As one of its most important initiatives, OCUL collectively supports a shared technological infrastructure for access to digital library resources and services – Scholars Portal http://spotdocs.scholarsportal.info/display/sp/home. In turn, Scholars Portal provides services directly to users – the students, faculty, researchers and staff at Ontario universities. The Scholars Portal Accessible Content E-Portal or ACE is a growing repository of accessible format texts available to users with print disabilities at participating OCUL institutions. This program is an initiative of the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario and provides financial support and expertise to organizations to educate an industry or sector across the province on their obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). ACE transitioned to an ongoing Scholars Portal service in 2014. Last year (2013), the Digital Curation Summit focused on collaborative opportunities to support special collections and archives initiatives. There was a clear desire among Summit participants for opportunities to share knowledge, experience, work being done at member institutions, and occasions for collaboration. As a result, OCUL has established a Digital Curation Community with this focus. It is also anticipated that the community will serve as a sounding board for issues around digital curation, and provide advice for curation focused activities within OCUL.
