September 16 2025:
At this time, we are almost complete with the migration from our previous repository to a new system, NSCAD Scholar. The new repository should go live within a week. The previous site is offline as of July 17 and we are not depositing any work until the new system is up and running and the migration is complete. The new institutional repository hosting service is called Scholaris.
Scholaris is a Canadian shared institutional repository service using DSpace, hosted and managed by Scholars Portal. Scholaris was developed by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), and the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) to advance scholarship and promote open-access research.
Institutional repositories, such as NSCAD Scholar, play an important role in the academic research environment by supporting research access and discovery. A national shared repository service, such as Scholaris, will allow the NSCAD Library to share regional expertise with other academic libraries in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to increase the discoverability and impact of our digital collections and the work and research of NSCAD's community.
Scholaris will offer enhanced functionality for our institutional repository, including:
As part of the early adopter’s cohort for Scholaris, we join other Atlantic Canadian Universities (Cape Breton University, Mount Allison University, and Université de Moncton) in this transition.
We will post updates as the migration process proceeds.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, or require access to repository materials email library@nscad.ca