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/...

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...

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/...

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

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...

🎉 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

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...

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

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...

🎉 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

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

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

📺 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...

🗺️✨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...

📢 #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...

📉🗃️ 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

🚨 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

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

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....

This summer, Western Libraries is spotlighting titles banned from the U.S. Naval Academy's library earlier this year—many by or about LGBTQ+ and Black authors. 🎥 Watch the video: www.instagram.com/reel/DLFokFg... #FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #IntellectualFreedom #DEI #westernu

#LibraryJobs @westernulibs.bsky.social seeks applications for the position of Head, Archives and Special Collections. Deadline: July 4, 2025. Details: partnershipjobs.ca/job/head-arc...

📣Taylor, Music, Law & Business libraries will be closed tomorrow, Thu, June 12, for an all-day staff meeting. Weldon Library will be open 8am to 8pm. Archives & Special Collections reading room will be closed. Thank you for understanding! lib.uwo.ca/hours/index.... #westernu

📚 On Inauguration Day 2025, while many watched the ceremony, #Westernu librarian Kristi Thompson was backing up vulnerable U.S. government data. Ten days later, 2,000+ federal pages had vanished. Read about the ongoing fight for data preservation in the U.S. - and Canada! bit.ly/4dNpbAt

📢 Important Update: Scholarship@Western submissions paused starting May 16, 2025, as we migrate to Scholaris! Students can continue submitting theses as usual. Learn more about the migration & content submissions! 👇 lib.uwo.ca/news/2025/sc... #westernu

Librarian research symposium. @westernulibs.bsky.social 😀

Special collections librarian Deborah Meert-Williston and #westernu music professor Kate Helsen reveal rare medieval "neumes" that shed light on the origins of written music! 🎶 Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q62S...