In response to new measures announced by 香蕉视频 and the Government of Quebec to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, the Library is temporarily closing most physical spaces and all stack areas to the McGill community and reinstating four services: Study Hubs, HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), a temporary Pickup Service, and the ROAAr Digitization on Demand Service.
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Published on: 5 Jan 2022
The McGill Library is aligning its branch activities during the first week of the Winter 2022 semester with general McGill directives outlined in the allnote sent out to McGill students, faculty and staff dated Friday, December 17.
An excerpt from the message reads:
Directives in effect December 24, 2021 to January 9, 2022
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Published on: 21 Dec 2021
Updated December 8 at 9:10am
This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
A current technical issue is affecting access to McGill's聽e-books.
Taylor & Francis webpages are either saying that 鈥測ou don鈥檛 seem to have access鈥� or that 鈥測our institution has not purchased this content鈥�.
We have alerted the publisher & apologize for any inconvenience. We will keep you updated. Thank you.
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Published on: 7 Dec 2021
Updated December 2 at 4:22pm.聽
This technical issue has been resolved. Thank you for your understanding.
The Library is聽currently experiencing聽an issue affecting authenticated access to online resources via EZproxy.聽Please use VPN as an alternate method of authentication while the issue is being investigated.
Please check this news item for more updates on the situation.聽
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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Published on: 2 Dec 2021
As of Wednesday, December 1, the McGill community can take advantage of a new, heated, outdoor area.聽
Heaters in the tent located on the McLennan-Redpath terrace will聽provide McGill students, staff and faculty with a safe, warm, space聽to聽take a break, dine, study,聽and socialize.
Heaters will be operational Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM (excluding holidays).
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Published on: 26 Nov 2021
Updated December 3, 9:25am
The week of November 22, the Library was experiencing two issues impacting user experience for Wiley and OverDrive e-book titles in which only a small portion of the Library's Wiley e-book titles were underrepresented in the Sofia catalogue and OverDrive holdings were overrepresented.
The original issue for Wiley has been fixed but the OverDrive issue, outlined below, is still outstanding.
Thank you for your patience as this technical issue is resolved.
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Published on: 23 Nov 2021
Updated December 21, 2021
All聽Library branches will close at 5:00PM聽on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 and will reopen on Monday, January 10, 2022.聽
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Published on: 22 Nov 2021
The聽Library聽is excited to announce an open access agreement with Karger Publishing.
As of聽January 1, 2022, McGill corresponding authors submitting to Karger journals will have the option to make their work open access at no cost.聽聽
Note the following exceptions however:聽
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Published on: 17 Nov 2021
Beginning in December, two branches will be open later to give you more time to study and get your work done.
From Wednesday, December 1 to Tuesday, December 21, the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library聽will be open for study purposes 24 hours per day, 7聽days a week.
Please note that:
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Published on: 16 Nov 2021
As of December 1, McGill students are able to access the Nahum Gelber Law Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As agreed between the Students' Society of 香蕉视频 (SSMU) and the Law Students Association (LSA), the Nahum Gelber Law Library will limit access to the three upper floors of the library to Law students only during the December 7 to 21 examination period. Details are as follows:
- Floors 3, 4 and 5 will be limited to Law students from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday during the two-week period.
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Published on: 16 Nov 2021
Contractors for the City of Montreal will be working on modifications to the east sidewalk on聽McTavish Street (between Sherbrooke and Dr. Penfield) from Monday, November 8 to Wednesday, November 10 inclusive.聽A聽security perimeter will be installed to ensure the safety of pedestrians.
Please note:
- The work will be divided into 3 sections, beginning with the portion closest to Dr. Penfield which is scheduled for Monday, November 8.
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Published on: 8 Nov 2021
McGill Library鈥檚 Innovation Commons is happy to announce the launch of its One Button Studio!
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Published on: 4 Nov 2021
Background
The open access repository has been active since 2006 and is home to more than 49,000 theses from McGillians past and present.
The illustrated here聽currently graces the eScholarship page聽header. It is from the Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, Flemish or English, c.1450 in the Library鈥檚 collection.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2021
Help the McGill Library聽raise money for Centraide of Greater Montreal by giving to a charity that supports nearly 350 agencies and projects in the Greater Montreal Area with the aim of breaking the cycle of poverty and social exclusion.
This year, the McGill Library is offering a one-time Holiday Book Box for a minimum donation of $5 (all proceeds go toward Centraide).
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Published on: 14 Oct 2021
As of Wednesday, October 27, all users of McGill鈥檚 library system will need to show their vaccine passport and current McGill ID card to physically access library spaces. To quicken the check-in process, the Library is implementing a Fast-Pass sticker that will allow users to access library spaces while reducing lineups. The sticker will be placed on the McGill ID and will need to be shown to safety ambassadors at all Library entrances once the vaccine passport system is implemented.
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Published on: 7 Oct 2021
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