24/5 access at HSSL starts today!

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Starting today, Monday, February 27, HSSL will be open for study 24 hours a day from Sunday night to Thursday. We’ll still be closing at midnight on Friday and Saturday nights.

24-hour access is provided (Sunday through Thursday) to the study spaces in the Redpath Library Building and on the main floor of the McLennan Library Building.

The upper floors of McLennan (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) are open for study until midnight. Students still studying on those floors at midnight will be asked to move to the McLennan main floor or over to the Redpath Library Building.

Anyone wanting to enter the Library after midnight will require a valid McGill ID card.

For full details on our opening and service hours, please visit our web site.

Check out books using your mobile device!

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This week we started a pilot project to try out the meeScan self-serve checkout system. This system allows you to use the camera in your phone or tablet to scan in and checkout a book. You then use the meeScan station to demagnetize the book, and you’re all done!

In HSSL our meeScan station is located in the course reserves room.

The purpose of this pilot is for us to get feedback from our patrons on this service, what they like about it, what needs to be improved etc. So if you are someone who likes trying out new things, why not give it a try and let us know what you think!

You’ll find complete instructions, including an instructional video, on our meeScan trial page.

To send us your feedback on the meeScan service, use our Suggestion Form.

New books in management and business at HSSL!

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I’ve updated my list of new management and business titles to include the 60+ books that have come in since November:

New Books in Management and Business: May 2016 to present
https://goo.gl/C999MK

Also, the list of books that either won or were listed for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award over the past 10 years is almost complete:

Financial Times – Best Business Books 2006-2016
https://goo.gl/CJnlnt

If there are any titles that we don’t have at the Library and that should be part of our collection, please feel free to send us your suggestions!