Recent Posts
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Tue Aug 3rd, 2021
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
Islamic Studies as Sacrificial Listening
Islamic Studies as Sacrificial Listening is the research blog of Dr. David Vishanoff, Associate Professor in Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma. His resea... MORE ► -
Thu Jul 22nd, 2021
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
Daniel Boyer elected Associate Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law
Mtre Daniel Boyer’s work over the past two decades as Wainwright Librarian at the Gelber Law Library, McGill University and beyond has been once again recently under... MORE ► -
Mon Jun 7th, 2021
The McLennan Post
Books on Residential Schools in Canada
Content warning: residential schools McGill University is located on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, includ... MORE ► -
Fri May 28th, 2021
The Turret
COVID-19 & The Elderly: Why Does Age Play a Critical Factor in Disease Outcome?
Image from Wikimedia Commons Thanks very much to Melisa Eraslan for submitting her MIMM 214 assignment to post on The Turret. This guest post will explain why older... 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 ►