The OCUL Information Resources Committee (OCUL-IR) acts as a catalyst for information resources initiatives, generating ideas and implementing one-time projects and ongoing strategies.
OCUL-IR supports the development and management of information resources at the consortium and local institutional levels. This work includes the impact and value analysis of information resource collections on teaching and research.
OCUL-IR was established in 1999.
OCUL-IR Terms of Reference (PDF)
Terms of Reference approved by the OCUL Executive Committee, April 2024
Committee Membership
OCUL-IR membership consists of one official representative from each OCUL member library, with no fixed term, plus the Scholars Portal Associate Director (or a designate).
- Chair (2025-2027): Casey Hoeve (McMaster University)
- Lisl Schoner-Saunders (Algoma University)
- Alicia Zorzetto (Brock University)
- Alana Skwarok (Carleton University)
- Paul St. Pierre (University of Guelph)
- Alaa El-Talmas (Lakehead University)
- Dan Scott (Laurentian University)
- Janice Adlington, (McMaster University)
- Rebecca Kasperavicius (Nipissing University)
- Scott Johns (OCAD University)
- Jeffrey Bennett (Ontario Tech University)
- Catherine Lachaîne (University of Ottawa)
- Meghan Drake (Queen's University)
- Lisa Bechard (Royal Military College of Canada)
- Coralee Leroux (Trent University)
- Lei Jin (Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Sarah Hersh (Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Weijing Yuan (University of Toronto)
- David Gall (University of Waterloo)
- Elizabeth Mantz (Western University)
- Matt Thomas (Wilfrid Laurier University)
- Roger Reka (University of Windsor)
- Aaron Lupton (York University)
- Jacqueline Whyte Appleby (Scholars Portal)
Ex officio:
- Amy Greenberg (OCUL)
- Christa Foley (OCUL)
Subcommittees
Collection Assessment & Evaluation Subcommittee
Licensing & Local Load Subcommittee
Strategic Planning Subcommittee
For information about past OCUL-IR Subcommittees, please email ocul@ocul.on.ca.