Goal 16: Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions (contd)

Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information

Key Indicator Data/Outcome

1 Uphold principles of intellectual freedom by providing physical and virtual space for diversity of perspectives

Promotion of freedom of expression through events such as Freedom to Read week in LLC spaces

2. Offer training and resources required by community to support them in development of digital literacy skills

3. Promotion of open access resources

4. Providing public access to research resources in print format

Librarians have offered sessions on how to research the job market, using online resources to the patrons of Oakville Public Library.

2,377 uploads of Sheridan's scholarly research to SOURCE institutional repository

The library regularly participates in Open Education and Sparktalks activities to educate the community on open access

617 views of the EDGE & Entrepreneurship guide which contains resources that are publicly available

The library provides public access to print resources, including alumni, with registration

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Target 17.17: Promoting effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships

Key Indicator Data/Outcome

1.Collaboration with other libraries and institutions to share resources and expertise

The library had 77 interlibrary loan requests (internal and external) in 2022.

The University of Toronto borrower privileges program offers on-site access to University of Toronto online databases, computing and facilities, and the ability to borrow up to 100 books at once, including access to the Robarts Library book stacks