Friends of the McGill Library: Fall 2020 Update
Dear Friends, A warm hello to all of the Friends of the Library. I’m looking forward to getting together with you in the coming months as we move forward with our Fall program, which will be presented virtually for the …
Pagniq Sniffs the Wind by Pudlo Pudlat
By Catie Galbraith, Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative (ISCEI) Research Assistant Pudlo Pudlat was born on Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island) in 1916. He lived in this region of Nunavut for much of his life, leading a semi-nomadic lifestyle. Pudlat did …
In process: Witold Rybczynski papers
New at McGill Library, the Witold Rybczynski Fonds – book manuscripts and proofs, research materials, reviews, correspondence, teaching materials, slides, and digital files – represent a career as author and educator. Witold Rybczynski is a critically acclaimed and award-winning Canadian-American …
More Zoom Backgrounds: ROAAr edition
Back by popular demand, we’ve got more Zoom backgrounds for students, faculty and staff to use as we start the academic year. In April, we featured campus places and library spaces. This time, we invite you to take in and …
Salvaged Starpod: Architect Louis Sullivan in McGill’s Visual Arts Collection
An object in the Visual Arts Collection links McGill and Louis Sullivan, a famous founder of modern architecture.
Dr. Jessica Stacey on Voltaire
Dr. Jessica Stacey is a recipient of the 2019 Raymond Klibansky Collection Research Travel Grant, awarded to pursue research with McGill’s Voltaire Collection. At the McGill Library last autumn, I was putting the finishing touches on a foreword to the …
Launch | The McGill Library Orientation Game – “Raising Spirits: A Timely Diversion”
As we all prepare for a virtual fall semester, the McGill library is offering an innovative activity to welcome new, current, and former McGillians back to campus, even if only in spirit. We hope to draw everyone back from afar with the aid of their computers: to …Launch | The McGill Library Orientation Game – “Raising Spirits: A Timely Diversion” Read More »
Data sets from McGill’s digital collections now available for text-mining and data-intensive research
By Alexandra Kohn, Head, Copyright Office Collections as Data is a movement in the cultural heritage sector to make our collections machine-actionable and available at scale for data-intensive research. Inspired by the Institute of Museum and Library Service-funded project Always …
