News and highlights

The Library and Archives has assembled a collection of resources to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.

Please find our book display on the second floor of the J.N. Desmarais Library, as well as online.

The Center for Open Science has announced fundamental changes to its OSF platform that will eliminate the platform’s current workflow for project management. This includes file management and storage.

If you use OSF to manage your projects and/or data, please read their communications about this transition here: https://help.osf.io/article/727-osf-projects-transition

Key Dates

November 16, 2026

Three of Laurentian University's student newspapers--Lambda, Réaction, and L'Orignal déchaîné--were scanned in 2012 and are available online.

Explore the collection

The Library and Archives will no longer be accepting any new library resource donations (books or journals) until the end of 2027 in order to allow for the evaluation and processing of the many donated collections accepted during the past years. This decision will not impact donations to the Archives. 

The Partnership for Open Access (POA) enables open access publishing in Canada. It provides financial support to non-commercial scholarly journals through the ongoing commitment of library partners and is based on a close collaboration between all stakeholders of the research ecosystem. Part of the diamond open access movement, the POA is building a collective, equitable, and robust path for the dissemination of knowledge.

erudit.org/partnership

Live reading and discussion with acclaimed local author Kim Fahner. 

The Pollination Field

As well as, a book giveaway, copies available for sale and to be signed!

Join us at 

The Architecture Library

March 30th, 2026 

5:30pm

Laurentian University Library & Archives is pleased to host this presentation by colleagues from Simon Fraser University. Please note that the presentation will be in English.

Date: Monday, March 30, 2026

Time: 1pm EST 

Location: Online 

Registration: Please register to attend

Laurentian University Library & Archives is excited to unveil its new Strategic Plan for 2025-2030!

Driven by months of community input, including the LibQUAL+ survey, consultations with Senior Leadership, and staff retreats, we have established a renewed mission and vision, guided by the core values of Equitable Access, Human Connection, Lifelong Learning, Responsiveness, and Stewardship.

A big thank you goes out to Dr. Shorthouse, Professor Emeritus, formerly with the Department of Biology whose generous donation led to the creation of the The Archival Services Enhancement Fund. The goal is to equip the Archives to meet current and future needs while fostering academic collaboration and research.