College Libraries Ontario (CLO) is excited to announce the official launch of Page 1+, the innovative new search tool for industry-relevant resources. The Page 1+ consortium includes 20 Ontario college libraries that will use Page 1+.
Page 1+ is an outcome of CLO’s ongoing commitment to collaboration. By sharing in the operation and maintenance of a single universal system, the 20 participating libraries of Page 1+ can expand their capabilities, allowing for a more efficient and robust research process for Ontario college students and faculty, and creating new opportunities for growth.
We are pleased to announce that Niagara College and Mohawk College have joined the eighteen Ontario college libraries participating in the Page 1+ Project (formerly known as the Collaborative Library Services Platform Project).
When implementation is complete, these 20 colleges will have the same “next generation” library services platform, Ex Libris' Alma and Primo, which will strengthen their ability to collaborate and share enhancements. Increasing the size of the Ontario college libraries consortium creates further shared cost savings and creates a familiar experience for students and staff if they change colleges within Ontario. The remaining four Ontario colleges had already implemented this platform, so are not part of this implementation project.
CLSP is now officially Page 1+. The Page 1+ Project Management Team is happy to report the project remains on track! For full details, please click on Page 1+ June 2022 Newsletter, below.
The Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS) and College Libraries Ontario (CLO) are thrilled to announce that the final Agreement with Ex Libris for the Alma Library Services Platform (LSP) and Ex Libris Primo VE discovery and delivery solution has been signed by OCLS on behalf of the college libraries participating in the Collaborative Library Services Platform (CLSP) Project.
The Indigenous Peoples Education Circle (IPEC) and College Libraries Ontario (CLO) are pleased to announce that they have secured $180,000 in funding from the Administrative Services Coordinating Committee (ASCC) for Indigenous Content on The Learning Portal. For full details, please see the joint news release from CLO and IPEC, below.
The OCLS website will be unavailable on Monday, Sept 28, from 7:00-8:00 a.m. for scheduled maintenance. We expect full service to resume before 8:00 a.m. the same day.
We would appreciate your feedback if you experience any issues with our website after this update, such as repeated connectivity problems, excessive slowness or problems loading a particular page. Please contact Guita Lamsechi with any issues (glamsechi@ocls.ca). Thank you for your patience.
Check out the new and improved Vendors directory! You’ll notice differences in style as well as a stronger search filter that supports keyword searching and phrase searching across all of the Vendor record fields.
(Phrase searching requires that multiple words are wrapped in quotation marks. When multiple words are entered without quotation marks, the system performs a Boolean OR search.)
