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📢 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….
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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
October 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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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
October 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨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. 💙
October 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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...
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
📚 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! 🧡
September 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
💡 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...
September 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
📚 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. 💙
September 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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#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
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📢 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...
July 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🎬 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...
July 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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
July 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Need a few more books to complete your Summer Reading Bingo card?

Swing by the Used Book Room and stock up on great reads - for cheap! 🎉

📍Robarts Library, 1st floor
🕰️ Open every Tuesday, 10AM - 3PM
💵 Cash only
July 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
U of T Libraries offers our heartfelt thanks to Meric Gertler as he concludes his tenure as U of T’s 16th president. 💙

Thank you for championing libraries as vital spaces for research, learning & student success.

📚 Wishing you all the best as you begin your next chapter.
July 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Today we welcome #UofT's 17th president, Melanie Woodin. An internationally recognized neuroscientist and double graduate of U of T, Woodin starts a new chapter on her first day in office. ➡️ president.utoronto.ca
July 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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📣 Reminder 📣

The University of Toronto and all #UofT Libraries will be closed on:

🗓️ June 30 – Presidential Holiday🎓
🗓️ July 1 – Canada Day 🍁

Enjoy the extended long weekend!
June 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📣 Reminder 📣

The University of Toronto and all #UofT Libraries will be closed on:

🗓️ June 30 – Presidential Holiday🎓
🗓️ July 1 – Canada Day 🍁

Enjoy the extended long weekend!
June 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
📢 Heads up #UofT

Maintenance is coming to several floors of Robarts Library

For safety, access to these floors-including via elevators-will be temporarily closed on these dates:
🔹 June 26–27: 13th
🔹 July 2: 9th
🔹 July 7–8: 12th
🔹 July 10–11: 10th

Book retrieval will be unavailable. Plan ahead! 🛠📚
June 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🏳️‍🌈✨ MAKE IT YOURS ✨🏳️‍🌈
We’re celebrating Pride at Robarts Library today with a Pronoun & Pride Button Bar!

🎨 Come to the 2nd floor
📍 Robarts Library
📅 June 26, 2025
🕦 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

Create your own custom button and show your #Pride! 💖 #UofT
June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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#UofT President Meric Gertler prepares to step down after 12 transformative years #UofTGrad25 ➡️ uoft.me/bGq
June 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
✨ Congratulations to the six recipients of the 2025 Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize. 🏆📚

The winners presented their research at a ceremony held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, joined by proud families, faculty, and peers. 📸

🔗 : onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/news/student...
June 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🌈 Happy Pride, U of T!

These quotes come from LGBTQ2A+ authors whose voices we admire for their power to inspire, empower, and advocate for equality.

We are proud to stand with our 2SLGBTQIA+ students - today and every day. 💖📚
June 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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📣Call for participants! Do you teach a #UofT health sciences course that incorporates 3D technologies such as design, scanning, or printing into assignments/training/learning objects?
You may be eligible to take part in a new survey!
✅https://gerstein.library.utoronto.ca/call-survey-participants
June 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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#UofT raises Progress Pride flag across its three campuses to celebrate #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈 uoft.me/bDf
June 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Books + Bingo = Best Summer Ever!! ☀️🕶️📚

Pick up your card in person and submit your progress online for a chance to win prizes!

📋 Participating libraries : Robarts, Gerstein, Eberhard Zeidler, Earth Sciences, Kelly, OISE, A.D. Allen Chemistry

🔗: onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/news/summer-...
June 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM