Social Sciences Library
- Learning Crossroads (CRX)
External links
References
- ^ "About". Library. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Collections". Library. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Archival fonds and collections". Library. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Archives Project | INWES Education and Research Institute". Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Library | University of Ottawa". Library. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Learning Crossroads a blueprint for future campus buildings". The Fulcrum. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "The Learning Crossroads is now open!". Library. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "The Learning Crossroads is now open!". Library. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Home". Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "List of ARL Members". Association of Research Libraries. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Our Members | Ontario Council of University Libraries". ocul.on.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.