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Depositing and Sharing Datasets for Preservation in Borealis

Apr 14, 2025
Posted By: Research Data and Statistical Services
Join us Thursday, April 24 for a webinar about archiving your dataset for long term preservation and to making it discoverable for other researchers to reuse. Learn about all the benefits of archiving data and the data repository options available to you!

Learn How to Build a Data Management Plan (DMP)

Apr 9, 2025
Posted By: Research Data and Statistical Services
Register here. Sponsored by: Leddy Library and the Office of Research and Innovation Services

Green Open Access (OA) Day

Mar 17, 2025
Posted By: Amelia Ritchie
Today (March 17, 2025) is Green Open Access Day, a time to celebrate and promote the importance and benefits of green open access (OA). Green OA, also known as self-archiving, allows researchers to make a version of their article openly available through an institutional or disciplinary repository.
A poster with the text "recognizing social workers in libraries" and featuring an image of a woman holding a book in front of a bookshelf. The bottom of the image says "Wherever you are, hashtag so are we" and the website OASW.ORG

Celebrate National Social Work Month!

Mar 12, 2025
Posted By: Sharon Munro
In March we celebrate Social Work Week in Ontario (March 3rd to 9th) and National Social Work Month for Canada.  This year’s theme for the Ontario Association of Social Workers is Wherever you are, so are we.  OASW notes that this theme “…speaks to the availability and versatility of the social work profession, highlighting its cr

The Power of Freedom to Read Week

Feb 28, 2025
Posted By: Annie Kavanagh
As Freedom to Read Week comes to a close, it’s a time to reflect on the vital role this event plays in celebrating our right to read freely and access diverse ideas.

Project introduces students to university-level research in humanities

Feb 25, 2025
Posted By: Roger Reka
A new digital project introduces students to a university library and provides them with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with how to conduct academic research at the post-secondary level.

Open access agreements open doors for research

Feb 10, 2025
Posted By: Roger Reka
The Leddy Library negotiated its first open access agreement with a journal publisher four years ago.

February is Black History Month

Jan 31, 2025
Posted By: Amelia Ritchie
February is Black History Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the history, culture, and contributions of Black people and communities (in Canada and beyond). As an accompaniment to the Library’s physical display (pictured above), we are pleased to feature select digital resources as we learn and celebrate.

Creative Commons Research Guide Now Available

Jan 8, 2025
Posted By: Amelia Ritchie
Happy New Year UWindsor! The new year also brings a new resource from the Leddy Library. We are happy to share a new Research Guide with our community, all about Creative Commons licenses.
Young Black university student with Santa and elf at dorms

ONCE UPON A TIME: Final Part … Through the lens of a Black archivist

Dec 20, 2024
Posted By: Archives & Special Collections
By Antoinette "Anto" Seymour Posted December 2024 Bahamian Storytelling Chant “Once upon a time was a ‘wery’ nice time; monkey chew tobacco and spit out lime.” So once upon a time there were hellos and goodbyes. Adieu to "66" archival series. Adieu to 2024.
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