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Voltaire is in the house

  Moving day came early at the library today. A collection of rare and special materials by and about Voltaire made its way into the McLennan Library Building today. What is this all about? Stay tuned. Library Matters will fill …

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The Green Wall at McLennan

Every year, a committee of McGill students works with the Development & Alumni Relations office (DAR) to plan and market a fundraising campaign. This campaign is called Class Action. It is geared towards the graduating class, so they can make …

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Lucy Frenette & Maya Kucij winners of the 2013 McGill Library Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2013 McGill Library Excellence Awards. The awards recognize outstanding contributions and exceptional leadership to McGill’s continued success and in advancing the mission of the Library. Maya Kucij, Liaison Librarian at the Education Library & …

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Exhibit: Legacies Denied: Unearthing the Visual Culture of Canadian Slavery

An exhibition in Rare Books and Special Collections McLennan Library Building : 4th floor, Rare Books and Special Collections, 3459 rue McTavish Montreal Quebec Canada , H3A 0C9 This exhibition and the accompanying catalogue emerged from a fourth year undergraduate Art History course, “Canadian …

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Summer Renovation Projects – McLennan-Redpath Complex

There are two projects that will be taking place over the course of the summer in the McLennan-Redpath Complex (Humanities and Social Sciences Library): McLennan Redpath Terrace Project – Phase 3 Timeline: June 3- November 30, 2013 The third and …

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Exhibit: Designing Doctors

Designing Doctors: An exhibition highlighting the contributions of physicians to hospital architecture at the Osler Library of the History of Medicine Curated by Prof. Annmarie Adams, Director, School of Architecture, McGill University McIntyre Medical Building : Osler Library of the History of …

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Symposium: Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century

“Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century” Many if not most rare book libraries have a long and complicated history of acquisitions that reflects the varied interests of collectors and benefactors, of librarians …

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Lecture: Strokes and Hairlines

Exhibition: Strokes and Hairlines

Elegant Writing and its Place in Muslim Book Culture. An Exhibition in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.

Corruption. A View from an Insider

A conversation with the Hon. John H. Gomery and Bernard St. Laurent. Issues of political corruption have been front and centre in Quebec in recent years.  Controversies such as the sponsorship scandal of 2004 and the current widespread corruption in …

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