From L to R: Guylaine Beaudry, Trenholme Dean of Libraries at McGill University and Nathalie Marcerou-Ramel, Director of l’École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques (ENSSIB)

ENSSIB and McGill sign a partnership agreement

La version française suit. On June 30, 2025, Nathalie Marcerou-Ramel, Director of l’École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (ENSSIB) and Guylaine Beaudry, Trenholme Dean of Libraries at McGill University, signed a partnership agreement between the two …

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Book Bingo cards in English and French on summer background.

Summer Book Bingo at McGill Libraries!

La version française suit. Looking for a fun way to tackle your summer reading list? Try your hand at the McGill Libraries’ Summer Book Bingo! Whether you’re a student, staff, or faculty member, this is your chance to explore new …

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Detail from Bourdon's silk painting (ca. 1678) illustrating the neurovascular anatomy of the respiratory system.

Call for Applications | Michele Larose – Osler Library Artist-in-Residence Programme

La version française suit. Thanks to the generosity of Dr. Michele Larose, artist and paediatric neuropsychiatrist who trained in psychiatry and child psychiatry at McGill and in visual arts at Curtin University in Australia, the Osler Library of the History …

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Steve Blaise (left) and Mila Bozic Erkic (right) smiling in front of a red McGill Libraries banner.

Celebrating winners of the 2025 McGill Libraries’ Staff Excellence Awards

La version française suit. Congratulations to Steven Blaise, Customer Service Coordinator and Mila Bozic Erkic, Head Library Clerk at the Nahum Gelber Law Library, recipients of the 2025 Staff Excellence Awards! The award honours the extraordinary service, important efforts, and achievements …

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Personal and Colourful

By Angela Mortimer, Master of Information Studies (MISt) student at McGill University. Angela is passionate about material culture, public libraries, and social history, and getting people interested in the same.    While working at Rare Books and Special Collections, I …

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Award winners Julia Couture and Sara-Alba Gonzalez Pepe with a red Friends of the Library banner.

Celebrating the inaugural Friends of the Libraries Student Awards

La version française suit. On Monday, April 28, students, library staff, and Friends of the McGill Libraries members gathered together in celebration of the inaugural Friends of the Libraries Student Library Award winners. The awards are generously supported by the Friends of the Libraries …

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Illustration against a wall. Subject: Person painted entirely red/pink.

Pain Made Visible: Art, Illness, and Inquiry at the Osler Library of the History of Medicine

La version française suit. On April 17, a packed audience filled the reading room of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine for two events exploring the subject of pain. The event opened with an artist panel, pain subjects: …

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Receipt for bags of potatoes, Abraham Pastorius, Montreal, 1802. Lande John Law Collection. Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Libraries.

The Lande Legacy and the Art of Building Rare Book Collections

La version française suit By: Chris Lyons, Senior Curator, Rare Books & Special Collections (retired) Rare books libraries collect collectors. At first this might sound like a mercenary or macabre way to describe the work of the earnest curators responsible …

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Cover 1986 catalogue Mossman Collection of the History of Science and Ideas.

Practicum Pause: Ezra J. Teboul

La version française suit For MISt student Ezra J. Teboul, a practicum at McGill Libraries was the perfect blend of history, technology, and librarianship. With a background in the history of signal processing and electronic music, Ezra was drawn to …

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McGill and Concordia Collaborate to Build AI Literacy

La version française suit In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, understanding Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is no longer optional—it’s essential. In late fall of 2024, McGill University Libraries, in partnership with Concordia Library and eConcordia, unveiled GenAI Quickstart: Foundations for …

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