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Access to Library Resources changing for hospital affliliates
As of July 1st, 2013, access to McGill electronic databases, e-journals and other e-resources is changing at McGill affiliated hospital sites in order to comply with the McGill University Library's licensing agreements.
If you are affiliated with McGill as a faculty or staff member, or as a resident or student, you will be asked to log in using your McGill username and password to access the library’s electronic resources.
If you are not affiliated with McGill as a faculty or staff member, or as a resident or student, you will no longer have access to McGill
McGill Library's Colombo Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Service Unavailable June 14 to 16 at 9 a.m.
The Colombo Interlibrary Loan (ILL) database system will be unavailable to McGill users and library personnel from Friday June 14 to Sunday June 16 at 9:00 AM due to a technical upgrade to a new version of the software.
It is expected that access to the Colombo ILL service will resume at 9:00 AM on Sunday June 16, 2013.
The McGill Library regrets any inconvenience this may cause.
Changes to affiliated hospital access to McGill e-resources, starting July 1, 2013
Changes as of July 1, 2013
As of July 1st, 2013, access to McGill electronic databases, e-journals and other e-resources is changing at McGill affiliated hospital sites in order to comply with the McGill University Library’s licensing agreements. Currently, all persons working in McGill affiliated teaching hospitals are able to access the McGill Library’s electronic resources. However, due to the very strict licensing agreements, only those persons affiliated with the University are, in fact, authorized to use these services.
EndNote X7 for Windows is now available
The new version of EndNote software - version X7 (Windows) - is now available for download at http://kb.mcgill.ca/it/endnote.
We will no longer be offering ProCite or Reference Manager since the software provider is no longer updating them, and the McGill community has access to both Endnote and RefWorks.
Lucy Frenette and Maya Kucij winners of the 2013 McGill Library Excellence Awards
Dr. Colleen Cook, Trenholme Dean of Libraries, is delighted to announce that Maya Kucij and Lucy Frenette are the recipients of the 2013 Library Excellence Awards. The Library Excellence Awards officially honour the extraordinary service, important efforts and achievements of staff members. “These awards are near and dear to my heart because candidates for the award are brought forward by colleagues,” says Cook. “Every year the list of nominees is outstanding and this year was no exception.
Summer Renovation Projects - McLennan Redpath Complex
There are three projects that will be taking place over the course of the summer in the McLennan Redpath Complex (Humanities and Social Sciences Library):
» McLennan Redpath Terrace Project – Phase 3
» Asbestos Work in the Redpath Library Building
» Lighting & Occupancy Sensor Retrofit at McLennan-Redpath Complex to begin in June
Legacies Denied: Unearthing the Visual Culture of Canadian Slavery
An exhibition in Rare Books and Special Collections
Passion Pursued with Discipline: Prints Collection of Thomas W. Mussen
An exhibit curated by Svetlana Kochkina, Liaison Librarian, Nahum Gelber Law Library, McGill University.
McLennan main floor electrical shutdown, Sunday, May 12, 2013
There will be an electrical shutdown in the McLennan Library Building Main Floor on Sunday May 12,2013 from 6am to 8pm, in order to complete a panel upgrade to the electrical framework. The shutdown will involve the area behind the elevators in the McLennan Lobby only. Access to computers will be available in the Cyberthèque. Self-check machines and catalogues will be accessible throughout the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex.
For any questions or concerns please contact:
Roberto Verrillo
Roberto [dot] verrillo [at] mcgill [dot] ca
WorldCat update: New collections add millions of titles
Over the past several months, the Library has increased the number of resources that are available through WorldCat, so we thought it would be a good idea to summarize some of them here.
Some recent additions to WorldCat include:
Scheduled maintenance on Library web site
Due to scheduled maintenance being performed on McGill's Web Management System, the Library web site will not be available on Sunday, May 5 between 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM.
During that time, you can access many Library resources using the links on this page:
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/links
(A link to this page will be available at mcgill.ca/library for the duration of the maintenance.)
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Designing Doctors
Designing Doctors: An exhibition highlighting the contributions of physicians to hospital architecture at the Osler Library of the History of Medicine
Curated by Prof. Annmarie Adams, Director, School of Architecture, McGill University
Meetings with Books symposium videos now available
Video recordings from the one-day symposium, Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century, that was held at McGill on March 20, 2013, are now available. Webcast recordings of the opening remarks, both keynotes and the panel discussions have been posted for viewing online or downloading.
Designing Doctors
Dr. Annmarie Adams will give a talk on her exhibit Designing Doctors, which highlights the contributions of physicians to hospital architecture.
'Neurological Laboratories’ to Interdisciplinary ‘Centres of Brain Research’: Otfrid Foerster, Wilder Penfield, and Early Neuroscience in Breslau and Montreal
Under specific consideration of the theoretical approaches and practical research influences of “interdisciplinarity” in neuroscientific research, this presentation addresses a time period and a subject of investigation that has only marginally been dealt with in the history of medicine and neurosciences: the influences and the context of the creation of early centres of neuroscientific research at the beginning of the 20th century.
New digital collection: The Archives of the Civil Code Revision Office
In 1955, the Quebec legislature created the Civil Code Revision Office (C.C.R.O.) and assigned to it the monumental task of revising the Civil Code of Lower Canada to bring it in line with the social, political, and economic realities affecting private law relations in Quebec.
The Archives of the Civil Code Revision Office makes available approximately 4000 documents consisting of working papers, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and internal memoranda from the C.C.R.O., mostly from the period of 1969-1979.
Therapy Dogs back at the Library
Brandy and Whiskey (and friends) are back with a mission, to help their two-legged friends lower their blood pressure and stress levels, offer social support and just make people feel relaxed and happy.
Come join them on April 10 from 2-4, April 15 2-4 and April 17 from 12-2 in the Group Study Space of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Therapy Dogs back at the Library
Brandy and Whiskey (and friends) are back with a mission, to help their two-legged friends lower their blood pressure and stress levels, offer social support and just make people feel relaxed and happy.
Come join them on April 10 from 2-4, April 15 2-4 and April 17 from 12-2 in the Group Study Space of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Therapy Dogs back at the Library
Brandy and Whiskey (and friends) are back with a mission, to help their two-legged friends lower their blood pressure and stress levels, offer social support and just make people feel relaxed and happy.
Come join them on April 10 from 2-4, April 15 2-4 and April 17 from 12-2 in the Group Study Space of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Spiritual Solitudes: Liberal Religion in a Secular Quebec
The Friends of the McGill Library present the annual Hugh MacLennan Memorial Lecture
Easter weekend Library hours
Many Library branches will be open with modified hours for study over the Easter holidays, with some offering services. Please visit the individual branch pages on the Library website for details of opening and service hours for the long holiday weekend.
Please note that the following branches will be closing at midnight tonight (Thursday, March 28):
Delivery of Library material to faculty with campus offices
Recent surveys show that faculty want delivery of library materials to their campus offices as a basic service.
In response, McGill Library is introducing campus office delivery for Faculty, starting the week of March 18, 2013
McGill University Librarians support Dale Askey
Librarians at McGill University strongly believe in the right of librarians to share professional opinions publicly. For this reason we join others in urging Edwin Mellen Press to cease all legal action against our colleague Dale Askey and to refrain from further intimidation tactics in their attempt to censor librarians.
For more information and a list of supporters: http://bibliobrary.net/2013/02/21/thank-you-for-the-support/
Motion passed by Library Council on Thursday, March 7, 2013.
Library workshops in Mandarin Chinese
This week the Library is offering two workshops in Mandarin Chinese:
Tuesday, March 19: Library Essentials
Monday, March 25: Literature Research
Click the link above for details on time and location.
System maintenance affecting eScholarship@McGill, eTheses, some digitized content on Saturday, March 2
eScholarship@McGill as well as eTheses and locally digitized materials accessible through the Catalogue will be unavailable on Saturday, March 2, 2013 from 10:00pm to 1:00AM while maintenance work is being carried out on the server.
Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century
Many if not most rare book libraries have a long and complicated history of acquisitions that reflects the varied interests of collectors and benefactors, of librarians and scholars, and by happenstance and serendipity. It is not just the individual titles that carry information; the histories of the collections do so as well and it is often in exploring these histories that new understandings are born. How, then, are we to understand and explore these diverse and, indeed, disparate collections?
Strokes and Hairlines: Elegant Writing and its Place in Muslim Book Culture
An Exhibition in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.
February 11 - June 30, 2013
McLennan Library Building Lobby
Strokes and Hairlines: Elegant Writing and Its Place in Muslim Book Culture
A lecture by Mr. Adam Gacek.
The Institute of Islamic Studies gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the State of Qatar for this event.
Part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Islamic Studies.
Note: Mr. Gacek is also the curator of the Stroke and Hairlines exhibition currently on display in the main lobby of the McLennan Library Building
A History of the Islamic Studies Library: 60th Anniversary
The Islamic Studies Library (ISL) was founded in 1952 in conjunction with the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS). Dr. W.C. Smith, founder and first Director of the IIS sought to give greater definition to the field of Islamic studies. The library has grown from a collection of 250 books to 125,000 volumes. On display are some of the treasures from its collection and history. For example in 1959 the former President of Tunisia, Habib Bourghuiba visited the IIS and ISL and donated a Qur'ānic leaf, in 1971 the former Shah of Iran sent a personal invitation to then Director of the IIS, Dr.
Library Matters, the Library's newsletter, is now a blog!
The Library Matters Editorial Committee is pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Library Matters.
If you have any comments about the Library or suggestions of how we could do things better, please let us know.