Classic Catalogue downtime early Monday morning, January 20
Due to scheduled maintenance, the Classic Catalogue will be unavailable for about an hour early Monday morning, January 20, 2014, beginning at 00:10 (12:10 a.m.). Library holdings information in McGill WorldCat Local and the auto-loan machines will also be unavailable during this downtime. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Electronic journals at year-end
Electronic journal subscriptions are prone to having access terminated at the end of each year. Please note that the McGill Library has renewed all of its online subscriptions and it is our hope that our publishers will minimize the disruption of electronic access. Should problems arise in January we will make every effort to reinstate access as quickly as possible. Please report any access problems to collections.library [at] mcgill.ca.
Library Holiday Closures
All library branches will be closed from December 25, 2013 to January 2, 2014 inclusive.
For additional information on opening and service hours, please click here.聽
Happy Holidays!
Chat service unavailable Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Due to a Library event, the Chat with a Librarian service will be closed on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Please email us for assistance on December 3 and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Regular Chat hours resume on December 4 at 10am.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
HVAC system renovations at Osler and Life Sciences library branches
A major ventilation renovation project at the McIntyre Medical Building is underway. Mechanical systems, including exhaust and ventilation, will be upgraded in order to bring systems up to modern standards and improve energy efficiency. This project, carried out as part of the government鈥檚 Knowledge Infrastructure Program, includes roof work over the Osler Library of the History of Medicine as well as an overhaul of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems on floors 1 through 6.
System maintenance affecting several Library web services - Wednesday, Nov 13
We'll be carrying out system maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM.
During this time, the following web services will be unavailable:
McGill Remembers: Exploring McGill鈥檚 War Records and Related Archives
If you have yet to visit the McGill Remembers project, it鈥檚 a great time to explore this rich resource. The McGill Remembers project has expanded its content, complete with new photo galleries, a searchable War Records database, and histories of more than 6000 veterans from the Second World War. 听听
eScholarship@McGill, eTheses and eExams unavailable November 6, 9pm to midnight
eScholarship@McGill, including eTheses, eExams and other locally digitized material available via the Catalogue, will be unavailable on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 from 9pm to midnight due to regular server maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Osler Library reference and rare material consulting unavailable Friday Oct 18 (AM)
The Osler Library will be hosting an event on Friday, October 18. During this period the Library鈥檚 reference service and rare material consulting will be unavailable from 9:00 a.m. 鈥� 12:00 p.m.
Please excuse us for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
Life Sciences Library redesign and HVAC work
Last spring, consultations were conducted by our Faculty and McGill Library Services on the future of the Life Sciences Library. Students, residents, faculty and staff from our health sciences community were invited to provide initial input on how the Life Sciences Library space could be reconfigured based on current and future needs.
Library hours during Thanksgiving weekend
Most Library branches will be closed on Monday, October 14 (Thanksgiving Day). Many Library branches will be open with modified hours for study over the weekend, with some offering services. Please visit the individual branch pages on the Library website for details regarding opening and service hours.
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library, located in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex, will be open for study on Monday, October 14 from 8am to midnight. Services will be closed.
PGSS Family Collection
Through the PGSS Library Improvement Fund,聽the Post-Graduate Students鈥� Society of 香蕉视频 in collaboration with the PGSS Family Care Caucus and the McGill Library created the PGSS Family Care Collection in order to assist students who bring their children to various branch libraries. Available at Library Service desks, the collection includes a small chair, crayons, colouring sheets and both fiction and nonfiction works suggested by PGSS for a variety of age groups.
PGSS Family Care Collection is available at the following branches:
Interpersonal Botany: Intersections between people, print and botany 1700-1900
How did people use print to structure and mediate their social relationships in Europe between 1700 and 1900? This exhibition offers some answers by presenting objects that document a range of interpersonal practices in the field of botany.
Collections: Relocation Update
Updated February 10, 2014
Collections: Relocation Update
New! McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
The Rare Books and Special Collections Library at 香蕉视频 contains over nine hundred British and American chapbooks published in the 18th and 19th centuries. Through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation, digital facsimiles have been prepared and a virtual collection created.
The McGill Library鈥檚 Chapbook Collection is organized by subject categories which can be browsed. The entire work can be read in PDF format or online, using the page turning functionality of the Internet Archive.
