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Thu Oct 17th, 2019
مدونة مكتبة الدراسات الاسلامية في جامعة مكغيل
A quick guide to transliterating Arabic, Persian or Urdu on your computer
Scholars in the West relying on sources in languages written in Arabic script (such as Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish or Urdu) often need -if only to search the libr... MORE ► -
Mon Sep 23rd, 2019
The Turret
CAR T-Cell Therapy: A New Era in Cancer Treatments
A big thank you to Reese Ladak for submitting their MIMM 214 assignment to post on The Turret. This guest post may give you new hope about the future of cancer treatme... MORE ► -
Thu Sep 19th, 2019
Nahum Gelber Law Library Blog
Our library's first escape room - are you up to the challenge?
Gamification is a hot trend in libraries these days, particularly when it comes to teaching information literacy. It is no stranger in the teaching of legal research e... MORE ► -
Tue Sep 17th, 2019
The McLennan Post
A celebration of Indigenous heritage, resistance, love and literature
On September 20th, Lower Field will play host to the 19th Annual McGill Pow Wow, a full day of traditional dancing and drumming. The Pow Wow is only one of many exciti... MORE ► -
Fri Sep 13th, 2019
Flipside: behind the scenes at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Born on this day 200 years ago, Clara Schumann has moved slowly but decisively from the periphery to the centre of the music history canon, now included in music histo... 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 ►