Recent Posts
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Fri Aug 4th, 2017
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
Dreams of a Nation
Started in the 1990's, Dreams of a Nation is a Columbia University based archival project aiming at preserving and promoting Palestinian cinema. If the initial collect... MORE ► -
Fri Aug 4th, 2017
The Dark Room
Backstory: A history of McGill Student Publications
Guest post by Annelise Dowd. Annelise is a recent graduate of the McGill University Master of Information Studies program who worked on a practicum project working wit... MORE ► -
Wed Aug 2nd, 2017
The McLennan Post
Joyeux mois des fiertés québécoises | Happy Québec Pride Month !
Le Québec fête sa fierté LGBTQ+ et nous aussi ! #FiertéBiblio L'août marque le mois des fiertés québécoises qui se déroule dans trois de nos villes du Qu... MORE ► -
Wed Jul 5th, 2017
Rare Books and Special Collections at McGill
PRESENTING REID'S DIGITAL DESIGNS
"ROBERT R. REID: RE-READING (CLOSELY)" By Special Guest Writer : David Bellman, Research Curator, CAUSA / Collective for Advanced and Unified Studies in the V... 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 ► -
Fri Jun 9th, 2017
De re medica
Excision of Middle English Medical Recipes in Osler Library, Bibliotheca Osleriana 7591
Guest post by Patrick Outhwaite. Patrick is a PhD candidate at McGill University in the department of English under the supervision of Professor Michael Van Dussen. He... MORE ► -
Thu Mar 30th, 2017
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
Phonomenal! Rare sides from the history of sound recording
The latest Marvin Duchow Music Library (McGill University) exhibit explores the history of recorded sound through its rare collection of 20th century recordings and re... MORE ► -
Mon Feb 20th, 2017
Law Library Blog
Building Canada: One Law at a Time. New Exhibition at the Law Library
2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation, when the British North America Act of 1867 created the Dominion of Canada by unifying the colonies of Provi... MORE ► -
Sun Jan 29th, 2017
The Turret
Walk and work @ Schulich Library
It is important to move around throughout the day to meet those fitness goals, reduce stress, and get our creative juices flowing. Living through your average Montreal... MORE ► -
Thu Jul 21st, 2016
Management at the Library
Mid-summer update
It has been quite some time since I posted anything to this blog, but given that we're about half-way through our summer and my planning for the fall semester is in fu... MORE ► -
Fri Apr 29th, 2016
McGill Library and Archives feedback blog
McGill students accompanied by minor dependents
You said: I am writing to express my dismay over an incident that occurred at the McLennan Library over the Easter Weekend. I went to the library on Good Friday ... 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 ►