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OCUL provides Ontario university libraries with shared services and technology infrastructure to support academic teaching, research and learning.

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OCUL negotiates and manages over 200 e-resource licenses to offer members the lowest possible cost, extending their budgets and saving library staff resources.

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Scholars Portal

Scholars Portal services provide access to an extensive and varied collection of e-journals, e-books, social science datasets, geo reference data and geospatial data.

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Collaborative Futures

Collaborative Futures is OCUL’s vision for an Ontario-wide print and electronic library collection accessed and managed through shared service and technology systems.

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AI and Machine Learning at OCUL

Exploring how AI and machine learning tools can enhance library expertise through hands-on learning and experimentation.

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OCUL Advances AI and Machine Learning Initiative with Major Project Milestones
In this progress update, OCUL moves forward its exploration of AI and machine learning for responsible, ethical use in academic libraries. Two pilot projects reach major milestones and an expanded capacity building program offers learning opportunities across online events, a blog partnership, and curated reading club.
Evaluating Speech-to-Text Tools for Access, Discovery, and Preservation
The latest post in our AI Tools for Academic Libraries series takes a look at several speech-to-text tools that libraries could use to improve materials' accessibility and enable text-based searching of audio and video collections.
Nominations Open for OCUL Subcommittee Membership
OCUL invites member nominations for several subcommittees that together play a vital role in advancing shared aims for collaborative governance and service excellence across Ontario academic libraries. Nomination period closes March 27, 2026.
OCUL Visiting Researcher to Explore How AI Challenges Authorship and Originality

Copyright Officer and Associate Librarian Stephen Spong joins the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) this year as a visiting researcher, with a project that explores how generative AI challenges traditional understandings of creativity, originality, and authorship.

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