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Hours of Operation

Days Hours
Monday to Thursday 10 am -10 pm
Friday 10 am - 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 12 noon - 6 pm

This collaborative online research help service is staffed by Library personnel from various Ontario university libraries, including Laurentian. For more information, see About Ask the Library.

Contact us by telephone

Library Assistance: research help and general information: 705-675-4800

Manager of Operations: 705-675-1151 Ext. 3302 or grgervais@laurentian.ca

University Librarian (Library Director): 705-675-4841

As the University Librarian (Mr. Lamothe) is working mainly off-campus in this period, you may more effectively reach him by e-mail at alamothe@laurentian.ca.

Contact us by email

For questions about your account or late fees: library@laurentian.ca

For assistance with your research, contact your librarian.

For inquiries related to Inter-Library loans: illpeb@laurentian.ca

For students and professors at a distance (off campus services): library@laurentian.ca

To reach the staff of the Archives: archives@laurentian.ca

About the Library

The Library & Archives at Laurentian's Sudbury campus is accessed from the second floor of the J.N. Desmarais Library building.

The JN Desmarais Library & Archives is an actively used study and work space which offers a multi-disciplinary collection of approximately 600,000 printed books, close to 1 million e-books, 450 printed periodicals and 56,000 online journals.Photo of exterior of J.N. Desmarais Library

There are group study rooms and a variety of seating and work spaces.

The Laurentian Library & Archives also encompasses the Archives and Special Collections, the Architecture Collection at the McEwen School of Architecture in downtown Sudbury, and collaborative resource sharing with the federated universities on campus.

Read more details about all Libraries and Resource Centres on the Sudbury campus.

Check out this short film about the library--"Paradise"--that was created by students in the English department!

Archivist and Librarians

Librarians by faculty

Faculty Language Librarian
Arts English Natasha Gerolami (email) (book a research consultation)
  français Natasha Gerolami (email) (book a research consultation)
Education and Health English Dan Scott (email) (book a research consultation)
  français Leïla Saadaoui (email) (book a research consultation)
Management   TBD
Science, Engineering, & Architecture   TBD

Natasha Gerolami - Associate Librarian

PhD (University of Western Ontario)
  • Liaison: Faculty of Arts
  • Coordinator of the Archives

Book a research consultation
ngerolami@laurentian.ca

Leïla Saadaoui - Assistant Librarian

BA. (Sorbonne nouvelle et Nanterre, Paris, France), MSI. (EBSI, Université de Montréal)
  • French language services
  • Information literacy (French)
  • Liaison: Faculty of Education and Health (French); Faculty of Management (French).

Book a research consultation
lsaadaoui@laurentian.ca

Dan Scott - Associate Librarian

B.A. English & Philosophy (Honours), Laurentian University; Masters of Information Studies (MISt), University of Toronto
  • Accessibility
  • Collections, Coordinator
  • Data and statistics
  • Electronic resource management
  • Information systems and technology, including LU|Zone|UL (institutional repository)
  • Research data management (RDM)
  • Scholarly communications and publishing
  • Technical services
  • Liaison, Faculty of Education and Health (English)

Book a research consultation
dscott@laurentian.ca

Ashley Thomson - Librarian Emeritus

BA. (Toronto), BEd. (Toronto), MA. (McMaster), MLS. (Toronto)
athomson@laurentian.ca

Collection Development

How Librarians Develop the Collection

Librarians are responsible for ensuring the balance and integrity of the collection by working in close collaboration with departments, schools and program leaders.

You can request the addition of books, journal subscriptions, or research databases.

Librarians by faculty

Faculty Language Librarian
Arts English Natasha Gerolami (email) (book a research consultation)
  français Natasha Gerolami (email) (book a research consultation)
Education and Health English Dan Scott (email) (book a research consultation)
  français Leïla Saadaoui (email) (book a research consultation)
Management   TBD
Science, Engineering, & Architecture   TBD

Library Representatives

Library representatives, selected by their colleagues, are the departmental/school/program contact persons. Library representatives are encouraged to assist librarians in developing a collection that will support the academic needs of students and the research needs of faculty.

Building the Collection

Ordering

To ensure that the available budget is expended responsibly, we strongly encourage all ordering units to submit orders to their unit's library representative by the end of December. Library representatives will pass these orders on to the librarian responsible for each discipline.

Collection Principles

The Library normally does not purchase two copies of a book; it does not as a general rule purchase textbooks.

Reading Lists

Please send copies of your assignments/reading lists to the appropriate librarian so that the Library can determine whether the items are available. You will be contacted if there are any problems regarding specific titles.

Gifts

The Library welcomes gifts of either money or materials and is prepared to offer a receipt for income tax purposes. Materials are added to the collection as appropriate.

Faculty Publications

If you have published a book, we would appreciate your donation of a signed copy for the Faculty Authors’ Collection and a second copy for circulation. All donations are acknowledged, and you will receive a charitable donation receipt upon request. We strive to make faculty publications available within a day of receipt. Contact: Alain Lamothe, ext. 3304.

Institutional Repository

The Laurentian University institutional repository, called LU|ZONE|UL, enables you to deposit electronic copies of your journal articles, creative works, presentations, and other scholarly materials to support open access to information and significantly increase the visibility and impact of your work. For more information, contact Dan Scott, ext 3315.

Feedback

We are always interested in your opinion about our collections and services. If you have a suggestion, you may leave it on a compliments / questions / suggestions sheet near the exit to the library. You can request the addition of books, journal subscriptions, or research databases to the Laurentian University library collection.

You may also visit, phone or write:
 
Natasha Gerolami
Chair, Department of Library and Archives (interim)
ngerolami@laurentian.ca

or

Alain Lamothe
University Librarian (interim)
705-675-1151 ext. 4841 or alamothe@laurentian.ca