Ontario College Libraries’ OER Toolkit

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The Ontario College Libraries have launched their new Open Educational Resources Toolkit. The OER Toolkit aims to improve equitable access to open learning resources and services to college students by providing a province-wide academic support platform for faculty to use while designing courses and assignments. The Toolkit is a one-stop guide to open educational resources,… READ MORE

Overdrive and WiLS to Partner on Shared Academic Collection

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In case you haven’t yet heard, WiLS and Overdrive are partnering on a shared ebook collection for our academic library members. We’re still recruiting members for this amazing opportunity build a custom ebook collection shared among all participating libraries. Learn more from our recorded webinar and contact Jeff Brunner (brunnerj@wils.org) for more information about how… READ MORE

Reminder: PowerNotes Web Demo May 7th!

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WiLS recently announced our partnership with PowerNotes to offer a new academic research tool to our members at a discount. Now they’re offering two web demos to show off this innovative product. Session details are below. PowerNotes is a subscription-based Google Chrome (and soon Mozilla Firefox) extension that is designed to address the challenges inherent to source-based… READ MORE

Cambridge University Press ebook Offer

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WiLS vendor-partner, Cambridge University Press, has made an exciting evidence-based acquisitions offer. WiLS will form a buying group for member libraries interested in CUP’s Full ebook collection or either of their sub-collections. At the minimum, EBA participants will get 10% off the list price, but depending on group size, the discount could reach as high… READ MORE