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Research Proust – Sharon Rankin

Our latest profile of librarian researchers is Sharon Rankin from Rare Books. Learn all about her work on the cultural heritage of our northern peoples.    Name Sharon Rankin Job Title  Liaison Librarian  Library  Rare Books and Special Collections   …

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Symposium: Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century

“Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century” Many if not most rare book libraries have a long and complicated history of acquisitions that reflects the varied interests of collectors and benefactors, of librarians …

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Exhibition: Strokes and Hairlines

Elegant Writing and its Place in Muslim Book Culture. An Exhibition in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.

Exhibition: Ink and Blood

  The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada and the   McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections present Ink and Blood, an exhibition on the works of Polish-born graphic artist, book illustrator, caricaturist and stage designer Arthur Szyk …

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