# Library news

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## News

Monday, February 9, 2026

## [Where’s the Data? How libraries improve data discoverability](https://uwaterloo.ca/lib/news/wheres-data-how-libraries-improve-data-discoverability)

Every February, the global data community celebrates Love Data Week, hosted by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). This year’s theme, “Where’s the data?”, invites us to think about the journey data takes, from collection to analysis, storage to preservation.

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

## [Staebler Insurance OER Fellows Grant 2026-27: Now Accepting Applications](https://uwaterloo.ca/lib/news/staebler-insurance-oer-fellows-grant-2026-27-now-accepting)

As part of the Library’s efforts to ensure learning materials are freely accessible and available to learners and researchers at Waterloo, we’re once again seeking applications from Waterloo instructors with projects to create or adapt an open educational resource (OER) for a Waterloo course.

Monday, December 8, 2025

## [Campus-wide ORCID pilot project concludes](https://uwaterloo.ca/lib/news/campus-wide-orcid-pilot-project-concludes-0)

The two-year pilot project exploring the campus-wide implementation of Open Researcher and Contributor Identifiers (ORCID) will officially conclude in early 2026.

## Blog

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

## [A surprise donation from Alumni Weekend](https://uwaterloo.ca/lib/blog/surprise-donation-alumni-weekend)

The Library’s Special Collections & Archives (SCA) curates not only rare books, archives and materials related to the University’s teaching and research programmes, but it also houses the University of Waterloo Archives, containing official correspondence, publications, photographs, memorabilia and more.