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Fri Oct 15th, 2021
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
MuslimARC (Anti Racism Collaborative)
Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC) is a human rights education organization attempting to raise awareness and provide training for Muslim communities about r... MORE ► -
Fri Oct 15th, 2021
The McLennan Post
Queer History Month - A Redpath Exhibition
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library would like to wish the McGill University Community a Happy 2021 Queer History Month. Every year in Canada,&nb... MORE ► -
Mon Sep 27th, 2021
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
75th anniversary of Viola Desmond challenging racial segregation
On November 1946, Viola Desmond, an African-Nova Scotian businesswoman, challenged racial discrimination when she refused to leave the segregated whites-only section o... MORE ► -
Wed Sep 8th, 2021
The Turret
New! The Turret Newsletter
Sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter, The Turret, directly to your inbox. The Turret brings you news on services, events, and other items of interest from the S... MORE ► -
Thu Apr 22nd, 2021
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
Catching up at the (virtual) service desk with Jazz Guitar Instructor Carlos Jimenez
This series features Schulich School of Music faculty presenting a selectionof books and music that they are exploring – for edification, inspiration, ordistraction ... MORE ► -
Fri Jul 6th, 2018
Rare Books and Special Collections at McGill
The RBSC blog has moved!
We've moved our blog over to Library Matters, where we will be posting content alongside our McGill Library colleagues. Reading Room of the Redpath Library in 189... MORE ► -
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 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 ► -
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 ► -
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 ► -
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 ►