What do you think? New Proactive Chat survey
What is Proactive Chat?If you visited the Library website recently, you may have noticed a red conversation bubble icon and pop-up window located in the bottom right hand corner asking you if you need help.
Library Guides: A new way to curate resources in myCourses
Instructors can now help students connect to research and information resources by adding the Library Guides tool to myCourses. This dynamic tool can be inserted into myCourses in two ways, either directly in the course module and accessible via the left-side menu, or in the course’s top-level menu. Each course can be connected to pre-assigned subject guides that will populate automatically, or to one or more niche guides curated by the relevant subject librarian.
Open Access Agreement | Wiley
Starting January 15, 2023, McGill-affiliated corresponding authors will have the option to make their work open access for no cost in Wiley’s hybrid journals. Review the list of eligible titles (XLS will download).
Exam period access to Nahum Gelber Law Library for Fall 2022
As of Thursday, December 1, McGill students are able to access the Nahum Gelber Law Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As agreed between the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) and the Law Students Association (LSA), the Nahum Gelber Law Library will limit access to the three upper floors of the library to Law students only during the December 7 to 21 examination period.
Details are as follows:
Deadline Extended | Call for Proposals | Open Research Symposium: Building an open research community at McGill
Call for Proposals:
Temporary change in how to report a broken link or access issue in the Sofia catalogue
Updated December 13, 2022. Please note, the technical issue that had been affecting our reception of your notifications from the “Report a Broken Link” function has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
Due to a technical issue affecting our reception of your notifications from the “Report a Broken Link” function, we are temporarily hiding the link from the catalogue interface.
November 1 | Macdonald Campus Library closes at 5PM
Due to an electrical shutdown, the Macdonald Campus Library will close at 5PM on Tuesday, November 1.
This shutdown is necessary for Facilities to relocate an electrical disconnect switch at the Macdonald Stewart Building.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Nov. 15 - 18 | Inspection of Fire Alarms, Sprinklers & Extinguishers at McLennan-Redpath
Posted on behalf of McGill Campus Public Safety
As part of McGill University’s ongoing efforts towards ensuring a safe environment, the Fire Prevention service will once again be performing annual inspections of the fire detection and suppression systems. This year Leclerc will be performing these tests which involve verifying all components of systems within each building.
Building affected: McLennan-Redpath Complex
Designated Conversation & Zoom Zones in Redpath & McLennan Library Buildings
All spaces in the McLennan-Redpath Complex are for quiet study EXCEPT for the following areas.
Zoom and Conversation Zones:- Main floors of both the McLennan and Redpath Library Buildings
- The Cyberthèque level in the Redpath Library Building
- Elevator landings in the McLennan Library Building
Thanks for doing your part to keep noise levels down in Quiet Zones.
Accessing McLennan-Redpath materials during the Collections Centre move-in period
Two major parallel infrastructure projects—a new Collections Centre and Fiat Lux will transform the quality of services and spaces the Library offers. Library staff members are preparing for the movement of collections, spaces, and services in advance of renovation and construction activities.
View recent search history in Library account
Earlier this year, it was announced that it is now possible to opt in to retain and view your recent borrowing history in your McGill Library account.
RESOLVED: Technical issue affecting placing holds functionality in Sofia Discovery Tool
Updated August 31 at 8:45pm.
This technical issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
There's an issue affecting the Sofia Discovery Tool in which users may not be able to place holds.
Our partners at OCLC are working on a resolution and we'll keep you updated.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
McGill University Library Map Collection Now on Canadiana / La collection de cartes de la bibliothèque de l’Université McGill maintenant sur Canadiana
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Osler Library of the History of Medicine reopens August 29, 2022
After several years of reconstruction work, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine is set to reopen with full service on Monday, August 29, 2022. The Osler Library will be open Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We would like to thank the McGill community and scholar partners for their patience and collaboration during this renovation work.