Year-End Roundup: Looking Back at 2024’s Most Searched and Borrowed resources

Whether you’re settling in at home or adventuring afar, the Libraries are here to keep you connected, informed, and entertained throughout the holiday break. With 24/7 access to a vast collection of digital resources—articles, e-books, journals, newspapers, databases, and more—you’ll …

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December 2, 2024

Deborah Ahenkorah on Her Journey as a MISt Fellow & working at the Libraries

Lire la version française Deborah Ahenkorah is one of the first recipients of McGill University’s Master of Information Studies (MISt) Fellowship for Black Students, an initiative designed to support and amplify the voices of students of Black heritage in the …

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November 28, 2024

The Rhodes Hours: female devotional culture in early Renaissance France

Iris Bednarski is a fourth-year Honours Art History student and the Editor-in-Chief of Canvas: McGill’s Undergraduate Journal of Art History & Communications. Against the blue-tiled floor of a cavernous hall, a noblewoman kneels to pray. She clasps her hands …

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November 27, 2024

Who Were the First? The Accomplishments of Women at McGill in the 19th and 20th Centuries

The Indigenous Mentorship and Paid Research Experience for Summer Students (IMPRESS) offers Indigenous undergraduate students from McGill or other Quebec post-secondary institutions, a unique experiential learning opportunity to conduct research with a McGill professor, or to work on a project at one …

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November 26, 2024

Chris Burns appointed Director of Rare Books and Special Collections

La version française suit. McGill University Libraries are delighted to welcome Chris Burns as the new Director of Rare Books and Special Collections. Burns has served at the University of Vermont’s Silver Special Collections Library since 2001, where he held …

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November 21, 2024

Illustrated historical atlas of the counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, 1878.

McGill’s Ontario Historical County Atlases Collection Coming to Canadiana through the Call for Canadiana Collection Development Projects

La version française suit (excerpt from CRKN press release dated 19 November 2024) The Canadiana collection is expanding with the addition of six new collections from CRKN member institutions. Selected by CRKN’s Canadiana Content Sub-Committee (CCSC) through the inaugural Call for Canadiana Collection Development Projects, …

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November 20, 2024

Leah Louttit-Bunker in front of her poster illustrating her research.

A Summer with McGill archival collections: Enhancing Information Accessibility Through Historical Research & Language Digitization Projects

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November 20, 2024

Natalie Waters appointed Associate Dean, Research & Scholarship

La version française suit McGill University Libraries are pleased to welcome Natalie Waters as the new Associate Dean, Research & Scholarship, on a five-year term, ending November 2029. Natalie Waters has been leading the Research and Scholarship team on an …

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November 12, 2024

Commemorating Remembrance Day at McGill Libraries

To mark Remembrance Day, take in this selection of historical materials, poems, newspapers, diaries, artworks, and artifacts from our extensive collections. Handwritten poem of McCrae’s “In Flanders fields” John McCrae’s poem remains one of the most influential pieces of Canadian …

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October 29, 2024