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Leddy Library has developed and successfully implemented a set of Artificial Intelligence (AI) guidelines for open access journals, supporting responsible, transparent, and ethical use of AI tools in scholarly publishing. The guidelines are now in use across several University of Windsor–hosted journals and have attracted interest from the international library publishing community.

Midterms have arrived, and if your brain is fried and your motivation is running on snacks and caffeine, you are not alone.

On Friday, February 13, Leddy Library is hosting a PJ and Red Shirt Day to help make midterm studying feel a little more comfortable and supportive. Come in your pyjamas or coziest clothes if you are settling in for a long study session. If you have class, work, presentations, or simply prefer not to wear pyjamas in public, you can still join in by wearing red.

Check out Leddy Library's new Sustainability Research Guide! Developed with the University of Windsor’s Sustainability Officer, Nadia Harduar, this guide was designed to support undergraduate and graduate students in exploring the complex and interdisciplinary field of sustainability.  Sustainability touches nearly every academic discipline, from environmental science and engineering to public health, business, economics, education, and the social sciences.

As a reminder, the Leddy Library's access to UpToDate will end on November 30, 2025. 
 
We encourage all users to transition to Dynamed, our new point of care resource. DynaMed offers high-quality, evidence-based medical information with a unique focus on grading the strength of evidence behind clinical recommendations. This grading system provides more precise insights into the reliability of the information, making it a particularly valuable tool for clinicians. It also offers free downloadable iOS & Android mobile apps for access on the go.

Starting today, Monday, October 6th, the Leddy Library will host its Used Book Sale, offering a wide variety of gently used materials for just $1 each. The selection includes withdrawn items, including children’s books, popular fiction, as well as other assorted donated titles that didn’t make it into the collection but are ready for a second life on your shelf. Whether you’re a student on the lookout for a study resource, a parent or educator seeking affordable kids’ reads, or simply a curious browser, there’s something for everyone to discover.

Today, on September 30, the University of Windsor joins communities across Canada in observing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours Survivors of the residential school system, remembers the children who never returned home, and affirms our collective responsibility to learn from this history and work toward healing and reconciliation.

Good research deserves good data management. This fall, Leddy Library is offering a series of short, practical online workshops to help you take charge of your research data—whether you’re just starting a new project, are collecting a lot of data, or are thinking about how to share your research outputs (including data!) with the world.

A new open educational resource (OER) developed by Berenica Vejvoda, Research Data Librarian and PhD student in Social Work at the University of Windsor, is now available.

2SLGBTQ+ Data Literacy for Social Work Education is a free, online book that helps social work educators and students critically engage with Canadian data about 2SLGBTQ+ communities. The resource integrates social work perspectives with research data literacy to support inclusive teaching, research, and practice.

The OER includes:

We are excited to share that the Leddy Library now subscribes to DynaMed as our primary point of care resource. We have selected DynaMed as the most comprehensive and sustainable product for the University of Windsor community.
 

In Winter 2025, the Leddy Library announced that the University of Windsor is joining a growing national network of Canadian universities on Scholaris—a community-supported, open-source institutional repository hosted by the Ontario Council of University Libraries’ (OCUL) Scholar’s Portal.