Welcome to a guest edition of Library Matters! This week’s blog is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Kernan of The Recipes Project. Dr. Kernan is an independent culinary historian who holds a Ph.D. in medieval history from The Ohio …
Blog Archives
Women in the Driver’s Seat
A handbook for all women who motor or who want to motor… by Dorothy Levitt Advice for Women in Cars: –“Regarding coats—there is nothing like a thick frieze, homespun, or tweed, lined with Jaeger or fur. The former has the advantage of being lighter …
Boat stories
In the late 1940s, McGill received an extensive set of ships’ badges from the Royal Navy. These were to serve as decoration on the walls of the swimming pool of the newly erected Memorial Hall. The British Admiralty had already …
How Many Can You Solve? : The Riddle Project
By Leehu Sigler The Riddle Project is a ROAAr project dedicated to transcribing, solving, and researching riddles found in early manuscripts! Help us solve them all! What can promote innocent mirth, and I may say virtue, more than a good …
The confessions of a rabbit woman and other recently digitized tales from the Osler Library
Currently on display in the lobby of the McLennan Library is the exhibit, “Curiosities of Conception,” co-curated by Frances Cullen and Shana Cooperstein with contributions by Robin Lynch, Lauren Harnish, Rach Klein, Anya Kowalchuk, and Kristy Kong. The exhibit …
Library Banners Brighten Up the Winter Months
This winter has been a little rougher than usual with lots of unstable weather conditions and not much sunshine. Fortunately, you may be greeted by a little pop of colour on campus if you walk on the main pathway between …
Colour our collections
Join us in a social media colouring fest! McGill Library, along with hundreds of our friends at libraries, museums, and cultural institutions around the world, has turned our collections into colouring books. We’re sharing material from the Osler Library of the …
Celebrating three years of the Michele Larose-Osler Library Artist-in-Residence Programme
On 7 February 2019, the Osler Library will host a vernissage to mark the opening of an exhibit by 2018 Larose-Osler Artist-in-Residence Caroline Boileau, “Corps qui hantent d’autres corps.” Boileau is the third artist selected for the residency, and …
The Story of a Scroll
The McGill Library has one of the best institutional libraries in Canada for medieval artefacts. This medieval scroll representing a genealogy of the Kings of England up to 1461, is one of four medieval-era artefacts that went on loan to the …
It’s a Slam Dunk: Inspiring a Nation of Youth
– Written by Lori Podolsky – How does a building with “unadorned simplicity of its exterior, the forbidding gloom of its interior, the patched condition of its flooring and the holey state of its roof” inspire a nation of youth? …
Contact Us!
If you have any questions, comments, or even an idea for a story, let us know!