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 …Year-End Roundup: 2025 Most Searched and Borrowed Resources Read More »
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 …
Building Community and Care: A Student Wellness Partnership at the Nahum Gelber Law Library
A collaboration started in 2023 between the Office of the Dean of Students – including the Student Wellness Hub – and the Nahum Gelber Law Library continues to grow, creating new opportunities for connection, support, and wellbeing within the Faculty …
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 …McGill Libraries Uncovers Royal Bible Formerly Owned by King Charles I Read More »
Celebrating Homecoming 2025 with the Libraries
Make the Libraries your happy place during Homecoming. Reconnect with the McGill community this fall with a masterclass, exhibit tours, library tours, and more. Our 2025 Homecoming programming has something for everyone. Masterclass AI, Privacy, and the Public Good – …
Apple Season in Saguenay
Apple season is here! Try your hand at making a scrumptious Apple Dumpling or a custard! You’ll give yourself a chance to time-travel back to 1944. This recipe comes Mrs. Finley McLeod from the Saguenay Cook Book, published by the …
Something to Write Home About
Meet “Orvil,” a wide-eyed McGill freshman of 1930 whose letters home published in the 1931 Old McGill Yearbook are equal parts endearing, funny, and just a little bit cheeky. From missing the pigs back on the farm to navigating poetry …
The Journey of the Jingjiao Stele: From Tang China to Montreal
La version française suit. By Sophie Becquet, McGill Visual Arts Collection Student Intern (2024-) The Jingjiao (景教) Stele, or Xi’an Nestorian Stele, holds far more than meets the eye, bridging East and West through its cultural and religious significance and …The Journey of the Jingjiao Stele: From Tang China to Montreal Read More »
McGill Lends Medieval Treasures to Pointe-à-Callière’s Chevaliers/Knights Exhibit
La version française suit. McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections is proud to contribute to Pointe-à-Callière Museum’s latest exhibition, Chevaliers/Knights, currently on view in the Old Port of Montreal until October 19, 2025. Two exquisite 15th-century manuscript leaves from …McGill Lends Medieval Treasures to Pointe-à-Callière’s Chevaliers/Knights Exhibit Read More »
