McGill Library & Information Studies Student Association
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Being bibliophilic in MTL: a tour of 514 bookshops
by Jacob Siefring, MLIS ’13 As I wrap up the year, I bequeath this final post to MLIS students who will be returning next year, and to future and incoming MLIS students. Thanks to my fellow students, from whom I learned quite a lot. Best of luck to everyone! Tonight is my last night in [...]
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Characterizing a Collection: An Analysis of the McGill Library System
By Caitlin Bailey Online library catalogues are not often regarded as sources for historical analysis. While they are designed and used for resource location, their consideration as a primary source document is infrequent. Extending the work of her doctoral thesis “ The Imprint of The Scholar: An Analysis of the Printed Books of McGill’s Raymond [...]
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An interview with Stéfan Sinclair
By Jacob Siefring In a class or elsewhere in the vast field of library-and-information-science, you might have come upon a reference to digital humanities. Digital humanities is basically an academic discipline concerned with the application of computational tools and methods to traditional objects of scholarship (i.e. texts, artifacts, art works, historical data, etc.). The field [...]
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