by Anna Dysert, Co-ordinator for Cataloguing and Metadata, Collections Services La version française suit. The former Osler Letter Index site served as a valuable resource for those wishing to explore correspondence to and from Sir William Osler. The Index has …

Manuscripts, metadata, and medical history: Announcing the digitized Harvey Cushing fonds Read More »

We’re delighted to announce that the Islamic Studies Library has added four new height‑adjustable desks and four ergonomic chairs to our study space – made possible through the generous support of the Post‑Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS). The new adjustable desks …

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Brisk February days bring to mind the fun, music, and community of McGill’s Winter Carnivals! The first one was in 1948 and subsequent events included athletic activities, ice sculptures, and much more winter fun. McGill University Archives have in their …

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February is Colour Our Collections month – and even if it’s not formally organized this year (the last global campaign launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library wrapped in 2024), that doesn’t mean that we can’t brighten up …

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La version française suit. This fall, McGill University Libraries welcomed Paloma Juno, a student from l’École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (Enssib) in Lyon, France, for an enriching international internship. Her time at McGill came at …

From Enssib to McGill Libraries: An interview with Paloma Juno Read More »

We’re excited to announce the launch of Community Digitization Partnerships, a new initiative from McGill Libraries’ Digitization Lab. These partnerships are designed to support Quebec-based community organizations, cultural institutions, and academic collaborators in preserving and sharing their heritage collections.  Through this program, we’re offering two new …

New program for community groups: Partner with McGill Libraries to digitize your heritage collections! Read More »

Beginning in early 2024, McGill Libraries and IT Services faced an unexpected challenge: an overwhelming surge of automated web traffic directed at two of the Libraries’ major public platforms – eScholarship institutional digital repository for theses and open access materials, …

Keeping McGill’s digital collections running smoothly: A Libraries IT-Services collab Read More »

by Jenn Riley, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives Do you care about environmental, social, and economic sustainability? Do you value the services and collections provided by the McGill Libraries? What if you could advance both at the same time? The McGill Libraries is seeking up …

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by Jessica Huang, Student Project Assistant, Rare Books & Special Collections, 2025 (BSc Pharmacology, Philosophy minor) “The more abstract, the more ideal an art is, the more it reveals to us the temper of its age. If we wish to …

Notes from the Archive: A Summer with Architecture Read More »

We’ve put together a McGill Libraries themed word search that celebrates the people, places, and services that support research, learning, and discovery across our campuses. Whether you’re home stealing a quiet moment between festivities or away on a beach somewhere …

McGill Libraries Word Search fun! Read More »

A newly highlighted collection at McGill Libraries captures this rich history of skiing in Montreal and Quebec during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection consists of photographs, hotel advertisements and informational pamphlets, postcards, and ephemera illustrating the …

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By Octavian Sopt, Senior Documentation Technician, Rare Books and Special Collections At the onset of gray winter weather, I think about the multitude of vibrant colors that filled the exhibition cases in the 4th floor lobby of the McLennan Library …

Brilliant Blues for Winter Days Read More »