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Join the Map & Data Library online workshop:
✨ Using MAXQDA & AI for Qualitative Data Analysis (Part 3)
🗓️ Feb 26 | 2–3 pm

We’ll cover AI in the research process, data privacy & ethics, and a live demo.

Some familiarity helpful, not required.

Register here🔗: mdl.library.utoronto.ca/mdl-blog/usi...

image of a robot hand touching a human hand showing a connection to human and AI interaction.

🤖📚 AI is changing qualitative research.

From transcription to analysis, new tools are opening up possibilities (and raising questions).

Curious how it works in practice? 👇

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⚠️ Weather Update: Due to heavy snowfall and the impacts on public transit, the #UofT St. George campus is closed until 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Monday, January 26, 2026. A status update will be posted online today by 10:00 a.m. at utoronto.ca/campus-status

An illustrated image advertising a drop-in crafting event with a table covered in brightly coloured bracelets, yarn, scissors, buttons, a scarf and other crafting materials.

Start the new year off by learning a new hobby! 🧶

Join us @ Engineering and Computer Science Library (ECSL)’s informal crafting drop-in. 🧵

Supplies will be provided & staff will be there to help. 🤝

Find us Jan 27, noon-2pm, 2nd floor, Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King’s College Rd, room 2402 🧐

Dream of designing in 3D? Learn 3D design basics - perfect for makers who want to design a digital file for creating customized physical objects!

Intro to 3D Design w.Tinkercad

🗓️ Jan 30, 12-1:30
📍Gerstein Library

For current #UofT students/faculty/staff

👉 uoft.me/gerstein3dtraining

Have an unhealthy relationship with your data?😩📱
DATA DETOX WEEK arrives Jan 26-30!

Discover how digital tech influences our behaviour & start taking back control of your digital privacy, security, & wellbeing
- drop in to our week-long expo + join online workshops

Sign up: uoft.me/data-detox-2026

Interested in growing native plants? Learn to properly prep seeds that need to be stored in the cold before they can grow in the spring!

🌱Seed Sitting Workshop
🗓️Jan 20  |  12-1pm
📍Gerstein Library
For current #UofT students/staff/faculty
🔗 uoft.me/seed-sitting...

cc @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

As part of Data Privacy Day, Robarts Library (UofT Libraries) is hosting a book display on privacy in the digital age until Jan. 30 . Stop by and take a look or borrow one today!
More details: https://security.utoronto.ca/news/data-privacy-day-2026/#book-display

#DPD2026

🎬 Pop-Up Cinematheque returns for Season 2 — cinema on film, the way it was meant to be experienced. 🍿

More 16mm & 35mm screenings are coming up this winter, with scholar-led introductions.

Free to attend — registration required.
👉 See what’s coming up and reserve a spot:
🔗 go.utlib.ca/popup2

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Image of archivist Christine Stewart looking at an old film reel over a light box viewer. She is wearing glasses that are reflecting the film and light

🎬 Great to see the work of #UofT Libraries' Film Library & Media Archives featured in the @thestar.com this weekend.

The piece highlights the care, expertise & collaboration behind Pop-Up Cinematheque, bringing rare films out of the vault & back onto the big screen.

www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

Happy holidays, #UofT 💙 The university will be closed from Dec. 24, 2025 to Jan. 2, 2026.

To find resources for the U of T community, please visit utoronto.ca/utogether.

We wish you a safe & restful winter break! ❄️

Wishing you a cozy & relaxing holiday break #UofT! ❄️ Gerstein Library will be closed Dec 24-Jan 2. We’ll reopen on Jan 3rd.

Take note: Our ask.gerstein email service + Virtual Help Desk reopen on Jan 5th.

🗓️ Holiday closures: library.utoronto.ca/libraries?se...

cc @uoftlibraries.bsky.social

Thank you for an incredible semester across all 40 #UofT Libraries 💙

Wishing you a joyful, restful holiday break🎄

Holiday hours + digital resources are always available at library.utoronto.ca — including journals and streaming, on campus or away.

See you in the new year 📆✨

#UofT's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections @uoftlibraries.bsky.social is turning 70! Visit now until Dec. 23 for a special tour to mark the anniversary. 📖 bit.ly/70RB

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

The School of the Environment, OISE Library, and OISE Sustainability & Climate Action Network invite students across UofT to submit art works to the 2026 Sustainability Thinking Exhibition. Submissions due Monday, January 19th, 2026: www.environment.utoronto.ca/news/sustain...

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💬 Found something we can improve? Use the feedback form at the top of the new homepage — we’re building this WITH you. 💙💻📚

🌐 One site for all libraries — no more guessing where to start
💻Easier access to hours, study spaces, and research help
🔒Upgraded security and accessibility for a smoother experience
💙Designed with real student feedback from focus groups + usability testing

Visit the new site → library.utoronto.ca

📢 Big news, #UofT— the Libraries’ website just got a major glow-up!✨

UTL has officially launched a redesigned website — your faster, simpler, and more secure way to connect with everything Libraries offers.

What’s new….

Have a great idea or invention for your #UofT startup, but need to protect it? Learn how to uncover prior patents, read a patent & more at our workshop:

🔒Resources for Patent Research
📅Nov 6, 12-2pm
💻via Zoom
Open to current #UofT students/staff/faculty
🔗 uoft.me/e-shipworkshop

Learn 3D design basics at our in-person workshop - perfect for makers who want to design customized physical objects!

🧊Intro to 3D Design with Tinkercad
🗓️ Oct 21
📍Gerstein Library

Open to current #UofT students/faculty/staff

👉 uoft.me/gerstein3dtraining

@uoftlibraries.bsky.social

🚨Robarts Common will close tonight at 2 AM due to a scheduled city water shutdown.

24-hour weekday access will resume as normal afterward.
We apologize for the inconvenience. 💙

It’s Science Literacy Week! 🧠🔬

This year’s theme: From Sea to Space 🌊🚀
Dive in or take off - check out an event near you!

🔗 guides.library.utoronto.ca/scienceliter...

📚 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Book Giveaway & Book Club

Students can pick up a free copy of The Knowing by Tanya Talaga at Robarts Library, 2nd floor on Sept 16 (Tomorrow!) from 10AM–2PM.

OISE Library will host a book club discussion on Sept 30 from 1–2PM, all are welcome! 🧡

💡 Want to make an impact? Join the Library Student Advisory Committee!

📚 Share your ideas to shape library services, spaces & programs
✨ Earn a Co-Curricular Record (CCR) credit
🗓️ Apply by Sept 17!

🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

📚 U of T has 40 libraries across 3 campuses — and now there’s one place to keep up with them all! ✨

Follow our new account @your.utl on Instagram to stay updated on everything happening across U of T Libraries — from the best study spaces to essential digital resources and research tips. 💙

#UofT President Melanie Woodin welcomes new and returning students, faculty, staff & librarians across the university's three campuses to the new school year. #MyUofT 💙 uoft.me/ft25

📢 The university will be closed on Friday, August 1 and Monday, August 4 for the Civic Holiday long weekend.

Perfect time to catch up on your Summer Reading Bingo list! 📚🌞🕶️

🔗Library Hours: onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/holiday-hour...

🎬 Bummed out by rising streaming costs? Good news: your UTORid gives you free access to thousands of films, from cult classics to recent releases.

Check out Audio Cine Films, Criterion Collection or Kanopy for your next movie night.🍿

🔗: onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/streaming-vi...

Take a page out of this 1980s student’s book & cool down with a good read. Your UTORid unlocks countless ebooks & audiobooks, perfect for enjoying from the comfort of your favourite windowsill. ☀️📚

In need of some serious A/C 🧊? Come chill at the library!

📷: “One Way to Study”, Brian Peel, 1980

You can never have enough books!
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