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Our Facilities

In September, 2011, the Law Library of Osgoode Hall Law School reopened in its new facilities in the renovated law school after two years of construction.

Library Services

The Osgoode Law Library offers full reference services and research assistance to students, faculty and visitors to the school. Our innovative Core Collection, located in Harris-Taylor Reading Room in the Upper Library, offers a complete law reference collection, including the Canadian Abridgment 3d, the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest 3d and Halsbury's Law of Canada, as well as access to complete sets of federal and Ontario statutes and regulations, and selected series of law reports (SCR, FC, DLR, OLR, OR).

Study Facilities, Reading Rooms and Group Study Rooms

The Osgoode Law Library provides seating for 350 people at study tables, carrels and extensive soft seating in two reading rooms: the Harris-Taylor Family Reading Room in the Upper Library and the McMillan LLP Reading Room in the Lower Library.

There are also 12 group study rooms, six located on each floor, reserved exclusively for use by students of Osgoode Hall Law School. Osgoode students may reserve a group study room through our online booking app. Keys to the group study rooms are kept at the Circulation Desk.

There are also 22 PC workstations, reserved to the use of Osgoode students, in the Computer Commons in the Lower Library. All workstations are provided with wireless access to the Osgoode network and to the Internet.

Collections

The Library's Core Collection and Current Periodicals are located in the Upper Library, in the Harris-Taylor Family Reading Room. All other collections are located in the Lower Library.

  • The Text collection is located on open stacks adjacent to the McMillan LLP Reading Room
  • All other collections -- PER (Periodicals), RPTS (Law Reports), STAT (Statutes) -- are located in the compact, high-density stacks in the NE quadrant of the Lower Library.
  • The Balbour Halévy Special Collections (SPEC-COLL) are located in the Canada Law Book Rare Book Room in the Lower Library.
  • The microfiche and microfilm collections are located in the Computer Commons on the south side of the Lower Library.

Wireless Internet Access

Wireless access to the Internet is available throughout the Osgoode building, as well as wireless printing.

Laptops

Osgoode students may borrow a wireless-ready laptop computer for use in the library. The normal loan period is 4 hours but all laptops must be returned half an hour before library closing. Late returns are subject to overdue charges of $3.00 per hour or any part thereof. Laptops can be requested at the Circulation Desk.

Photocopying & Printing

Self-service printers, photocopiers and scanners are located in the Copy Room in the Lower Library. There is also a printer located in the Harris-Taylor Family Reading Room in the Upper Library.

The YU-card is now the exclusive payment method for photocopying and printing services in the library. If you are a non-York member or visitor to the campus and do not have a YU-card, you may purchase a Guest Card from the YU-card dispenser and account station in the Library's Copy Room (in the Lower Library) or at the Scott Library. The cost per photocopy is 10 cents.

Library photocopiers are intended for resarch and study purposes only. Please refer to York University's copyright information page (Copyright and You) and Fair Dealing Guidelines.