Recent Posts
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Wed Mar 25th, 2020
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
New Wellness Libguide
Working from home on this Wellness Wednesday, and with all the stress and news about the COVID19 virus around the world and in my own neighborhood, I decided to focus ... MORE ► -
Mon Mar 23rd, 2020
The McLennan Post
Self-Isolation Care Package
Dear McGill Community & Beyond, This past week the Library has been continuing to provide services online. We are settling into our new reality and prepared to ... MORE ► -
Mon Mar 23rd, 2020
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
A selection of electronic resources for Islamic, Middle East and South Asia studies
AMIR (Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources) "began as a consequence of a series of conversations in 2010 between Charles Jones and Peter Magierski at New York Unive... MORE ► -
Fri Mar 20th, 2020
The Turret
How to find and evaluate reliable evidence-based health information
As I write this I am sitting in my newly set up home office and doing my part to help "flatten the curve" of covid-19. I began my career at the Herzl Family Medicine C... MORE ► -
Fri Nov 8th, 2019
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
Introducing Arvind at the Marvin Duchow Music Library!
Did you know the Marvin Duchow Music Library has over 200,000 music scores, recordings, books, journals, and online resources? And that the Library has a computer room... 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 ►