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Informal talk with Alberto Manguel now online

Book cover, Alberto Manguel's Curiosity

by Ann Vroom, Chair, Friends of the McGill Library It was a sold-out crowd at the Friends of the Library evening March 12, 2015 at our event On Reading, Writing and Fiddling with Words: an Informal Talk with Alberto Manguel.  …

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March 18: Faculty symposium on the future of academic research libraries

Redpath Library Building, Old McGill Yearbook, 1962

McGill Library and Archives is proud to be hosting McGill’s first ever (to our knowledge) Faculty symposium on the future of academic research libraries. Our visionary speakers have over 100 years of collective knowledge and leadership expertise within the fields …

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On Reading, Writing and Fiddling with Words: An Informal Talk with Alberto Manguel

Blackader bookshelf

On Thursday, March 12 at 6pm in Rare Books & Special Collections (McLennan Library Building – 4th floor), join McGill University Library & Archives and the Friends of the Library for this special talk as we celebrate the publication of Meetings with Books: …

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Recent public lecture given by Alberto Manguel now available online

On Tuesday, October 14, at 6pm in the Birks Reading Room, McGill visiting scholar Alberto Manguel gave a special public lecture titled “Sherlock Holmes in Buenos Aires: Borges & the detective story”. The lecture can now be viewed on the …

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Happy Holidays! Joyeuses Fêtes!

The Library is closed for the holidays from Thursday, December 25, 2014 through Sunday, January 4, 2015, inclusive. All branches will open on Monday, January 5, 2015. Until then…

What does the Library of the 21st century look like to you?

“Redpath Library Building” by Sarah Severson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

The McGill Library is conducting a feasibility study to examine the research, teaching and learning needs of the community. We are currently at the tail end of the first phase of this 6-9 month study. The architectural firms of Shepley Bulfinch …

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Library & Archives events & exhibits commemorating the centenary of the First World War

Over the course of the 2014-15 academic year, McGill University Library & Archives has scheduled several special events and exhibits to commemorate  the centenary of the First World War. Special event McGill’s illuminated Book of Remembrance digitized and on display …

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Celebrating a quarter century of support: an interview with Friends of the Library Chair Cecil Rabinovitch

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Friends of the Library of McGill University. In 1989, a small group of Montrealers met in support of the Library’s mission.   Some were McGill graduates, many were not, but …

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McGill Library welcomes distinguished writer and scholar Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel reading

By: Steven Spodek, Development Officer, McGill Library Alberto Manguel, distinguished author and scholar, is spending the fall 2014 semester at the McGill Library as Scholar in Residence. Manguel is one of the world’s great writers and readers. He is a member …

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Practicum Pause: an interview with Diana DiFrancesco

Arts Building rendering designed by Greg Houston, McGill Library

During the winter 2014 semester, the McGill Library welcomed 5 practicum students from the McGill School of Information Studies (SIS). The SIS website outlines the practicum experience as a 3 credit academic elective course in which master’s-level students participate in field practice under …

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