Highlights

In 2021–2022, the joint procurement team negotiated an average of 19% discounts, which saved BUQ close to $3.5M, on a total of $18M for e-resource licences. In 2021–2022, a total of 102 licences were renewed, and eight new agreements were…

The former Interlibrary loan (ILL) system, Colombo, is being replaced by Tipasa, a new software fully integrated in Sofia. To facilitate the transition to this new system, four pilot institutions (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, HEC Montréal, École de technologie…

With a single click, students and faculty can access the unified BUQ catalogue directly from the Sofia discovery tool. This enhancement is the latest in OCLC’s Shared Services Platform (SSP) project. On May 5, the 18 library members of PBUQ…

In the spring of 2022, the Research Data Management Working Group (RDM-WG) finalized an RDM Guide, which includes annual reports prepared by the working group on the state of RDM in Quebec universities since 2018. The guide lists several RDM…

The working groups in charge of the Shared Services Platform (SSP) are collaborating with OCLC to advance four key areas of enhancement that PBUQ identified. OCLC has started to integrate these enhancements in its roadmap, some of which have already…

A working group on PBUQ’s governance structure was created in the fall of 2021, with the mandate to analyze various potential permanent structures once the funding from ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur ends in March 2023. These potential structures were assessed…

In addition to the ongoing projects, other initiatives are planned for 2022–2023: Analyzing collections with a shared conservation strategy that is currently being defined; Pilot project to develop support services and produce course textbooks; GeoPhoto module for the GeoIndex platform…