Editing University of Ottawa (section)

===Library===
[[File:MorissettO.jpg|thumb|Morisset Library is the main library for the university and houses the majority of its special collections.]]
The University of Ottawa Library is a network of twelve locations, and maintains a collection of approximately two million printed books, one million e-books, 423,986 maps, 87,216 music items and more with its collection budget of {{CAD|15 million}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/about/collections|title=Collections|website=Library|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=March 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309160050/https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/about/collections|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/about/overview|title=Overview|publisher=University of Ottawa Library|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811103925/https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/about/overview|url-status=live}}</ref> The Library has digitized over 20,000 French books and some of the aerial photographs from the National Air Photo Library collection which are in the public domain. In addition, with consent from the [[National Aboriginal Health Organization]]'s (NAHO) Board of Directors, the Library and the Indigenous Program at the [[University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine|Faculty of Medicine]] archived the NAHO's website using [[Internet Archive|Archive It]] which is no longer publicly available.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://med.uottawa.ca/en/news/valuable-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-health-research-preserved-faculty-medicine-and|title=Valuable First Nations, Métis and Inuit health research preserved by Faculty of Medicine and uOttawa Library|website=Faculty of Medicine|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817190354/https://med.uottawa.ca/en/news/valuable-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-health-research-preserved-faculty-medicine-and|url-status=live}}</ref>

The main library is in Morisset Hall, which also houses the Media Centre, Archives and Special Collections, and the Geographic, Statistical and Government Information Centre. The university has five other specialized libraries: the Brian Dickson Law Library, located in Fauteux Hall; the Health Sciences Library, located at the Roger-Guindon campus; the Management Library, located in the Desmarais Building; the Isobel Firestone Music Library, located in Pérez Hall; and the Annex, an off-site storage facility that houses less-used portions of the collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/locations|title=Locations|publisher=University of Ottawa Library|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=August 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811103746/https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/locations|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Morisset Library was named for Auguste-Marie Morisset who was a chief librarian from 1934 to 1958<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=LeBlanc|first1=Jean|last2=Greene|first2=Richard|date=2000|title=Un pionnier de la bibliothéconomie au Canada français Auguste-Marie Morisset, OMI|journal=Documentation et Bibliothèques|language=fr|volume=46|issue=3|pages=135–142|doi=10.7202/1032655ar|issn=0315-2340|doi-access=free}}</ref> and the Brian Dickson Law Library was named for [[Brian Dickson]] who was the [[chief justice of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/brian-dickson-law-library/brian-dickson-judges-journey|title=Brian Dickson: A Judge's Journey|website=Library|language=en|access-date=2019-09-06|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111135713/https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/brian-dickson-law-library/brian-dickson-judges-journey|url-status=live}}</ref> The Archives and Special Collections in Morisett Library contains holdings on a variety of subjects, particularly on [[Feminism in Canada|feminism movement in Canada]] and it has the largest collection of feminist publications in Canada from periodicals and newsletters including Branching Out and Broadside.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/archives-and-special-collections/archival-fonds-and-collections|title=Archival fonds and collections|website=Library|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817105844/https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/archives-and-special-collections/archival-fonds-and-collections|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, in 2018, the Archives and Special Collections collaborated with the [[Library and Archives Canada]] and the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists – Education and Research Institute ([[INWES-ERI]]) founded by [[Monique Frize]] for the project of Canadian Archive of Women in STEM to develop a search index portal to facilitate discovery in one central location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inwes-eri.org/programs_projects/archives_projects/|title=Archives Project {{!}} INWES Education and Research Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802173954/https://inwes-eri.org/programs_projects/archives_projects/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to housing the university's collections, the library also maintains the Learning Crossroads, which features two lecture halls and more than 1,000 individual and group study rooms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefulcrum.ca/opinions/learning-crossroads-blueprint-future-campus-buildings/|title=Learning Crossroads a blueprint for future campus buildings|date=2018-02-05|website=The Fulcrum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817112134/https://thefulcrum.ca/opinions/learning-crossroads-blueprint-future-campus-buildings/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/learning-crossroads|title=The Learning Crossroads is now open!|website=Library|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=March 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309160055/https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/learning-crossroads|url-status=live}}</ref> It houses a wide range of cutting-edge technologies like a video wall, featuring a large [[8K resolution|8K]] screen, virtual reality equipment and multimedia studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uottawa.ca/gazette/en/news/sneak-peek-crx-new-learning-crossroads|title=Sneak peek at CRX, the new Learning Crossroads|website=Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-08-21|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817112139/https://www.uottawa.ca/gazette/en/news/sneak-peek-crx-new-learning-crossroads|url-status=live}}</ref> The University of Ottawa Library is a member of the [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.carl-abrc.ca/|title=Home|website=Canadian Association of Research Libraries|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111204000/http://www.carl-abrc.ca/|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Association of Research Libraries]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arl.org/list-of-arl-members/|title=List of ARL Members|website=Association of Research Libraries|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709231431/https://www.arl.org/list-of-arl-members/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Ontario Council of University Libraries]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ocul.on.ca/our-members|title=Our Members {{!}} Ontario Council of University Libraries|website=ocul.on.ca|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523163140/https://ocul.on.ca/our-members|url-status=live}}</ref>

====History====
The library dates back to the foundation of the institution in 1848. In 1903, the main building of the university where the library was located was destroyed by fire; therefore, all the intellectual treasures were lost. After this fire, it was top priority for the university authorities to rebuild the library and it had received donations from Canadian Federal and Provincial Governments and Foreign governments, particularly from France, United States, Great Britain, and other countries. On October 15, 1932, the [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] informed that a grant of {{USD|1,500}} would be donated to the library over a period of three years which was used for the foundation of the library. In addition, in 1938, the French Government donated a gift which allowed the library to purchase books to the value of {{CAD|800}} and the foundation of the Society of Friends of the Library of the University of Ottawa was founded to help the library restore.<ref>Records and Archives Management of the University of Ottawa, Fonds 315, 215086, BA12.B35R4 and BA12.B35R.2.</ref>