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Thu Aug 15th, 2019
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
Islamic Painted Page
Islamic Painted Page is a huge free database of Persian, Ottoman, Arab and Mughal paintings, illuminations, decorated Qur'an pages, book bindings as well as figurative... MORE ► -
Tue Aug 6th, 2019
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
Barbara Strozzi @400
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of composer and singer Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). Resource obtained from Wikimedia Commons Barbara Strozzi launched her ca... MORE ► -
Mon Jul 22nd, 2019
The McLennan Post
Summer Reads are Back Again!
The return of an old favourite display: Summer Reads are back in the Redpath Book Display! We have a new selection of fun novels, classic reads, graphic novels, and... MORE ► -
Fri Jul 19th, 2019
The Turret
Temporary closure of the Schulich Library
On May 15th, 2019 the Schulich Library closed for major renovation work. Schulich staff and collections have been relocated to the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex. Ad... MORE ► -
Thu Jun 20th, 2019
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
LégisQuébec – The (In)completeness of an Official Consolidated Law
Earlier this week, a patron called the library asking about the publication procedure for Quebec legislation. He wanted to know whether the consolidated statutes and r... 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 ► -
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 ►