ROAAr Rare Materials Consultation Room opens September 14
Updated October 2, 2020:听听
This service is now available by appointment only and limited to those who cannot consult rare material by other means. Please email rarebooks.library [at] mcgill.ca for more information.
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Book your Study Hub spot today!
Beginning September 8, McGill students can take advantage of new Study Hubs on our campuses - re-imagined safe spaces that are designed for quiet and individual study. These spaces at the Redpath Library Building, Nahum Gelber Law Library, and Macdonald Campus will be retrofitted to allow for social distancing and will follow all of McGill鈥檚 careful safety protocols, including enhanced cleaning, mandatory mask use when circulating, safe lineups, and clear signage.
Coming soon! Study Hubs at McGill
Beginning September 8, McGill students can take advantage of new Study Hubs on our campuses - re-imagined safe spaces that are designed for quiet and individual study. These spaces will be retrofitted to allow for social distancing and will follow all of McGill鈥檚 careful safety protocols, including enhanced cleaning, mandatory mask use when circulating, safe lineups, and clear signage.
Hub Locations
Store, share, publish and discover research data at McGill with Dataverse
Increase the visibility of your research, preserve your data, fulfill grant mandates and more with Dataverse. Dataverse, a local solution for research data management and archiving is now available at McGill. McGill faculty, students, researchers and staff are welcome to deposit datasets in the McGill Dataverse repository. All data are stored securely on servers located in Canada. Data can be publicly accessible, available to specific individuals, or private/restricted.
All checked out items due between March 1, 2020 and January 3, 2021 automatically renewed to January 4, 2021
The Library has聽automatically renewed聽all checked-out items that were originally due between March 1, 2020 and January 3, 2021. The new due date for these materials will be January 4, 2021. After January 4, checked-out items聽will automatically be renewed unless the user account has expired or if a hold is placed on the item.
No virtual reference services Monday, September 7
Please note that virtual reference services聽will not be available on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labour聽Day.
Questions? Ask Us!
Virtual Reference Service available seven days a week starting August 31
Need help navigating a database? Looking to track down reliable information for your research project or paper? McGill librarians are here to answer your questions and help you find what you are looking for.
Terrace Pickup Service expands to include print books from Islamic Studies Library & the Marvin Duchow Music Library
The Library is pleased to announce that McGill students, faculty and staff can now take advantage of an expanded Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS).
Coming soon: The McGill Library Orientation Game | Raising Spirits: a Timely Diversion
The McGill library is offering an innovative activity to welcome new, current, and former McGillians back to campus, even if only in spirit. We hope to draw everyone back from afar with the aid of their computers: to entice them with the comfort of beloved spaces, the feel of delving into the library鈥檚 vast collections, and the irresistible pull of a mystery.
Small-scale digitization of rare and special collections available as of August 3rd
Beginning the week of August 3rd, McGill Library will resume digitization of our聽rare and special collections聽on a small scale.聽The initial rollout of this service聽prioritizes the McGill community as it prepares for fall 2020 virtual teaching.聽McGill students, faculty, and staff may place聽requests using the聽on-de
Visual rebranding of McGill Library鈥檚 WorldCat Discovery Catalogue going live July 24, 2020
As you may know, McGill Library has partnered with聽the聽Bureau de coop茅ration interuniversitaire聽(BCI) and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to implement a unified catalogue that rolled out on July 8, 2020. Learn more聽here.
New! McLennan-Redpath Terrace Pick-Up Service
The Library is pleased to announce that McGill students, faculty and staff can now take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). The initial rollout of this service provides access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library only. Materials from other branches are not available during the first phase of this service.
Coming soon! McLennan-Redpath Terrace Pick-Up Service
Beginning the week of July 20, McGill students, faculty and staff will be able to take advantage of a Terrace Pickup Service for print books not available electronically or through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS). The initial rollout of this service will provide access to books housed in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex and the Nahum Gelber Law Library only.
Retrieving materials from BCI institutions not possible due to COVID-19 service disruptions
McGill Library is partnering with the Bureau de coop茅ration interuniversitaire (BCI) and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to provide the Quebec scholarly community with access to three digital platforms.
Cancellation notice sent to users who placed holds
This week, McGill Library staff members will begin to check-in items that have been returned during the closure period. In order to begin this process, the McGill Library staff members will cancel all holds and requests placed on McGill items.
Users who have placed a hold on a returned item will get a notice indicating that their hold has been cancelled.
