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ABOUT OCAD U LIBRARY
The Library is open approximately 72 hours per week during the fall/winter semesters and provides a variety of study areas, including an Information Commons maintained by IT Services. Registered students, faculty and staff have access to more than 10,000 full-text journals as well as materials database, a multi-media archive, and image databases. Use the menu on left-hand side to access more information about the OCAD University Library.
History
Library History: brief history of library services at the OCAD University.
Enacting a Learning Mission
Consultant's report for the Ontario College of Art & Design Library
For further information on the Library, Archives and Learning Zone Plan 2009-14, including strategies and timelines, contact Jill Patrick, Director of Library Services.
Vision
The OCAD University Library empowers the imagination and leads the university community in the creation, discovery and sharing of knowledge.
Mission
The OCAD U Library nurtures a learning ecology extending beyond the classroom and studio, where everyone can engage in historical, critical and scientific inquiry, research, lifelong learning, and the celebration of creativity, experimentation and innovation.
Objectives
- Enhance the learning experience of undergraduate and graduate students.
- Develop specialized collections and learning objects.
- Partner with faculty and academic partners and develop a campus wide learning strategy.
- Collaborate with academic colleagues in the development of integrated systems and tools to facilitate access to information, resources and services in support of teaching, learning and research.
- Plan innovative new facilities and establish staffing levels and processes to enable teaching, learning and research.
Professional Organizations
The Dorothy H. Hoover Library is a member of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design Libraries (AICAD-L), the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN).
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LIBRARY NEWS
- 8 May 2012 Remembering Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are (Toronto Star)
- 2 May 2012 Tories force closure of federal libraries, archives stifling access to information for all Canadians (CBC News)
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Scary Library Monsters: ischool student makes YouTube Library video
- OCADU Grad Theses now available online
- NEW IN PRINT: new BOOKS or JOURNALS at the OCAD U Library
