Library expands access to physical collections across province   

In 2019, Nipissing University implemented a new academic search tool called Omni. Implementing Omni was part of a radical collaboration between 16 university partner libraries, with the goal of bringing students, staff and faculty greater access to the collections available across these partners. 

We’re pleased to announce that as of August 3, 2021, students, staff, and faculty can use Omni to quickly and easily request shared physical resources from across all 16 Omni partner institutions, a collection of nearly 23.5 million resources. 

To request an item in Omni, login to your library account and perform a search in the Nipissing / Canadore Library + Omni Libraries search. Omni searches across all 16 partners for that item and when it finds an available copy, you’ll be able to place a request, whether it is available at Nipissing University or not. Omni automatically finds the item at one of our partner libraries, who will then send it to Nipissing University, at no charge to you.  You will be notified when your item is ready for pickup and you will enjoy the same 120-day loan period, the same as if you were borrowing a Nipissing University item. While delivery times can vary due to a variety of factors, the anticipated average delivery time is 7 to 10 business days. Our goal is to reduce this delivery time as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and our libraries return to business as usual. 

RACER is still available for requested physical resources not available at any of the 16 Omni partners, as well as all electronic resource requests. 

We’re excited to be able to offer our staff, faculty, and students access to request physical resources from across all Omni partner institutions. 

For more information contact Nancy E. Black, Executive Director, Library Services or Ed Driedger, Manager, Archives & Access Services.