February is Colour Our Collections month – and even if it’s not formally organized this year (the last global campaign launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library wrapped in 2024), that doesn’t mean that we can’t brighten up …
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Notes from the Archive: A Summer with Architecture
La version française suit by Jessica Huang, Student Project Assistant, Rare Books & Special Collections, 2025 (BSc Pharmacology, Philosophy minor) The more abstract, the more ideal an art is, the more it reveals to us the temper of its age. …
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Explore the Quebec skiing history collection
A newly highlighted collection at McGill Libraries captures this rich history of skiing in Montreal and Quebec during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection consists of photographs, hotel advertisements and informational pamphlets, postcards, and ephemera illustrating the …
Brilliant Blues for Winter Days
By Octavian Sopt, Senior Documentation Technician, Rare Books and Special Collections At the onset of gray winter weather, I think about the multitude of vibrant colors that filled the exhibition cases in the 4th floor lobby of the McLennan Library …
A Noble Fragment
We had the great pleasure of chatting over a video conference call with author and journalist Michael Visontay, residing in Sydney, Australia, following the release of his most recent book Noble Fragments. It recounts the riveting story of Gabriel Wells, …
Holiday Remix | Rover’s Dinner Party
La version française suit. This festive scene is taken from Rover’s Dinner Party, was a part of the Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books series, published by Frederick Warne & Co. in the mid-to-late 19th century. This popular line of illustrated children’s books blended entertainment …
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
by Jenn Riley, Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives and Andrea Miller-Nesbitt, Liaison Librarian at Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering December 3 is the annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, as proclaimed in 1992 by the United …
Year-End Roundup: 2025 Most Searched and Borrowed Resources
This year, thousands of community members clicked, streamed, borrowed, bookmarked, binged, and dove deep into our collections. Now it’s time to look back at the topics and resources that defined your year. Whether you’re cozying up at home or logging …
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Exaltation, The Ionkhisotha Ahsonthennékha Karáhkwa/Nookomis Giizis/Tipiskâwi-pîsim/Moon and The Mihkinâhk/Turtle Lunar Calendar
La version française suit By Aurora Rose Desjarlais (Nêhiyawak/Plains Cree First Nations, McGill Visual Arts Collection Intern, 2025-) A sculpture that has always caught my eye on McGill’s campus is Exaltation by Giovanni Porretta. It is located in the James Sculpture …
McGill Libraries Uncovers Royal Bible Formerly Owned by King Charles I
La version française suit. The Cataloguing Team is part of McGill Libraries’ Collection Services and they process thousands of items each year, enhancing the searchability of the library materials. These materials include new acquisitions, as well as backlog collections. One …
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