Ever since the Partnership was established in 2019, PBUQ has been both designated as "Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires québécoises" and "Partenariat des bibliothèques universitaires du Québec" in French. To recognize the Partnership’s geographical marker and…
During the fall, the working groups in charge of the Shared Services Platform (SSP), the SSP Product Manager from the BUQ Partnership, and OCLC identified four areas of improvement for WMS functionalities and the Sofia…
The Quebec University Libraries Recognition Award was created in 2019 to recognize the exceptional contribution of staff members from these institutions. In 2021, a joint award was presented to Guy Bilodeau, Directeur…
The Francophone Name Authority Program (PFAN), through which participating institutions contribute to Canadiana Authorities by providing French-language authority records, was launched in June 2020. As part of a pilot project in the winter and spring of 2021, Université de Montréal…
The VDX interlibrary loan (ILL) system, also known as Colombo, is at the end of its service life with a planned shutdown in June 2024. To ensure a smooth transition to OCLC’s Tipasa software, the…
Over the summer, libraries were invited to share their work experience after using the WorldShare Management Services (WMS) system for an entire year. This will help working groups who support the evolution of the…
Quebec University Libraries rolled out the new version of its Sofia Discovery tool over the summer. The new interface is more user-friendly and offers several improvements: Redesigned ergonomics for more fluid and intuitive navigation; A new smart request processing feature…
Quebec University Libraries will progressively implement self-service lending kiosks with or without RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology in most Quebec University Libraries over the next three years. RFID technology offers many advantages to both…
The VDX Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system, known as Colombo, is nearing the end of its life with a planned shutdown in June 2024. After a comparative study of the ILL management systems available on the…
The increasing pressure of collections on the available space is an ongoing concern for Quebec University Libraries. For that reason, the Library Subcommittee mandated a shared preservation working group to develop a shared strategy for…