Queen Beryl and her court

Campus Royalty

We spoke with royalty for this week’s episode of Voices from The Footnotes, our ROAAr library podcast. McGill royalty to be precise. Step back in time to 1949, 1951 and 1958, as Beryl Rapier, Dorothy Baxter and Rae Tucker Rambally …

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Open Access Deal- Institute of Physics (IOP)

This winter is full of great open access news. Following on the heels of the Cambridge open access deal, we are excited to announce an OA agreement with the Institute of Physics (IOP). This agreement allows corresponding authors publishing in …

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Zoomed in detail on wide tree view of new Archival Collections Catalogue interface.

Archival Collections Catalogue interface tweaked for increase ease of use

by Anna Dysert, Associate Librarian, Archives and Manuscripts/Special Collections, Collection Services The McGill Library Archival Collections Catalogue has switched over to a more user-friendly interface to help users navigate archival descriptions. The fresh look will allow researchers to better visualize the relationships between records in a fonds or collection and move between record descriptions. …

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Open Access Agreement | Cambridge University Press

McGill University Library is excited to announce the signing of an open access agreement with Cambridge University Press. McGill corresponding authors publishing with Cambridge’s journals have the option to make their work open at no cost. Eligible authors will receive …

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Food for Thought: Riddles and Riddling Ways Exhibit

Explore different mealtime riddle practices in this curated exhibit of items from McGill’s Collections and beyond, and the way games, puzzles and play both educate and entertain. One way to connect with family and friends is over a meal or …

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Cover art for numerous documentary films featured in Docuseek's Black History Month Collection.

Black History Month | Library resources & initiatives

Every February during Black History Month, we are invited to recognize and celebrate the Black experience, and contributions that Black people have made, and continue to make, in all sectors of society. We’ve brought together some major resources and initiatives …

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Caption This: Should have stayed home

Caption This! We offer you a new series for a new year. This photo from our McGill University Archives Photo Collection is one of many about which we have little information. While often we may have a date range, some …

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Felt “M” patch, undated. McGill University Archives, (2006-0083.11.1).

Zoom Backgrounds | McGilliana: 200 Years of Student Life

Brighten up your virtual learning spaces with new Zoom backgrounds featuring postcards and objects from ROAAr’s most recent virtual exhibit McGilliana: 200 Years of Student Life. “Each item in this [bicentennial] exhibition is part of one or many stories about …

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Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), water colour by Peter Paillou, undated. Taylor White Collection: MSG BW002, item 042. Blacker Wood Collection, Rare Books & Special Collections, McGill Library.

The Taylor White Project, 2018-2021

By Victoria Dickenson, Professor of Practice, McGill Library This project was funded by Insight Development Program at Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Overview The Taylor White Research Project focused on the documentation and analysis of a unique “paper …

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Year in Review: Most searched & borrowed titles of 2021

Whether you are staying in or heading out, the Library’s electronic resources continue to be available to you, 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Articles, e-books, e-journals, newspapers, databases – you name it, we probably have it and McGill students, faculty, and …

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