As the end of another year approaches, we want to thank you for being part of the OCUL and Scholars Portal community.
Because of your support, in 2025 we celebrated some exciting developments and milestones:
News & Events
Are you interested in the intersections of creation, copyright, intellectual property, and AI? Join the upcoming installment of the Beyond the Algorithm Reading Club and take part in community discussions on this complex topic.
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has formed a new AI Advisory Committee – an important step toward advancing the responsible use of AI across Ontario’s academic libraries.
For academic librarians balancing teaching, service, and project work, managing tasks effectively is essential. AI-integrated productivity tools promise to help prioritize, organize, and even predict how long it might take to finish that ever-important task that's being avoided. But in practice, these tools are part experiment, part assistant, and part mirror.
As AI continues to transform the landscape of higher education, a new information exchange program hosted by the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) provides an opportunity for member libraries to showcase their AI-related skills and help build a province-wide professional development community.
The Beyond the Algorithm Reading Club invites you to explore the intersection of AI literacy, values, and affect in academic library contexts.
Supporting web development and digital research infrastructure are critical dimensions of work across academic libraries – and AI tools for coding are becoming vital to this work. But with so many different options and platforms to explore, it can be overwhelming to know where to start.
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) is seeking nominations for two member roles on the Collection Assessment and Evaluation Subcommittee.
Reporting to the OCUL Information Resources Committee, the subcommittee provides operational support and guidance in the evaluation of e-resource renewals and potential vendor deals.
Subcommittee membership terms are typically staggered, with one- or two-year appointments to help ensure continuity.
The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) has released its 2024-2025 annual report. The report celebrates select milestones from the past year, highlighting a transformative period marked by strategic planning, technological experimentation, and deepened collaboration across Ontario’s academic library landscape.
In 2024-2025, OCUL:
Centered around a series of pilot projects, the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) continues its exploration of AI and machine learning’s responsible, ethical use in the academic library environment while building related knowledge and skills across the OCUL membership and beyond.