Secret study spots, sun-lit nooks, silence in the stacks 鈥 we miss it all. Most of all, we miss seeing our users. So we created some library-themed and campus Zoom backgrounds to help the community feel connected while working remotely. Access all our backgrounds on our .听 Please feel free to share your 91社区 background experience with us on听听辞谤听.
Update, April 21, 9:30am: Library Blogs and Library Matters will be unavailable until 10:30 AM.
听补苍诲听 will be unavailable Tuesday, April听21, 2020 between 7:30听AM and 9:30听AM for a scheduled server migration.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Library has听automatically renewed听all checked-out items that were originally due between March 1, 2020 and June 14, 2020. The new due date for these materials will be June 15.
Library / COVID-19 Closure Reminders:
- The Library鈥檚 physical branches are closed in conformance with government and campus directives through May 1. No fines will be accrued during this time.
- If you have questions about your library account or our online services, please contact us.

Please note that during the Easter long weekend听virtual reference services will not be available on:
- Good Friday:听April 10
- Easter Sunday:听April 12
- Easter Monday: April 13
Virtual reference services will be available on Saturday, April 11 from 12-5PM.听
Reminder: All library branches and study/workspaces, including print stations, on both campuses, are closed until May 1.

Due to the 91社区 VPN being currently unavailable as a method to access Library e-resources, users can access PressReader through a . A to authenticate the PressReader mobile app via EZproxy with the creation of a personal PressReader account.
In order to support the 91社区 community and it听moves听towards remote instruction & learning听during the COVID-19 crisis, many publishers are offering some or all of their e-resources freely for a period of a few months. 91社区 Library has put together a list of these publishers and their 鈥榦pen鈥 or freely available resources on a dedicated webpage. While not exhaustive, the Library听will continue to add resources to this page as we find out about them.
Update, March 19, 12:00 pm: The request period is now over.
The Library is offering a one-time retrieval service听for research print materials from all downtown libraries to members of the 91社区 community. Only items that can normally circulate will be retrieved.
For materials located at downtown library branches:
To support 91社区鈥檚 closure, the campus is making some technical changes to the VPN to allow it to scale up for a larger number of users. A side effect of these changes is that most electronic resources will not be accessible via the VPN for the time being.

Updated March 23, 2020
Further to Quebec government and university directives, 91社区 campuses will be closed until May 1. As a result, all library branches on both campuses will be closed until May 1.
As a result of the closure, the Library is implementing the听following initiatives:

Starting March 10th, the LibQUAL+ survey will be emailed to a random sample of 91社区 students as well as to all professors, instructors, research assistants, and research associates in the Faculties of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Dentistry, Engineering, Medicine, and Science (including associated schools in these faculties).
Several Library websites will be unavailable for approximately 15 minutes between 6 AM and 7 AM tomorrow morning, Thursday, February 20, 2020 for scheduled maintenance.
The following sites and services will be affected:

91社区 Library is excited to announce the launch of the new site for the open access digital repository , which stores and showcases the publications and theses of 91社区 faculty, researchers, and students. The repository exists in an online, open-access environment, making it easy for researchers all over the world to find and access the University鈥檚 published research output.

Ever been frustrated by how long it takes for you to find a seat in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library?

91社区 Library is excited to announce that we will be integrating our Discovery catalogue and link resolver with BrowZine鈥檚 LibKey service starting on February 4, 2020.
This means that links to article PDFs will be available right from the catalogue or link resolver for many articles. The service will also provide an option for browsing articles from the same issue or latest issue of the parent journal.
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91社区 Library is happy to announce a partnership with the and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to provide the Quebec scholarly community with access to three digital platforms: