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Toggle navigation Scholars Portal * Services * Team * News * Contact * fr SCHOLARS PORTAL Providing shared technology and collections for Ontario university libraries and beyond. Scholars Portal is a service of the Ontario Council of University Libraries. Founded in 2002, Scholars Portal provides a shared technology infrastructure and shared collections for all 21 university libraries in the province. Through the Scholars Portal online services, Ontario’s university students, faculty and researchers have access to an extensive collection of e-journals, e-books, social science and geospatial data. Scholars Portal also supports the online interlibrary loan platform for Ontario’s universities, a virtual chat reference service, and other tools designed to aid and enhance academic research in Ontario. OUR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE CONTENT E-PORTAL Providing access to library books in accessible formats. ASK A LIBRARIAN Connecting users with research assistance through chat. BOOKS 900,000+ books from the world’s leading publishers. BOREALIS Store, share, publish and discover research data. GEOPORTAL Discover, use, annotate, and share geospatial datasets. JOURNALS 65 million+ articles from over 26 thousand full-text journals. ODESI A web-based data exploration, extraction and analysis tool. OLRC Secure and affordable storage for your digital content. OUR Usage rights for licensed electronic resources. PERMAFROST Friendly interventions for long-term preservation. PUBLISHING SERVICES Hosting for open access publishing platforms. RACER Connecting users to library resources across Ontario. TDR A Canadian access and preservation service for digital publications. OUR TEAM SOHAIB ANWAR Systems Administrator – Devops JO ASHLEY GIS Analyst AGNES BAI Systems and Web Analyst NIRANJAN BHIMAVARAPU Systems Administrator - Devops NANA BOATENG Programmer/Analyst BIKRAMJIT SINGH CHANNA Senior Systems Administrator JAYANTHY CHENGAN Data Architect GABBY CROWLEY Client Services Librarian RAVIT H. DAVID Distinctive Collections Librarian KATE DAVIS Director of Scholars Portal JONATHAN DOREY Borealis RDM Specialist JULIA GILMORE Digital Projects Librarian MEGHAN GOODCHILD Research Data Management Systems Librarian TAMEEM HAMID Borealis Developer JESSICA HYMERS Metadata Production & Electronic Access Specialist BART KAWULA Web & Discovery Services Librarian SADIA KHWAJA Senior Programmer/Analyst AMBER LEAHEY Data & GIS Librarian JENNA LEMAY Permafrost Preservation Assistant QINQIN LIN Programmer/Analyst VICTORIA LUBITCH Programmer/Analyst CARLOS MCGREGOR Systems Administrator – Devops GUINSLY MONDÉSIR Virtual Reference Services Librarian SABINA PAGOTTO Assessment & Member Engagement Librarian MOHANA SARMIENTO Programmer/Analyst ANUGRA SHAH Programmer/Analyst JULIE SHI Digital Preservation Librarian HARPINDER SINGH Senior Systems Administrator ANNIE THOMAS Programmer/Analyst ALICIA URQUIDI DÍAZ Metadata & Data Services Librarian JACQUELINE WHYTE APPLEBY Interim Associate Director WEI ZHAO Metadata Librarian NEWS scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post #COVID19 Research Update for November! There were 7,329 new Covid-19 related articles published to the Scholars Portal Journals platform in November 2023. Of these articles, 6,234 are peer-reviewed and 632 are Open Access. Keep up to date with emerging research here: https://bit.ly/3RaF6xX Dec 4, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post As the year winds down, we're starting to look back at our most popular collections throughout the year. A 2023 roundup is coming soon! In the meantime, here's a sneak peak featuring our top 5 monograph titles from November. Explore even more titles on the Books platform: https://bit.ly/411Y6Tw Dec 1, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post A new milestone reached! There are now over 4 million #openaccess articles on the Scholars Portal Journals platform 🎉 Browse all open research publications available on Scholars Portal Journals now: https://bit.ly/47YAGkg Nov 30, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post For the moment, we will continue to crosspost Scholars Portal info to Twitter/X, Mastodon, and Bluesky to ensure we are reaching everyone we can. We will let you know if there are any changes to our social media presence in the future. Nov 29, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post Heads up! In addition to Twitter/X and Mastodon, we're also now on Bluesky @ http://scholarsportal.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/scholarsportal.bsky.social Nov 29, 2023 scholarsportal avatar borealisdata post En plus des mises à jour récentes et des nouveaux intégrations, nous sommes heureux de partager une nouvelle video promotionelle, réalisée par l'équipe de Borealis, pour accueillir et soutenir les chercheurs qui utilisent Borealis pour la première fois. https://bit.ly/3uHiOfm Nov 28, 2023 scholarsportal avatar borealisdata post Alongside recent updates and new integrations, we're happy to share a new promotional video, put together by the Borealis team, to welcome and engage researchers using Borealis for the first time. https://bit.ly/3RlqNb8 Nov 28, 2023 scholarsportal avatar borealisdata post Nous avons de nouvelles fonctionnalités récemment configurées ! 🔹L’intégration GitHub : téléversement vers Borealis à l’aide d’une action GitHub 🔹Aperçu ZIP 🔹Aperçu NcML et ELN (NcML) 🔹Métadonnées du flux de travail informatique En savoir plus : https://bit.ly/3T1xFeY Nov 28, 2023 scholarsportal avatar borealisdata post Check out our NEW integrations & tools! 🔹GitHub integration: Upload to Borealis using a GitHub Action 🔹ZIP previewer & option to download a single file within a zip 🔹NcML and ELN (NcML) previewer 🔹Computational Workflow Metadata Block Learn more: https://bit.ly/47O5K6V Nov 28, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post We’re so excited to be working with CARL, @ocul_libraries, and U of T Libraries on this project!🎉 Read the official press release from CARL here:https://bit.ly/40S0qMY Nov 23, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post In case you missed it...https://bit.ly/40S0qMY Nov 23, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post Nous sommes ravis de travailler avec l’ABRC, @ocul_libraries et les bibliothèques de l’Université de Toronto sur ce projet ! 🎉 Lire le communiqué de presse officiel d’ABRC ici: https://bit.ly/3T0rDLH Nov 23, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post Si vous l'avez manqué...https://bit.ly/3T0rDLH Nov 23, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post L’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC), le Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l’Ontario (OCUL en anglais) et les bibliothèques de l’Université de Toronto ont le plaisir d’annoncer la signature d’un protocole d’entente décrivant la cocréation d’un service national de dépôt institutionnel hébergé par Scholars Portal. https://www.carl-abrc.ca/fr/nouvelles/labrc-le-conseil-des-bibliotheques-universitaires-de-lontario-et-les-bibliotheques-de-luniversite-de-toronto-signent-un-protocole-dentente-decrivant-la-cocreation-dun-service-national-de-d/ Nov 22, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post Exciting news! Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Ontario Council of University Libraries, and University of Toronto Libraries sign MOU outlining collaborative intent to develop a national Institutional Repository service to be hosted by Scholars Portal https://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-ocul-and-university-of-toronto-libraries-sign-mou-outlining-collaborative-intent-to-develop-a-national-institutional-repository-service/ #repositories #institutionalrepositories #librarycollaborations Nov 22, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post Explore the Historical Topographic Maps 1:63,360 Index collection on the GeoPortal: https://bit.ly/47Du2Qx #GISDay2023 #GISWeek #worldgisday #GISDay Nov 15, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post Explore the Historical Topographic Maps: 1:50,000 Index collection on the GeoPortal: https://bit.ly/47xc8i1 #GISDay2023 #GISWeek #worldgisday #GISDay Nov 15, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post It's #GISDay2023 and we're showing off our top GeoPortal collections: The Historical Topographic Maps! The GeoPortal offers search, discovery, download, map visualization and analysis tools so users can track changes over time. This animation shows changes to the Port Lands of Toronto from 1909-1985 (created by Anugra Shah, GIS Developer at Scholars Portal). #GISWeek #GISDay #worldgisday Nov 15, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post GeoPortal collections include land-based vector data, provincial and municipal data, census geography, aerial images and orthophotography, and over 6,000 Historical Topographic Maps at 1:50k index. To get started, check out the GeoPortal User Guide: https://bit.ly/3QC5q3J Nov 13, 2023 scholarsportal avatar scholarsportal post It’s #GISWeek and we’re taking a moment to spotlight the Scholars GeoPortal, our award-winning geospatial data discovery tool with a single point of access and retrieval to a curated collection of maps and geospatial datasets! Visit the Scholars GeoPortal at https://bit.ly/3MGBwtR Nov 13, 2023 See more posts at Mastodon * * * CONTACT US Need help with one of our services? Check out our help documentation or contact us below. I need help with… ACE Ask a Librarian Books Borealis GeoPortal Journals Odesi OLRC OUR Permafrost Publishing RACER Other ACCESSIBLE CONTENT E-PORTAL Providing access to library books in accessible formats. The Accessible Content ePortal or ACE is a growing repository of accessible format texts available to users with print disabilities at participating institutions in Ontario. Find out more about ACE. Close ASK A LIBRARIAN Connecting users with research assistance through chat. Ask a Librarian is a bilingual virtual reference service that connects students, faculty and researchers from participating libraries with real-time research assistance through chat. Find out more about Ask a Librarian Close BOOKS 900,000+ books from the world’s leading publishers. The Scholars Portal e-book platform is designed to provide a single interface for accessing digital texts from the world’s most important scholarly publishers and public domain books that have been digitized for online reading. Go to Scholars Portal Books. Get help with Scholars Portal Books. Close BOREALIS Store, share, publish and discover research data. Borealis is a research data management and sharing platform that allows for secure deposit, flexible sharing, and exploration and visualization of research data collected by individuals and organizations associated with affiliated universities. Go to Borealis. Get help with Borealis. Close GEOPORTAL Discover, use, annotate, and share geospatial datasets. Scholars GeoPortal is an award-winning geospatial data discovery tool, allowing Ontario’s university students and researchers of all disciplines to enrich their teaching and research with a single point of access and retrieval to a curated collection of maps and geospatial datasets. Go to Scholars GeoPortal. Get help with Scholars GeoPortal. Close JOURNALS 65 million+ articles from over 26 thousand full-text journals. Scholars Portal Journals is a repository of over 65 million scholarly articles drawn from journals covering every academic discipline. Most hosted journals are subscription-based and are available only to Ontario universities who have negotiated access for them. A small but growing number of journals are open access and available to anyone. Scholars Portal Journals is certified as a Trustworthy Digital Repository for long-term preservation. All commercial content on the platform is negotiated through the OCUL office to ensure long-term hosting and preservation rights. If there is an open access journal you’d like see loaded, hosted, and preserved on the platform, please contact us. Go to Scholars Portal Journals. Get help with Scholars Portal Journals. Close ODESI A web-based data exploration, extraction and analysis tool. Odesi is a web-based data exploration, and analysis tool. A unique partnership between university libraries, business, and government, Odesi greatly improves access to statistical social survey and polling data for researchers, teachers and students. Go to Odesi. Get help with Odesi. Close OLRC Secure and affordable storage for your digital content. The Ontario Library Research Cloud (OLRC) is a collaboration of Ontario’s university libraries to build a high capacity, geographically distributed storage and compute network using proven and scalable open source cloud technologies. Find out more about the OLRC. Get help with the OLRC. Close OUR Usage rights for licensed electronic resources. The OCUL Usage Rights (OUR) database allows schools to track key usage rights for electronic resources, and to display those rights to users. Get help with OUR. Close PERMAFROST Friendly interventions for long-term preservation. Academic libraries and archives across Ontario are the custodians of a remarkable variety of unique materials that represent the collective memory of their institutions and communities. Increasingly, these materials exist in digital form: either acquired through purchase or donation, or created by the institution itself as university records or as the output of digitization projects. All of these heterogeneous digital objects require robust tools, systems and infrastructure for long-term preservation to ensure they remain accessible into the future. Permafrost provisions a suite of tools, training and resources to enable members of the Ontario Council of University Libraries to begin actively processing digital objects for long-term preservation and access. Find out more about Permafrost. Close PUBLISHING SERVICES Hosting for open access publishing platforms. Scholars Portal hosts Open Journal Systems and Open Monograph Press for 12 institutions across Ontario, with over 150 active journals containing more than 45,000 published articles. Our services include software hosting, troubleshooting, upgrades, and Crossref sponsorship for DOI minting. Close RACER Connecting users to library resources across Ontario. RACER stands for Rapid Access to Collections by Electronic Requesting. RACER is an automated interlibrary loan service, which allows users to search numerous libraries’ catalogues simultaneously to easily find and request materials. Go to RACER. Get help with RACER. Close TDR A Canadian access and preservation service for digital publications. Scholars Portal preserves and gives access to licensed digital content on behalf of our members. Our platforms make content available to licensed users while ensuring that it is properly preserved for the long term. In 2013, the Scholars Portal Journals Service was certified as a Trustworthy Digital Repository by the Center for Research Libraries. As a key contributor to the global preservation community, we make all of our documentation openly available and contribute our holdings records to the Keepers Registry. Our members value our services as their core preservation strategy. Find out more about the Scholars Portal TDR. Close