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Notes from the Archive: A Summer with Architecture

Charcoal and graphite sketches from Hugh McLennan student work fonds

by Jessica Huang, Student Project Assistant, Rare Books & Special Collections, 2025 (BSc Pharmacology, Philosophy minor) “The more abstract, the more ideal an art is, the more it reveals to us the temper of its age. If we wish to …

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Archival Collections Catalogue interface tweaked for increase ease of use

Zoomed in detail on wide tree view of new Archival Collections Catalogue interface.

by Anna Dysert, Associate Librarian, Archives and Manuscripts/Special Collections, Collection Services The McGill Library Archival Collections Catalogue has switched over to a more user-friendly interface to help users navigate archival descriptions. The fresh look will allow researchers to better visualize the relationships between records in a fonds or collection and move between record descriptions. …

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A monumental scan : Nobbs’ Bird’s-Eye View of McGill University

McGill crest detail from Nobbs' Bird's Eye View with scan in the background.

La version française suit By Greg Houston, Digitization Administrator & New Media Administrator Since its inception in 1996, the library digitization lab — formerly the Digital Collection Program — has captured and provided access to millions of pages and objects …

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Practicum Pause: An interview with Heather Rogers & Jean-Sébastien Sauvé

Portrait of practicum students

Every year the McGill Library welcomes graduate students into the Library to work on various projects for a semester as a part of their studies. This year Digital Initiatives hosted two students: Heather Rogers from the McGill School of Information …

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