Holds temporarily not accepted on Osler Library鈥檚 circulating collection
As part of the service disruption as Osler Library of the History of Medicine moves back to the McIntyre Building, please note that no holds can currently be placed on the Osler鈥檚 circulating collection, with the exception of the journal collection in the Redpath Library Building Basement.
RESOLVED: Technical issue with Sofia Catalogue 鈥淩eport a Broken Link鈥� button听
UPDATE: March 31 at 4:05pm. This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
The Library has been made aware of an issue affecting emails sent from the 鈥淩eport a Broken Link鈥� button in the Library catalogue (Sofia).
April 4 - 29 | Extended opening hours at McLennan-Redpath Library Complex & Nahum Gelber Law Library
Beginning April 4, two branches will be open later to give you more time to study and get your work done.
Exam period access to Nahum Gelber Law Library for Winter 2022
As of April 4, McGill students are able to access the Nahum Gelber Law Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As agreed between the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) and the Law Students Association (LSA), the Nahum Gelber Law Library will limit access to the three upper floors of the library to Law students only during the April 13 to 29 examination period. Details are as follows:
Starting April 4 | Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) required to access Library booking system
Starting April 4, booking a group study room, 3D printer, or the
April 15 - 18 | Easter weekend service & opening hours
Virtual Reference Service
Connect with a librarian virtually during the Easter weekend on Saturday, April 16 from noon to 5PM. Please note that the virtual reference service will be closed on:
Friday, April 15 Sunday, April 17 Monday, April 18听
Easter weekend opening & service hours听听
Spring - Summer 2022 | Service disruption as Osler Library moves back to McIntyre
This spring/summer, the听Osler听Library of the History of Medicine听will be moving back to the third floor of the McIntyre Medical Building.
March 14 - April 29, 2022 | Vaccine passport system remains in effect at Library & public access reinstated
The McGill Library continues to align its branch activities听with general McGill directives outlined in the听allnote听sent out to McGill students, faculty and staff dated Thursday March 10.
Make your voice heard! LibQUAL+ 2022 survey starts March 15
Starting March 15, the LibQUAL+ survey will be emailed to a random sample of McGill students and to all faculty, instructors, research assistants, and research associates. This survey provides the opportunity to give feedback on Library services, collections, and spaces.
Some ways in which previous survey feedback has yielded tangible results听include:听
Digital Scholarship Hub Software Lab Launching March 7
Monday, March 7 will mark the launch the Library's new Digital Scholarship Hub space in the Redpath Library Building RM-16 (main floor).
The Macdonald Campus Seed Library is back!
On Tuesday, March 1 the Macdonald Campus Library will be opening up the Seed Library for online orders. The seed catalogue will be made available to McGill students, faculty, and staff on opening day. Please note that there is a limit of 25 seed packets per borrower.
Revised Author/Creator sorting in catalogue
With a recent update to the Sofia catalogue, the 鈥淎uthor/Creator鈥� search filter now sorts on the record count of the search query. Clicking 鈥淪how More 鈱勨�� will expand the filter and sort authors alphabetically, with Latin script listed first.
Questions? Ask Us!
Open Access Agreement | Institute of Physics (IOP)
Following on the heels of the recent听Cambridge open access deal, McGill Library is pleased to announce an OA agreement with the Institute of Physics (IOP). This agreement allows corresponding authors publishing in eligible journals to听make their work open at no cost.
Navigation improvements to the Archival Collections Catalogue interface
The McGill Library Archival Collections Catalogue has switched over to a more user-friendly interface to help users navigate archival descriptions. The fresh look will allow researchers to better visualize the relationships between records in a fonds or collection and move between record descriptions.
Open Access Agreement | Cambridge University Press
McGill University Library is excited to announce the signing of an open access agreement with Cambridge University Press.
McGill corresponding authors publishing with Cambridge's journals have the option to make their work open at no cost.
Eligible authors will receive information about this offer following the acceptance of their article.
