Entrance to McLennan Library Building temporarily closed for repairs
Update, June 21: Repairs have been completed and the McLennan doors are now open again. Please use the main entrance of McLennan to enter the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. (Please note: the temporary access via the Redpath doors is no longer available and the alarm will sound if the emergency exits there are opened.)
Education Curriculum Resources Centre temporarily closed for renovations from August 5-27
The two heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in the Education Building will be replaced this summer. As a result of this renovation work, the Education Curriculum Resources Centre willtemporarily close from Saturday, August5 to Sunday, August 27.During this time, the collection will be unavailable. The last day to submit hold requests will be Wednesday, July 19.
Survey: Accessing Library Online Resources on Mobile Devices
The McGill Library Mobile Apps Committee is keen to know how the McGill community uses mobile devices to access Library online resources. Your feedback will help the Library to improve services for mobile environments. Please help the Library by filling out this brief, anonymous survey.
All Library branches closed on June 23 and June 30
Please note that allLibrary branches will be closed in observance of two statutory holidays.
Friday, June 23 (La Fête Nationale)
Friday, June 30 (Canada Day)
For a listing of summer opening and service hours please clickhere.
Room booking downtime, May 24 between 1am and 4am
Due to scheduled maintenance, the Library's room booking system (group study rooms, 3d printers/scanner, Research Commons collaboration booths) will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes between 1:00am and 4:00am, Wedne
New Report: Open Education Resources and Textbook Affordability at McGill
㽶Ƶ Library & Archives and the Student Society of 㽶Ƶ (SSMU) are happy to announce the release of the report, “Challenges and opportunities: Open Educational Resources (OERs) at 㽶Ƶ” by graduating Arts student Casarina Hocevar.
McGill Library & Archives awards the inaugural Computational Research Fellowship to Rajat Bhateja
㽶Ƶ Library andArchives is delightedto announce the recipient of the inaugural Computational Research Fellowship.
Gregory Houston and Dawn McKinnon winners of the 2017 McGill Library Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017McGill Library Excellence Awards, which were awarded on May 11, 2017. The awards recognize outstanding contributions and exceptional leadership to McGill’s continued success and in advancing the mission of the Library.
Classic Catalogue now secure using HTTPS
The Library's Classic Catalogue, and Library Account sign-in form are now fully secure, using HTTPS.
Please update any bookmarks you may have to the Classic Catalogue to use the HTTPS protocol (https://). The URL is now:
https://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F
Lower McTavish Pedestrian detour April 7 - 14
A City of Montreal project concrete pour on Friday, April7 will have approximately twelvetrucks accessing McTavish through the alley behind the Bronfman Building. As a result, the pedestrian access across McTavish at Bookstore/McLennan-Redpath Complexcrossingpoint will be blocked off. A detour will be in place for approximately one week starting from April 7.
Easter weekend Library hours
The following branches will provide 24-hour access for study for McGill users over the Easter weekend (Friday, April14 through Monday, April17):
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering
RESOLVED: Issue with Library's WorldCat Catalogue and link resolver
Update, March 30 3:10pm:Our partner company is continuing to investigate the causes of today’s WorldCat service interruption. However, searches in McGill’s WorldCat are working once again.
We are currently experiencing difficulties withthe Library'sWorldCat Catalogue & our link resolver. EZproxy & QuestionPoint do not seem to be affected. Our partner company is working on a fix.
Elevator now working in Schulich Library
The elevator is now working in Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering. The elevator has been repaired and is working as expected as of March 29, 2017.
We thank you for your patience over the past few weeks and apologize for the inconvenience caused.
RESOLVED: Off-campus EZproxy and Interlibrary Loan Access Unavailable
Update, March 20 3:20pm:The problems with off-campus EZproxy and Interlibrary loan accesshasbeen resolved.
E-resource links in WorldCat unavailable Saturday, March 18, 12am to 4am
Due to scheduled maintenance, links to electronic resources via the Library's WorldCat Catalogue will be unavailable Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 12:00am to 4:00am. The WorldCat link resolver - "Find Full Text" links - will also be unavailable during the same period.
We apologize for any inconvenience.