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Make your first year easier with library workshops

August 29, 2025 — 
UM Libraries Library Essentials workshop series starts September 9 and is designed to introduce students to essential research skills and library resources. These skills will set you up for success for the rest of your academic career and help you know exactly where to start with your upcoming assignments and papers. 

Book covers of open history textbooks Origins and Destinies by Robert A. Wardhaugh and Alan MacEachern.

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New UM publishing platform makes sharing research online easy

June 13, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba Libraries is now accepting proposals for publishing on its new open digital publishing platform, eScholarship.  

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Updated UM copyright guidelines add clarity for faculty, students

June 13, 2025 — 
UM’s newly revised Copyright Guidelines help faculty, staff and students determine what may be legally copied or shared. The updated guidelines better reflect the internal practice at UM and provide greater context about the steps taken to determine whether or not you can or should use Fair Dealing.  

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UM Libraries now accepting digitization project proposals

May 23, 2025 — 
The UM Libraries new Digitization Centre is currently accepting proposals from any UM faculty, student, or staff member interested in making content more broadly accessible online.

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Apply now for funding to create free educational resources

May 23, 2025 — 
UM Libraries is providing funding to help faculty, instructors, and librarians create, adapt, and/or adopt an open educational resource (OER).

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UM Dataverse certified as trustworthy repository

May 12, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba Libraries is pleased to announce that the University of Manitoba Dataverse has been certified as a Trustworthy Data Repository by the CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board.  

Manitoba Open Education Symposium Open Horizons: Affordability and Access through Open Education

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Impact the future of education in Manitoba at Manitoba’s first Open Education Symposium

April 30, 2025 — 
The Manitoba Open Education Symposium is a free two-day event with panels, discussions and talks by leaders in open education in Canada. The event is hosted at the University of Manitoba, and is open to faculty, instructors, students and open education advocates in Manitoba and beyond. 

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New AI Research Assistant available in library search

April 25, 2025 — 
UM Libraries is excited to introduce the AI Research Assistant (beta), a generative AI tool that you can use to start your online library search. The AI Research Assistant is useful for quick searches and gathering initial insights for your research topic.  

Different kind of activities possible with the H5P plugin in Pressbooks including quizzes, charts, audio recordings and more

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Build interactivity into your courses with new Pressbooks, H5P UM Learn integration

April 23, 2025 — 
Pressbooks, an open-source platform that can be used for developing instructional content, is now easier than ever to integrate into UM Learn.  

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GIS scholarships available for UM students

March 7, 2025 — 
Esri Canada is offering two GIS scholarships for UM students in any faculty using Esri technology to visualize projects or research to apply.

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