Guest Post by Anna Winterbottom Women, Environment and Networks of Empire: Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds in Madras (MQUP, 2023) is now available. Order your copy here. You can celebrate the launch of this publication with authors and editors on …
Women, Environment and Networks of Empire, book now out with MQUP Read More »
The new academic year has already started, with students appearing, and reappearing, on campus, using our ten different library locations, and the terrasses outside! The nervous smiles, the obvious pleasure at being welcomed to such a student-friendly space, shows that the …
An Update from Friends of the McGill Library Chair, Donald Walcot Read More »
Parlez-nous de votre histoire avec la bibliothèque. Qu’est-ce qui vous a attiré à McGill ? J’ai une très belle histoire avec les bibliothèques de McGill pour différentes raisons. D’abord, comme étudiante, j’ai utilisé les bibliothèques depuis le cégep (à Marianopolis) …
Interview with Guylaine Beaudry, Trenholme Dean of Libraries Read More »
Make the Library your happy place during Homecoming! (Re)connect with the McGill community this fall with a masterclass, special events, branch tours, exhibits and more. Our 2023 Homecoming programming has something for everyone. We hope to see you there! Special …
La version française suit As Dean of Libraries, it is my great pleasure to extend a warm welcome to each of you as we embark on a new and exciting academic year. Whether you are a returning student, a faculty …
We got to know the curators of this exhibition a bit better. Here is a glimpse behind the scenes into the curatorial team that put together this exhibition. The exhibition is on through June 18th, so come and enjoy during …
Q & A with the Curators of “Design for the Global Majority” Read More »
Congratulations go out to Clara Turp and Mutugi Gathuri, recipients of the 2023 Library Excellence Awards! This year Clara Turp, Systems Librarian, and Mutugi Gathuri, Software Developer, were awarded the Librarian Excellence Award and Staff Excellence Award respectively. Both Clara …
Clara Turp and Mutugi Gathuri awarded 2023 McGill Library Excellence Awards Read More »
By Lori Podolsky, Archivist, McGill University Archives “That there can be no peace unless human rights and freedoms are respected” (John Peters Humphrey, 1947) Archivists have long played a role in the preservation and management of human rights records and …
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights & International Council on Archives turn 75 Read More »
by Hugo Barsacq-Camard, Undergraduate Student Intern, McGill Visual Arts Collection On the second floor of McGill’s Faculty Club, hangs a massive historical map that was printed in 1654. The lower two-thirds of the 225 x 200 cm engraving is a …
By Mark G. Spencer, Department of History, Brock University. McGill University’s David Hume Collection has many remarkable strengths. Any scholar with an interest in Hume and his world is sure to find much that will be of interest. The principal …
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