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June 2009
New Catalogue
June 30, 2009
We’re re-designing the catalogue to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for.
Currently in development, this beta version is a prototype for you to try out. Our goal is to offer this as the main version of the catalogue in September.
We’ll continue to offer access to our classic catalogue too.
New features
- Single search box
- Bilingual search results: retrieve results in French and English from a single search
- Spelling correction and suggestions (Did you mean...?)
- Results ranked by relevance (plus options to sort by date, author or title)
- Refine your search options right from the results screen
- Book covers for many titles in addition to summaries and tables of contents
- Direct export to RefWorks
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Tell us how we can make this a better tool for you to explore our catalogue – take this short survey.
The new catalogue is designed for use with Internet Explorer 7, Firefox and Safari browsers.
January 2009
New Acquisitions
January 5, 2009
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW), December 2008
- Nancy’s Very Own Foundation, October 2008
- Ottawa Coalition to End Violence against Women (OCTEVAW), October 2008
- Sumach Press, September 2008
- Women’s Future Fund, (Shari Graydon), July 2008
- Slovak Archives:
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), June 2008
- Doransky Family, June 2008
- Other Fonds and Collections:
- Ray Ellenwood, June 2008
November 2008
The Archives and Special Collections have moved
November 7, 2008
The Archives and Special Collections have moved to their new location, on Morisset Hall’s concourse level, room 039. Researchers have now access to a more spacious and comfortable reading room. Visitors can also enjoy an exhibit of selected documents from our rich collections. Come and have a look at our new office. We look forward to serving you again.
September 2008
Morisset Library 6th floor Renovations Update
September 16, 2008
Part of a multi-year renovation project, the Morisset Library will be opening a renovated 6th floor dedicated to graduate studies and research in October 2008.
Can you briefly describe how the new space will be set up?
To respond to the needs of our growing graduate student and researcher clientele, the renovated space will feature a Graduate Students’ Mentoring Centre, assigned study carrels and group study rooms equipped with presentation technology. The floor will also feature a 100-seat reading room accessible to graduate students and faculty.
How will graduate study carrels be assigned?
There will be 154 new graduate study carrels equipped with lockable cabinets, power outlets, data ports and task lighting; each carrel will be shared by two students.
Carrels will be assigned by lottery to UO graduate students who do not have office space, according to the following priorities:
- Graduate students from departments which have a shortage of office space as identified by GSAED.
- Graduate students who are in their thesis/dissertation year.
Will the 6th floor be accessible to other students?
Yes! Designated as a silent area, the 6th floor will also offer unassigned study carrels available for both undergraduate and graduate students. The library’s print periodicals collection will still be located on the 6th floor.
For more information
Stay tuned as we provide more information and an official opening announcement in the coming weeks on the library’s and GSAED web sites.
April 2008
Most recent online finding aids
April 30, 2008
- Imrich Stolárik, Graphic material (X20-11)
University of Ottawa Library Wins 2008 InfoTubey awards
April 14, 2008
The votes are in and the winners of the 2008 InfoTubey awards were announced April 8 at the Computers in Libraries conference in Washington, D.C. The awards are presented by Information Today to recognize excellence in library-related productions that are posted on YouTube. The InfoTubeys were awarded to the top five productions (out of scores of submissions) that demonstrated creativity, humor, and sincerity in marketing a library or library services or enhancing the library’s value. The University of Ottawa Morisset Library’s “Amazing Library 101 Challenge” was both exciting and bilingual. -- Information Today, April 9 2008
New Acquisitions
April 4, 2008
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- MATCH International, February 2008
- Bev Pike, February 2008
- New College Library, University of Toronto (via Jeanne Guillaume), January 2008
- E. Lisbeth Donaldson, January 2008
- Chaviva Hosek, January 2008
March 2008
Food for Fines Campaign is Back: April 7-11, 2008
March 25, 2008
This year, once again, the University of Ottawa Libraries, in cooperation with Bon Appétit! the Student Food Bank, are running a “Food for Fines” campaign from Monday, April 7 to Friday April 11, 2008.
Donate and pay off your library fines!
- A $2 fine waiver will be applied for each item donated to a maximum of $20 (10 items);
- Donated food must be non-perishable;
- Bring your donated items to the circulation desk.
All donations will be given to Bon Appétit! the Student Food Bank and the Ottawa Food Bank.
For more information contact courrier@lib.uottawa.ca.
February 2008
Electronic Thesis Project: Call for Participants…New Incentive!
February 29, 2008
As of spring 2008, the University of Ottawa is embarking on an Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD) Pilot Project, the aim of which is to enable graduate students at UO to submit their theses and dissertations electronically; provide long-term storage of the final versions of these documents; and, provide web-based access to these documents to researchers inside the University and around the world.
The Thesis section of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FPGS) and the University of Ottawa Library are looking for thirty (30) students from a variety of disciplines who would like to participate in our project by attending training, submitting and uploading an electronic document, and providing feedback.
As an incentive, chosen participants will receive a stipend of $200.
Any graduate students who will be defending their thesis after October 2008, Graduate Advisors or supervisors of graduate students who are interested in participating in the Pilot can contact Elizabeth (Liz) Hayden, ETD Pilot Project Coordinator at ehayden@uottawa.ca or tel. 562-5800 ext 3612 by March 14, 2008.
New Acquisitions
February 5, 2008
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), September 2007
- New College Library, University of Toronto (via Jeanne Guillaume), August 2007
- E. Lisbeth Donaldson, August 2007
November 2007
New Acquisitions
November 1, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL), September 2007
- New College Library, University of Toronto (via Jeanne Guillaume), August 2007
- Mothers Are Women (Sonya Nigam and Marla Waltman), May 2007
- Serena (Marie-Paule Doyle), May 2007
September 2007
New Acquisitions
September 10, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- New College Library, University of Toronto (via Jeanne Guillaume), August 2007
- Mothers Are Women (Sonya Nigam and Marla Waltman), May 2007
- Serena (Marie-Paule Doyle), May 2007
- Women Plan Toronto, March 2007
- C.T. Sand, March 2007
- Slovak Archives:
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), March 2007
July 2007
New Acquisitions
July 19, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Mothers Are Women (Sonya Nigam and Marla Waltman), May 2007
- Serena (Marie-Paule Doyle), May 2007
- Women Plan Toronto, March 2007
- C.T. Sand, March 2007
- Aaron H. Devor, January 2007
- Slovak Archives:
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), March 2007
June 2007
New Acquisitions
June 4, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Mothers Are Women (Sonya Nigam and Marla Waltman), May 2007
- Serena (Marie-Paule Doyle), May 2007
- Women Plan Toronto, March 2007
- C.T. Sand, March 2007
- Aaron H. Devor, January 2007
- Carolyn Gammon, December 2006
- Unidentified donor (via Judy Rebick), December 2006
- Slovak Archives:
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), March 2007
April 2007
New Acquisitions
April 2, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Women Plan Toronto, March 2007
- C.T. Sand, March 2007
- Aaron H. Devor, January 2007
- Carolyn Gammon, December 2006
- Unidentified donor (via Judy Rebick), December 2006
- Northwestern Ontario Women’s Decade Council (Leni Untinen), November 2006
- Sumach Press, November 2006
- Slovak Archives:
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), March 2007
- Other Fonds and Collections
- Association of Canadian Colleges and Universities Teachers of English (ACCUTE), November 2006
March 2007
New Acquisitions
March 19, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Aaron H. Devor, January 2007
- Carolyn Gammon, December 2006
- Unidentified donor (via Judy Rebick), December 2006
- Northwestern Ontario Women’s Decade Council (Leni Untinen), November 2006
- Sumach Press, November 2006
- Other Fonds and Collections
- Association of Canadian Colleges and Universities Teachers of English (ACCUTE), November 2006
February 2007
New Acquisitions
February 5, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Carolyn Gammon, December 2006
- Unidentified donor (via Judy Rebick), December 2006
- Northwestern Ontario Women’s Decade Council (Leni Untinen), November 2006
- Sumach Press, November 2006
- Canadian Women Studies Association(CWSA),(Lori Chambers), August 2006
- Branching Out (Sharon Batt), August 2006
- Emma Joy Crone, August 2006
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, August 2006
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), August 2006
- John A. Ivanco, August 2006
- Other Fonds and Collections
- Association of Canadian Colleges and Universities Teachers of English (ACCUTE), November 2006
January 2007
New Acquisitions
January 12, 2007
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Northwestern Ontario Women’s Decade Council (Leni Untinen), November 2006
- Sumach Press, November 2006
- Canadian Women Studies Association(CWSA),(Lori Chambers), August 2006
- Branching Out (Sharon Batt), August 2006
- Emma Joy Crone, August 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, July 2006
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, August 2006
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), August 2006
- John A. Ivanco, August 2006
- Other Fonds and Collections
- Association of Canadian Colleges and Universities Teachers of English (ACCUTE), November 2006
November 2006
Most recent online finding-aids
November 7, 2006
- Andrej Potocký (X20-5)
- Joseph Staško (X20-2)
- Jozef August Mikuš (X20-1)
- Collection of Documents on the Canadian Women's Movement (X10-2)
- Lou Nelson (X10-34)
New Acquisitions
November 7, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Canadian Women Studies Association(CWSA),(Lori Chambers), August 2006
- Branching Out (Sharon Batt), August 2006
- Emma Joy Crone, August 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, July 2006
- Linda Briskin, June 2006
- Maureen Kellerman, June 2006
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, August 2006
- Mark Stolárik (Imrich Stolárik), August 2006
- John A. Ivanco, August 2006
October 2006
Archives and Special Collections featured on Rogers Television
October 27, 2006
Jolaine Cousineau’s documentary about the Archives and Special Collections, filmed in the spring of 2006 as part of a French television program called "D’hier à aujourd’hui", produced and broadcasted by Rogers Television (Cable 23, Ottawa). In French only.
Rare Books Digitization Project
October 27, 2006
All digitized rare books can be consulted online from the Internet Archives website by clicking on this link.
UO theses now available online
October 6, 2006
Over 4,600 University of Ottawa PhD dissertations and Masters theses are now available in full-text from 1957 forward, via the Dissertations and Theses Database (Proquest). Discover uOttawa graduate research in all subject areas and disciplines.
July 2006
New Acquisitions
July 17, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Linda Briskin, June 2006
- Maureen Kellerman, June 2006
- Linda Macphedran (TBTN 2003), April 2006
- Evelyn Battell, February 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, December 2005, February 2006.
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, March 2006.
June 2006
New Acquisitions
June 2, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Linda Macphedran (TBTN 2003), April 2006
- Evelyn Battell, February 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, December 2005, February 2006.
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, March 2006.
- Kucera Collection, January 2006.
May 2006
New Acquisitions
May 11, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Linda Macphedran (TBTN 2003), April 2006
- Evelyn Battell, February 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, December 2005, February 2006.
- Sumach Press, November 2005.
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, March 2006.
- Kucera Collection, January 2006.
April 2006
New Acquisitions
April 5, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Evelyn Battell, February 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, December 2005, February 2006.
- Sumach Press, November 2005.
- Slovak Archives:
- Canadian Slovak League, March 2006.
- Kucera Collection, January 2006.
- George Frajkor, October 2005.
- Other Fonds and Collections:
- Catherine Ahearn, October 2005.
Rare Books Digitization Project
April 4, 2006
The books have been digitized and will be available through the library catalogue within a few months.
March 2006
New Acquisitions
March 23, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Evelyn Battell, February 2006
- New College Library, University of Toronto, December 2005, February 2006.
- Sumach Press, November 2005.
- Canadian Gay Archives, September 2005.
- Canadian Association for Child Care Advocacy, September 2005.
- Slovak Archives:
- Kucera Collection, January 2006.
- George Frajkor, October 2005.
- Other Fonds and Collections:
- Catherine Ahearn, October 2005.
New Acquisitions
March 1, 2006
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- New College Library, University of Toronto, December 2005, February 2006.
- Sumach Press, November 2005.
- Canadian Gay Archives, September 2005.
- Canadian Association for Child Care Advocacy, September 2005.
- Women Plan Toronto, August 2005.
- Linda Briskin, August 2005.
- Slovak Archives:
- Ku?era Collection, January 2006.
- George Frajkor, October 2005.
- Other Fonds and Collections:
- Catherine Ahearn, October 2005.
August 2005
New Acquisitions
August 1, 2005
- Canadian Women's Movement Archives:
- Monique Bégin, June 2005.
- Canadian Association for Child Care Advocacy (CCAAC), May 2005.
- Slovak Archives:
- Slovak Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, June 2005.
- John A. Ivanco, May 2005.
- Other Fonds and Collections:
- Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), June 2005.
May 2005
Online finding aids
May 2, 2005
The Archives and Special Collections (ARCS)are revitalizing their website to better serve you. We will gradually post the finding aids for our fonds and collections.
Rare Books Digitization Project
May 2, 2005
The Archives and Special Collections (ARCS) are presently digitizing a part of the Rare Books Collection. For more information consult the article published in the April 14th, 2005 issue of The Gazette.