Libraries news

Due to renovations there may be intermittent noise on the 4th floor of the Life Sciences Library from now to July 20th.

eScholarship@McGill as well as eTheses and locally digitized materials accessible through the Catalogue will be unavailable on Wednesday May 9th 2012 from 10:00pm to midnight while maintenance work is being carried out on the server.

Due to scheduled system maintenance, a number of digital collection sites will be unavailable from Friday, May 11 at 10 PM until Monday, May 14 at 9:00 AM.

The Osler Library will be holding an event on Monday April 30. During this period the Library’s reference service and rare material consulting will not be available from 1:00 p.m.

The Library is planning space improvements on the main floor of the McLennan/Redpath complex. Please help us by filling out a short survey to help us prioritize our needs.

Study areas are open 24-hours a day, 7-days a week in the selected branches.

The McGill Library, in collaboration with The Bull and Bear, is challenging YOU to come up with a snappier name for LibDispenser located in the Bronfman Building. Enter and your winning name could be immortalized on the skin created for the machine! Submit your most creative name and a 1-3 sentence statement telling us why you chose this name to: info.library@mcgill.ca

The online exhibition includes sixteen items representing various styles of Arabic calligraphy. From dry black and white calligraphy of the 10th century to colorful illuminated pieces of the 19th century, it recounts a brief history of Arabic/Islamic calligraphy. View it at: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/islamic_calligraphy/index.php

The SSMU's library improvement fund (LIF) is now accepting library project ideas, input and suggestions. Large and small scale proposals pertaining to all libraries within the University will be considered. Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 5, 2012. The submission form can be found here: http://ssmu.mcgill.ca/about-us/funding/library-improvement-fund/

The McGill Library is pleased to launch the Osler Library Prints Collection, a searchable and browsable website of 2,500 visual documents related to the history of medicine, spanning several centuries, countries, and artistic media. Straddling the disciplines of art and science, the collection is a valuable resource on the history of medicine and the history of portraiture. http://digital.libra

Due to maintenance being performed on our software licensing infrastructure, the following software applications will not be available on the Library's computer workstations on Wednesday, February 1 between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM.

When off campus (home, office, on the road, etc), McGill users can now use EZproxy to easily access McGill Library online resources from any personal computer or mobile device simply by entering their authorized McGill login and password, once only per browser session when prompted. Unlike the Virtual Private Network (VPN), EZProxy requires no prior computer or browser set-up.

The McGill Library is pleased to announce the installation of the Management Reserves LibDispenser. Located on the concourse (basement) level of the Bronfman Building, next to Dave's store, the Management Reserves LibDispenser is a fully-equipped self-service kiosk containing the reserve materials for students taking classes in the Faculty of Management. Students can use the machine to browse, bor

MyResearch modules for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars begin the week of January 23rd, 2012

Walter Hitschfeld Geographic Information Centre closed January 14-15