Rescuing 200 years of historical weather observations

By Lori Podolsky, Acting University Archivist, McGill University Archives La version française suit McGill’s meteorological history dates back over 150 years to the 1863 founding of the McGill Observatory by Dr. Charles Smallwood, one of the few official Canadian observers recognized by …

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April 28, 2017

V.A.C. Max Stern Fellow and tour guide Hayley Eaves giving a tour to high school students as part of a collaboration with Enrolment Services, March 2017. In the background: Ernestine Tahedl’s Lantern, 1968. Photo credit: Gwendolyn Owens.

Public art tours celebrate Montréal 375

La version française suit By Vanessa Di Francesco, Visual Arts Collection Coordinator Nearly a year ago, McGill’s Visual Arts Collection (V.A.C.) launched an art education initiative to offer free guided weekly tours of the downtown campus’ public art. Departing from the …

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April 28, 2017

Une entrevue avec notre stagiaire Sophie Ientile, étudiante de l’Énssib

Ce printemps, la Bibliothèque Osler de l’histoire de la médecine a accueilli Sophie Ientile en tant que stagiaire. Sophie est étudiante à l’École nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (Énssib) à Lyon, France. Library Matters a discuté avec …

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April 25, 2017

The Research Commons turns one

The Research Commons is an exciting, technology-enhanced, collaborative space located in the Redpath Library Building. It brings together services and resources to support McGill students, faculty, staff and researchers and provides spaces, support, and equipment for incorporating cutting-edge technology into research …

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March 23, 2017

A tiny (60mm) book from our Sheila R. Bourke collection of children's literature! | Biography of eminent persons: alphabetically arranged | with portraits from drawings by Alfred Mills | London: printed for Darton, Harvey & Darton and J. Harris, 1814 | Sheila R. Bourke Collection PZ6 B56 1814 |

McGill_Rare Instagram: Revealing matchless treasures to a global community

February 19 marks the one year anniversary of the McGill_Rare Instagram account. 365 days and over 3,300 followers later, this social media initiative, started by four McGill librarians, continues to develop an online following made up of bibliophiles and people …

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February 19, 2017

Every Stamp a Story: Exhibition Opening & Lecture

January 12, 2017 Lecture by David M. Lank CM, F.R.S.A., F.R.C.G.S. In its first event of the year, the Friends of the McGill Library presented David Lank, Director Emeritus of the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies at McGill, who gave …

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January 23, 2017

3D printing 101 – an introduction

Written by: Chantal Petgrave, 3D Printing peer tutor, Humanities & Social Sciences Library (BA, Industrial Relations, class of 2018) Have you ever been sitting in Research Commons Room B and heard a mechanical tittering sound, only to look up and …

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January 9, 2017

2016 year in review: digital collections

In 2016, the McGill Library launched three new digital collections: Islamic Lithographs, Wilder Penfield’s fonds and McGill University theses and dissertations. These interdisciplinary projects bring together primary source books, prints, photographs, letters, drawings, research and scholarly works that date as far …

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December 21, 2016

Friend of the Year award presented to the Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation

On December 1st, 2016, The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation was presented with the Friends of the McGill Library’s Friend of the Year award at their Annual General Meeting. The foundation was named for an extraordinary couple who, counting 7 McGill …

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December 9, 2016

ROAAr Newsletter: Community and Collections at the McGill Library

ROAAr comes together to remember The Visual Arts Collection is using materials from across ROAAr to honour fallen McGillians and trace the post-First World War evolution of the McGill campus in a new exhibit titled “Through Tragedy We Transform.” Read …

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December 1, 2016