Western Libraries
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Western Libraries is the library system for Western University, Canada. We're your information experts, when and where you need us, taking your work to the next level. #westernu #LdnOnt
lib.uwo.ca | westernu.ca
lib.uwo.ca | westernu.ca
Wouldn't it be great to take a quiz and get all the answers right? Complete our 5-minute survey – we guarantee you'll ace it!
You might even win 1 of 15 prizes, including:
- $100 to Amazon, #WesternU eateries, or the Bookstore
- a private study space at Weldon
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
You might even win 1 of 15 prizes, including:
- $100 to Amazon, #WesternU eateries, or the Bookstore
- a private study space at Weldon
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wouldn't it be great to take a quiz and get all the answers right? Complete our 5-minute survey – we guarantee you'll ace it!
You might even win 1 of 15 prizes, including:
- $100 to Amazon, #WesternU eateries, or the Bookstore
- a private study space at Weldon
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
You might even win 1 of 15 prizes, including:
- $100 to Amazon, #WesternU eateries, or the Bookstore
- a private study space at Weldon
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
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Poison books at #WesternU? Don't panic, it's not as scary as it seems!👻🎃📚
Poison books at Western Libraries? Don't panic! - Western News
A poison books project at Western University identified 96 potentially poison books, which also serve as important historial and cultural artifacts.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Poison books at #WesternU? Don't panic, it's not as scary as it seems!👻🎃📚
#WesternU undergrad Karen Wen found 96 Victorian "poison books" bound in emerald green cloth dyed with arsenic! Once fashionable gifts, now safely bagged & labeled. PSA: Don't lick old books! 😜 news.westernu.ca/2025/10/pois...
Poison books at Western Libraries? Don't panic! - Western News
A poison books project at Western University identified 96 potentially poison books, which also serve as important historial and cultural artifacts.
news.westernu.ca
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#WesternU undergrad Karen Wen found 96 Victorian "poison books" bound in emerald green cloth dyed with arsenic! Once fashionable gifts, now safely bagged & labeled. PSA: Don't lick old books! 😜 news.westernu.ca/2025/10/pois...
Your feedback = gold 💰
Take 5 minutes to tell us how to improve our services, and you could win one of 15 prizes, including:
$100 to Amazon
$100 to #WesternU eateries
$100 to the Bookstore
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
Take 5 minutes to tell us how to improve our services, and you could win one of 15 prizes, including:
$100 to Amazon
$100 to #WesternU eateries
$100 to the Bookstore
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Your feedback = gold 💰
Take 5 minutes to tell us how to improve our services, and you could win one of 15 prizes, including:
$100 to Amazon
$100 to #WesternU eateries
$100 to the Bookstore
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
Take 5 minutes to tell us how to improve our services, and you could win one of 15 prizes, including:
$100 to Amazon
$100 to #WesternU eateries
$100 to the Bookstore
www.lib.uwo.ca/haveyoursay/...
Our librarian Jo Paterson (@bibliojo.bsky.social, top right) on CBC Afternoon Drive! Blue Jays fan, former catcher, trumpet player—and her London Concert Band rehearses in Jays gear. Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... Tonight's the night! Let's go Blue Jays! 🎺⚾ #westernu #bluejays
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Our librarian Jo Paterson (@bibliojo.bsky.social, top right) on CBC Afternoon Drive! Blue Jays fan, former catcher, trumpet player—and her London Concert Band rehearses in Jays gear. Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... Tonight's the night! Let's go Blue Jays! 🎺⚾ #westernu #bluejays
📍Mark your calendars!
GIS Days 2025 is coming Nov 17-19!
Discover the science of where with us: virtual presentations, demos, tutorials & an in-person open house Nov 19 at Weldon Library. Whether you're new to GIS or an expert, all are welcome! lib.uwo.ca/gisdays #WesternU
GIS Days 2025 is coming Nov 17-19!
Discover the science of where with us: virtual presentations, demos, tutorials & an in-person open house Nov 19 at Weldon Library. Whether you're new to GIS or an expert, all are welcome! lib.uwo.ca/gisdays #WesternU
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📍Mark your calendars!
GIS Days 2025 is coming Nov 17-19!
Discover the science of where with us: virtual presentations, demos, tutorials & an in-person open house Nov 19 at Weldon Library. Whether you're new to GIS or an expert, all are welcome! lib.uwo.ca/gisdays #WesternU
GIS Days 2025 is coming Nov 17-19!
Discover the science of where with us: virtual presentations, demos, tutorials & an in-person open house Nov 19 at Weldon Library. Whether you're new to GIS or an expert, all are welcome! lib.uwo.ca/gisdays #WesternU
Internationally recognized artist Ken Lum—Order of Canada recipient & Governor General's Award winner—speaks on reading & creative practice. Nov 13, 3-5pm | Weldon Community Room, Western Libraries. Free & all are welcome! Register today! www.westernconnect.ca/site/Calenda... #WesternU
October 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Internationally recognized artist Ken Lum—Order of Canada recipient & Governor General's Award winner—speaks on reading & creative practice. Nov 13, 3-5pm | Weldon Community Room, Western Libraries. Free & all are welcome! Register today! www.westernconnect.ca/site/Calenda... #WesternU
📖 The Western Libraries newsletter is here! Monthly updates on resources & services that support your academic success for anyone involved in research, teaching, or scholarly work at #WesternU. Subscribe and check out our first issue: www.lib.uwo.ca/forms/newsle...
October 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📖 The Western Libraries newsletter is here! Monthly updates on resources & services that support your academic success for anyone involved in research, teaching, or scholarly work at #WesternU. Subscribe and check out our first issue: www.lib.uwo.ca/forms/newsle...
🎉 We joined the Community Scholars Program @sfu.ca! Free access to 20,000+ academic journals & e-books for local non-profits. Bridging the research access gap for orgs working in social services, arts, health & more. Contact us to apply! www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/WL... #WesternU
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎉 We joined the Community Scholars Program @sfu.ca! Free access to 20,000+ academic journals & e-books for local non-profits. Bridging the research access gap for orgs working in social services, arts, health & more. Contact us to apply! www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/WL... #WesternU
October is Women's History Month! From our Medical School Collection: Meet Dorothy Kathleen Braithwaite Sanborn, Western's first female medical school graduate. Born in Ilderton, ON, she earned her MD in 1924, paving the way for generations of women in medicine. #WomensHistoryMonth #WesternU
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
October is Women's History Month! From our Medical School Collection: Meet Dorothy Kathleen Braithwaite Sanborn, Western's first female medical school graduate. Born in Ilderton, ON, she earned her MD in 1924, paving the way for generations of women in medicine. #WomensHistoryMonth #WesternU
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Letters in the #WesternU archives that illustrate a family's immigration journey to Canada in the 1800s inspired award-winning author Emma Donoghue’s play, 'The Wind Coming over the Sea' at the Blyth Festival, returning Sept. 25-Oct. 5. @westernulibs.bsky.social
news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...
news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Letters in the #WesternU archives that illustrate a family's immigration journey to Canada in the 1800s inspired award-winning author Emma Donoghue’s play, 'The Wind Coming over the Sea' at the Blyth Festival, returning Sept. 25-Oct. 5. @westernulibs.bsky.social
news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...
news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...
For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, join a reflective learning journey across Western Libraries & #WesternU campus to deepen understanding, amplify Indigenous voices & support reconciliation: arcg.is/1TCve01 #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters
National Day For Truth and Reconciliation
A reflective and interactive learning experience across Western Libraries and the wider campus community
arcg.is
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, join a reflective learning journey across Western Libraries & #WesternU campus to deepen understanding, amplify Indigenous voices & support reconciliation: arcg.is/1TCve01 #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters
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COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
COMING SOON! All welcome! Joe McGill Jr discusses founding the Slave Dwelling Project in Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery #LdnOnt #publichistory @londonontario.bsky.social @lpl.ca @westernusocsci.bsky.social @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @westernulibs.bsky.social
Historic love letters from the 1800s, preserved in #WesternU archives, inspired @emmadonoghue.bsky.social 's new play "The Wind Coming over the Sea". The correspondence between Jane & Henry Johnson reveals the emotional journey of immigration to Canada. news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...
Historic letters from Western archives inspire Blyth Festival play
Johnson-McConnell letters from 1800s brought to life on stage by Emma Donoghue
news.westernu.ca
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Historic love letters from the 1800s, preserved in #WesternU archives, inspired @emmadonoghue.bsky.social 's new play "The Wind Coming over the Sea". The correspondence between Jane & Henry Johnson reveals the emotional journey of immigration to Canada. news.westernu.ca/2025/09/hist...
🎉 Congrats to Savannah Simon & Olivia Couchie, inaugural recipients of Western Libraries-FIMS MLIS Fellowships for Black & Indigenous Students! These fellowships support diversity in librarianship & honor multiple knowledge traditions. www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/FI... #westernu
September 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🎉 Congrats to Savannah Simon & Olivia Couchie, inaugural recipients of Western Libraries-FIMS MLIS Fellowships for Black & Indigenous Students! These fellowships support diversity in librarianship & honor multiple knowledge traditions. www.lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/FI... #westernu
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Faculty members, researchers 👋 Need to polish up your @orcid.org profile? A team of us at @westernu.ca are hosting a virtual "ORCID Clinic" on Sep 24 at 12PM ET to help researchers get their profiles connected with trusted databases. @westernuresearch.bsky.social forms.cloud.microsoft/r/zRVJ84t55C
August 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Faculty members, researchers 👋 Need to polish up your @orcid.org profile? A team of us at @westernu.ca are hosting a virtual "ORCID Clinic" on Sep 24 at 12PM ET to help researchers get their profiles connected with trusted databases. @westernuresearch.bsky.social forms.cloud.microsoft/r/zRVJ84t55C
📢 Grad students #WesternU: Apply now for exclusive study space at Weldon Library!
🔒 Private study rooms
🤝 Graduate Commons (cubicles, collab rooms, lockers)
👉 Deadline: Sept 15
www.lib.uwo.ca/weldon/study...
#GradSchool #LibrarySpaces #WesternLibraries
🔒 Private study rooms
🤝 Graduate Commons (cubicles, collab rooms, lockers)
👉 Deadline: Sept 15
www.lib.uwo.ca/weldon/study...
#GradSchool #LibrarySpaces #WesternLibraries
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
📢 Grad students #WesternU: Apply now for exclusive study space at Weldon Library!
🔒 Private study rooms
🤝 Graduate Commons (cubicles, collab rooms, lockers)
👉 Deadline: Sept 15
www.lib.uwo.ca/weldon/study...
#GradSchool #LibrarySpaces #WesternLibraries
🔒 Private study rooms
🤝 Graduate Commons (cubicles, collab rooms, lockers)
👉 Deadline: Sept 15
www.lib.uwo.ca/weldon/study...
#GradSchool #LibrarySpaces #WesternLibraries
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I was delighted to be able to work with Albert Malkin on this article in The Conversation on the harms of vanishing public data.
theconversation.com/vanishing-da... @westernulibs.bsky.social
theconversation.com/vanishing-da... @westernulibs.bsky.social
Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with global implications
The Canadian Data Rescue Project is supporting U.S. data rescue efforts, and setting up preventative measures for Canadian government data.
theconversation.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was delighted to be able to work with Albert Malkin on this article in The Conversation on the harms of vanishing public data.
theconversation.com/vanishing-da... @westernulibs.bsky.social
theconversation.com/vanishing-da... @westernulibs.bsky.social
📺 CTV News: @lhsccanada.bsky.social has donated century-old patient records to #Westernu's archives. These rare documents shed light on early 20th-century healthcare in London, Ontario & are now preserved for future research.
Read/watch: www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
Read/watch: www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
History in good hands: LHSC donates century-old records to Western
A quiet corner of Western University now holds more than a century’s worth of medical history, thanks to a major donation from London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC).
www.ctvnews.ca
August 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📺 CTV News: @lhsccanada.bsky.social has donated century-old patient records to #Westernu's archives. These rare documents shed light on early 20th-century healthcare in London, Ontario & are now preserved for future research.
Read/watch: www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
Read/watch: www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
🗺️✨The Black Londoners Project is now featured in our Geospatial Hub! This digital archive shares the stories of 16 freedom seekers who settled in London, Ontario, in the 19th century.
Project: black-londoners-westernu.hub.arcgis.com
@westernu.ca story: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/blac...
Project: black-londoners-westernu.hub.arcgis.com
@westernu.ca story: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/blac...
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🗺️✨The Black Londoners Project is now featured in our Geospatial Hub! This digital archive shares the stories of 16 freedom seekers who settled in London, Ontario, in the 19th century.
Project: black-londoners-westernu.hub.arcgis.com
@westernu.ca story: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/blac...
Project: black-londoners-westernu.hub.arcgis.com
@westernu.ca story: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/blac...
📢 #WesternU instructors,
Did you know that you can give students free & easy access to your Course Readings? Our service is one way you can help alleviate rising costs & provide more equitable access to higher education.
Find out more 👇
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Did you know that you can give students free & easy access to your Course Readings? Our service is one way you can help alleviate rising costs & provide more equitable access to higher education.
Find out more 👇
lib.uwo.ca/coursereadin...
July 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📢 #WesternU instructors,
Did you know that you can give students free & easy access to your Course Readings? Our service is one way you can help alleviate rising costs & provide more equitable access to higher education.
Find out more 👇
lib.uwo.ca/coursereadin...
Did you know that you can give students free & easy access to your Course Readings? Our service is one way you can help alleviate rising costs & provide more equitable access to higher education.
Find out more 👇
lib.uwo.ca/coursereadin...
📉🗃️ Western Libraries Kristi Thompson co-authored this powerful @ca.theconversation.com piece on how vanishing U.S. government data threatens public policy, research & global collaboration—including in Canada.
Read 👉 theconversation.com/vanishing-da...
#DataRescue #PublicPolicy #WesternU
Read 👉 theconversation.com/vanishing-da...
#DataRescue #PublicPolicy #WesternU
Vanishing data in the U.S. undermines good public policy, with global implications
The Canadian Data Rescue Project is supporting U.S. data rescue efforts, and setting up preventative measures for Canadian government data.
theconversation.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📉🗃️ Western Libraries Kristi Thompson co-authored this powerful @ca.theconversation.com piece on how vanishing U.S. government data threatens public policy, research & global collaboration—including in Canada.
Read 👉 theconversation.com/vanishing-da...
#DataRescue #PublicPolicy #WesternU
Read 👉 theconversation.com/vanishing-da...
#DataRescue #PublicPolicy #WesternU
🚨 Big news from Western Archives!
Our Archives Holdings Database has officially migrated to Access to Memory (AtoM).
Explore 72,000+ fonds/collections and 8,000+ linked digital images—all searchable online: westernarchives.accesstomemory.org
Our Archives Holdings Database has officially migrated to Access to Memory (AtoM).
Explore 72,000+ fonds/collections and 8,000+ linked digital images—all searchable online: westernarchives.accesstomemory.org
July 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🚨 Big news from Western Archives!
Our Archives Holdings Database has officially migrated to Access to Memory (AtoM).
Explore 72,000+ fonds/collections and 8,000+ linked digital images—all searchable online: westernarchives.accesstomemory.org
Our Archives Holdings Database has officially migrated to Access to Memory (AtoM).
Explore 72,000+ fonds/collections and 8,000+ linked digital images—all searchable online: westernarchives.accesstomemory.org
Emma Donoghue’s new musical was inspired by a real-life treasure: a bundle of mid-1800s letters between an Irish immigrant couple, uncovered in the archives at #WesternU. Their words of love, longing, and survival now sing on stage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQR-...
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
How an Irish famine footnote inspired Emma Donoghue’s new musical
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Emma Donoghue’s new musical was inspired by a real-life treasure: a bundle of mid-1800s letters between an Irish immigrant couple, uncovered in the archives at #WesternU. Their words of love, longing, and survival now sing on stage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQR-...
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
All our library locations, including Weldon, will be closed on Tuesday, July 1. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 2. Happy Canada Day! www.lib.uwo.ca/hours/index....
June 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
All our library locations, including Weldon, will be closed on Tuesday, July 1. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 2. Happy Canada Day! www.lib.uwo.ca/hours/index....