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Thu Jun 13th, 2019
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
Islamic Philosophy Online PHILOSOPHIA ISLAMICA
Islamic philosophy is an online resource dedicated to the study of Islamic Philosophy from Abbasid period to the present. The website was started in July 2001 a... MORE ► -
Wed Jun 12th, 2019
The McLennan Post
The MAP Project - Montreal historical geographic information
The MAP Project :“Montréal, l’avenir du passé” (Montréal, The Future of the Past) When you need a break from your summer Montreal walkabouts, consider expl... MORE ► -
Thu Jun 6th, 2019
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
Legal (Library) Tech
Legal technology has never been more in the spotlight than it is now. In 2018, investments in legal technology companies reached US $1 billion. Then, just days into th... MORE ► -
Thu Mar 28th, 2019
The Turret
Benefits and risks of Mars Colonization
A big thank you to Steve Lee and Anthony Johansen for submitting their Engineering Professional Practice (FACC 400) blog post to The Turret. This guest post will have... MORE ► -
Fri Oct 26th, 2018
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
Women, Work, and Song in Nineteenth-Century France: new exhibition
The Marvin Duchow Music Library’s new exhibition, Women, Work, and Song in Nineteenth-Century France, explores women’s work and the cultural work about women in po... 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 ►