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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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Lending a hand (and other anatomical models) at the Life Sciences Library

Skeletons, hearts, brains, eyeballs and more have found a permanent home in the Life Sciences Library collection. These 3D anatomical models are available for members to borrow. Come by and say hello to Fred Skeleton, as staff affectionately call him, or …

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Research Proust – Sharon Rankin

Our latest profile of librarian researchers is Sharon Rankin from Rare Books. Learn all about her work on the cultural heritage of our northern peoples.    Name Sharon Rankin Job Title  Liaison Librarian  Library  Rare Books and Special Collections   …

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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.

Coming Soon: Group Study Space at the Education Library

Anyone who has visited the Education Library & Curriculum Resources Centre in the middle of the day knows that it can be a busy (and often very noisy) place to study.  Much of the work done by Faculty of Education …

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Exhibition: Ink and Blood

  The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada and the   McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections present Ink and Blood, an exhibition on the works of Polish-born graphic artist, book illustrator, caricaturist and stage designer Arthur Szyk …

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Research Proust – Martin Morris

McGill Librarian Researcher Proust Questionnaire The Researcher Proust Questionnaire is a new twist on the Library Matters librarian questionnaire. The goals of the Researcher Proust are to share information about the current research interests of library staff and to provide …

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