WorldCat update: New collections add millions of titles

Over the past several months, the Library has increased the number of resources that are available through WorldCat, so we thought it would be a good idea to summarize some of them here.

Some recent additions to WorldCat include:

Meetings with Books symposium videos now available

Video recordings from the one-day symposium, Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century, that was held at McGill on March 20, 2013, are now available. Webcast recordings of the opening remarks, both keynotes and the panel discussions have been posted for viewing online or downloading.

New digital collection: The Archives of the Civil Code Revision Office

In 1955, the Quebec legislature created the Civil Code Revision Office (C.C.R.O.) and assigned to it the monumental task of revising the Civil Code of Lower Canada to bring it in line with the social, political, and economic realities affecting private law relations in Quebec.

The Archives of the Civil Code Revision Office makes available approximately 4000 documents consisting of working papers, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and internal memoranda from the C.C.R.O., mostly from the period of 1969-1979.

Easter weekend Library hours

Many Library branches will be open with modified hours for study over the Easter holidays, with some offering services. Please visit the individual branch pages on the Library website for details of opening and service hours for the long holiday weekend.

Please note that the following branches will be closing at midnight tonight (Thursday, March 28):

Delivery of Library material to faculty with campus offices

Recent surveys show that faculty want delivery of library materials to their campus offices as a basic service.

In response, McGill Library is introducing campus office delivery for Faculty, starting the week of March 18, 2013

Library Matters, the Library's newsletter, is now a blog!

The Library Matters Editorial Committee is pleased to announce the launch of the new and improved Library Matters.

Important Change to McGill Interlibrary loan (ILL) Borrowing Service

The interlibrary loan service (ILL) is resumed and back to normal

Please login to Colombo ILL at https://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-using/otherloans/interlibrary.

Any questions please contact Valerie Mayman (valerie.mayman [at] mcgill.ca).

Humanities and Social Science Library open; other branches closed

Due to today's flooding incident, most Library branches are currently closed.

The Humanities and Social Sciences Library remains open.

All branches will be open at the normal times (or at the start of service hours) on Tuesday, January 28, 2013.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Give us feedback on the McLennan/Redpath renovations

The Library is collecting feedback about our recently renovated spaces.

Tell us what you think about the renovated 3rd floor McLennan [survey] and the Redpath Furniture Lab [survey]

Thanks for helping us to make the Library a better place for everyone!

The Library will be closing for the holidays (Dec 22 - Jan 1)

All library branches will be closing on Friday, December 21 for the holidays, with most reopening on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

The Edward Rosenthall Mathematics and Statistics Library will only reopen on Monday, January7, 2013.

See branch pages for specific opening and closing times.

Have a happy and safe holidays!

Humanities and Social Sciences Library open 24/7 during the exam period

As of Thursday November 29th, the Redpath Library Building in the Humanities and Social Sciences Library (HSSL) will be open for study 24 hours a day 7 days a week in order to accommodate students studying for finals.

Service hours will remain unchanged during this period.

Sealed containers and spill-resistant cups are allowed in the Library. Food and snacks are not allowed in the Library, please plan appropriately. 

System maintenance affecting eScholarship@McGill, eTheses, some digitized content on Monday Oct 29

eScholarship@McGill as well as eTheses and locally digitized materials accessible through the Catalogue will be unavailable on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 10:00pm to midnight while maintenance work is being carried out on the server.

System maintenance affecting eScholarship@McGill, eTheses, some digitized content on Saturday, March 2

eScholarship@McGill as well as eTheses and locally digitized materials accessible through the Catalogue will be unavailable on Saturday, March 2, 2013 from 10:00pm to 1:00AM while maintenance work is being carried out on the server.

New Digital Exhibition: Cultural Practices of Intermediality

Cultural Practices of Intermediality addresses this question through two case studies: the stage and the visual arts. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, print proliferated in the theatrical and artistic realms, whether in books, magazines, libretti, playbills or printed images, to name but a few examples.

New Digital Exhibition: Telling Stories: Nursery Rhymes, Fables and Fairy Tales from the Sheila R. Bourke Collection

Collecting children’s literature has been a lifelong passion for Mrs. Sheila R. Bourke and the donation of her collection to the McGill University Library has placed a magisterial research collection at the disposal of university scholars and students. The collection contains twenty-three hundred works of early and modern children's literature, written and illustrated by the most prominent names in the field, and spanning five centuries of artistic and literary creativity.