Recent Posts
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Mon Jun 18th, 2018
De re medica
We're moving!
A charlatan speaking to a crowd. Donation of Mr. William H. Helfand. The Osler Library Prints Collection. Image # OPF001044. De re medica is moving and we promis... MORE ► -
Mon Jun 18th, 2018
The Turret
Exploring McGill on a rainy day
I'm taking advantage of this rainy day to tune in to the Mini-Science 2018 episodes: Women in Science at McGill (and beyond). This seven-part series was recorded and m... MORE ► -
Fri Jun 8th, 2018
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
A Piece of Heart and a Piece of Art: Damascus Room
Damascus Room, Syria, Damascus, 1766-67/ AH 1180, Wood (poplar) with gesso relief, copper and tin leaf, glazes and paint, plaster with stone paste inlays, and multic... MORE ► -
Wed May 9th, 2018
Rare Books and Special Collections at McGill
Nicholas Cronk on Voltaire at McGill
AN AMERICAN VOLTAIRE: The J. Patrick Lee Voltaire Collection at McGill By: Nicholas Cronk, Voltaire Foundation, Oxford University Published by Cambridge Schol... MORE ► -
Thu May 3rd, 2018
The McLennan Post
New Redpath Book Display: Art, Anarchy, Activism
Submitted on behalf of Jane McAslan In honour of Montreal’s Festival of Anarchy taking place this (and every) May, this display brings together books highlighting... MORE ► -
Mon Mar 19th, 2018
Management at the Library
Update
I'll be leaving McGill at the end of March to take a position at the MacOdrum Library at Carleton University in Ottawa. Accordingly, I won't be updating this blog a... MORE ► -
Mon Mar 12th, 2018
Law Library Blog
New “Well-being Collection” at the Law Library
In 2016, we started a “de-stress zone” at the Law Library, where we provide puzzles for students to help them relax. This initiative has been very successful with ... MORE ► -
Thu Dec 21st, 2017
The Dark Room
2017 year in review: Digitization
As 2017 comes to a close, the McGill Library has become the forefront in digitization. Not only has the library embarked on more systematic digitization projects, it h... MORE ► -
Tue Oct 24th, 2017
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
The Score's the Thing: Humour and the Absurd in the Music of Brian Cherney: new exhibit
The Marvin Duchow Music Library’s latest exhibition entitled, The Score’s the Thing: Humour and the Absurd in the Music of Brian Cherney celebrates the Canadian co... MORE ► -
Wed Jun 28th, 2017
APPpropos - The McGill Library Mobile Apps Blog
Google Translate to the rescue
Screencap of Google Translate in action (speech recognition from English to Italian) This spring, when my cousin asked me to quickly translate my uncle's eulogy ... MORE ► -
Thu Oct 2nd, 2014
E-Science Institute @ McGill
A world of possibilities
This past summer, McGill Library staff members got together to participate in an exercise introduced at the 2014 E-Science Institute capstone event. Everyone was ask... MORE ► -
Tue Apr 8th, 2014
The Chapbook Digitization Project
Celebrating the Digitization of McGill Library’s Chapbook Collection: An exhibition of British and American chapbooks
Celebrating the Digitization of McGill Library’s Chapbook Collection: An exhibition of British and American chapbooks This exhibition celebrates the creation of the... MORE ►