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Thu Jan 13th, 2022
The McLennan Post
Canada Reads 2022 at McGill
Canada Reads has just announced their 2022 longlist of titles for the Battle of the Books competition. From this list five books will be chosen by five different celeb... MORE ► -
Fri Dec 17th, 2021
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
Collection of Persian, Mughul and Indian Traditions Miniature Paintings
The Minassian collection consists of numerous precious miniature paintings from the Persian, Mughul and Indian traditions. The manuscripts and miniature paintings of t... MORE ► -
Fri Dec 10th, 2021
The Turret
Happy holidays! Joyeuses Fêtes!
We wish you a happy and healthy New Year. Que la nouvelle année vous apporte paix, santé et bonheur. Snow bowling pins... 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 ► -
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 ►