Fiat Lux building project ramps up
The Fiat Lux building project is ramping up! Over several months beginning in early 2019, the building project team and working committees have been meeting to plan the next stage of the project. With the help of brightspot strategy, the Library’s master plan is …
Census Day 2018 report: McGill Library received 15,117 visits during a 24-hour period
On Monday, November 19th, 2018, Library and security staff asked individuals entering Library spaces to scan their McGill ID cards. Those without a McGill ID card were asked to choose their status on a paper form, e.g., undergraduate student, member …Census Day 2018 report: McGill Library received 15,117 visits during a 24-hour period Read More »
Some Rhyme, Some Chime: Practicing Enigmas and Charades with The Riddle Project
By Leehu Sigler Timeless Riddles is a ROAAr project dedicated to transcribing, solving, and researching riddles found in early manuscripts! Help us solve them all! “It is one thing…to have very good sense in a common way, like every body …Some Rhyme, Some Chime: Practicing Enigmas and Charades with The Riddle Project Read More »
Révolution! Le mouvement McGill français a maintenant 50 ans
McGill français! McGill au peuple! Ces slogans sont lancés en force d’une foule imposante de manifestants. Partis du carré Saint-Louis, les quelque 10 000 manifestants se heurtent à un barrage tout aussi imposant de près de 500 policiers et agents …Révolution! Le mouvement McGill français a maintenant 50 ans Read More »
Mickey Mouse Comes to McGill
Disney’s most memorable cartoon characters have come to McGill’s Visual Arts Collection. A new acquisition of Disney material, donated by long-time supporter of the Collection, Dr. Joanne Jepson (M.D.C.M. ’59), includes a multitude of sketch prints and celluloid images that …
#WordlessWednesdays commence
We have an incredible amount of photographs in our files. Photographs of collections, spaces, events, staff, technology, digitization and on and on. Contemporary and historical photographs, colour, black and white, you name it. Starting in March 2019, we will post …
The Recipes Project : Library Chat at the Osler
Welcome to a guest edition of Library Matters! This week’s blog is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Kernan of The Recipes Project. Dr. Kernan is an independent culinary historian who holds a Ph.D. in medieval history from The Ohio …
Library staff reveal their McGill Moments | McGill24 2019
McGill24, the University’s fourth annual day of giving is almost here. On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, the international McGill community will come together in a celebration of McGill Moments. Giving on that …Library staff reveal their McGill Moments | McGill24 2019 Read More »
