The Laurentian University Library and Archives has published its Impact Report 2025–2026, highlighting a milestone year of renewed purpose, collaboration, and community impact.
Explore key achievements from the past year, including the rollout of our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, study space upgrades, and nearly $150,000 saved in open-access publishing costs for Laurentian researchers.
The Carrefour francophone de Sudbury is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Learn more about its history from the archival collection at Laurentian University Archives.
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
November 16, 2026
Three of Laurentian University's student newspapers--Lambda, Réaction, and L'Orignal déchaîné--were scanned in 2012 and are available online.
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.
Live reading and discussion with acclaimed local author Kim Fahner.
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.
