RESOLVED: Technical issue affecting placing holds functionality in Sofia Discovery Tool
Updated August 31 at 8:45pm.
This technical issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
There's an issue affecting the Sofia Discovery Tool in which users may not be able to place holds.
Our partners at OCLC are working on a resolution and we'll keep you updated.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
McGill University Library Map Collection Now on Canadiana / La collection de cartes de la biblioth猫que de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill maintenant sur Canadiana
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Osler Library of the History of Medicine reopens August 29, 2022
After several years of reconstruction work, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine is set to reopen with full service on Monday, August 29, 2022. The Osler Library will be open Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
We would like to thank the McGill community and scholar partners for their patience and collaboration during this renovation work.
McGill catalogue interface changes coming August 24
As of Wednesday, August 24, significant changes will be made to the McGill catalogue interface. As shown in the accompanying image, the dropdown menu for result sorting options that was located at the top of search results will now appear on the left panel with other search options such as grouping related editions and expanding searches. Also, the 鈥淕roup This Search鈥� accordion will display as collapsed by default and will read: 鈥淪earch Result Display鈥�.
RESOLVED: Technical issue with "Report a broken link" feature
Updated August 3.聽This issue was resolved. Thank you for your understanding.
The 鈥淩eport a broken link鈥� feature is having technical issues and we are in the process of troubleshooting.
In the meantime, if you鈥檇 like to report a broken link in the Library catalogue, please email collections.library [at] mcgill.ca.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. We will keep you updated.
New | View recent borrowing history in Library account
It is now possible to retain and view your recent borrowing history in your McGill Library account. To protect your privacy, this option is disabled by default and records are retained for 5 months only.
To enable borrowing history on your account:
Oxford University Press E-books Migration | July 19, 2022
Starting on July 19, 2022, Oxford University Press will begin migrating its e-book content to their Oxford Academic Platform (formerly Oxford Journals).
North: The Canadian Shared Print Network Launches to Ensure Preservation of Unique Canadian Publications
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First there was WEST, then EAST, and now North! The聽North/Nord Steering Committee is proud to announce the launch of its preservation initiative North: the Canadian Shared Print Network/ Nord: R茅seau canadien de conservation聽partag茅e des documents imprim茅s.聽
June 21 | New Interlibrary Loan System now live!
The new ILL system is now live! Find out how to use it and how to view and manage your ILL requests.
Original post published June 13, 2022
As of June 23 McGill Dataverse hosted on Borealis. Core services status quo.
On June 23, Scholars Portal Dataverse is becoming Borealis, the Canadian Dataverse Repository / le d茅p么t Dataverse canadien. All links to the current Scholars Portal Dataverse site will be redirected to the new site - borealisdata.ca.
May 19 | Macdonald Campus Library closed from 9AM to 1PM
Due to a water outage, the Macdonald Campus Library will be closed on Thursday, May 19, from 9 am to 1 pm.*
We apologize for any inconvenience.
*Note: The outage was originally scheduled for May 18 but will now take place on May 19.
Book borrowing made easy with Sofia
As of May 5, a new feature in the Sofia Discovery tool will make it easy to request books directly from the other 18 university libraries across Qu茅bec.
April 30 - August 30, 2022 | Spring/Summer Opening & Service Hours
From Saturday April 30 to Tuesday, August 30, all Library branches will switch over to spring/summer opening and service hours. For more information, please visit the hours page or consult individual branch pages.聽
April 29 from 5:30-7:30AM | Electrical shutdown in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex
Please note that a planned, sector-wide power outage will affect the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex on聽Friday, April 29 from 5:30am to 7:30am.
The sole source of lighting during this period will be emergency lighting in hallways and exit areas.
For safety reasons, McGill University security guards will escort Library users out of the McLennan-Redpath Complex before the shutdown is set to begin.
April 20-21 | Circulation services unavailable. Reference Services & most Library spaces open for study.
MUNACA has obtained a strike mandate from their members, following a vote that took place on April 6. McGill has been informed that MUNACA intends to exercise their right to use pressure tactics and is planning a two-day strike this week on Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Please note that during this period:
