Library services & spaces re-open Monday, January 24, 2022
As of Monday, January 24, all Library branches, including stack areas, will be accessible to Library users. In-person reference and circulation services will resume across branches. Visit the hours webpage聽for a full listing of opening and service hours. Due to University directives, access to library spaces will be limited to current McGill students, faculty, and staff.
Study Hubs and Pickup Service closed Monday, January 17, 2022
Due to severe weather forecast conditions, the Library's Study Hubs and Pickup Service will be closed聽on Monday, January 17, 2022.聽
Electronic resources can be聽accessed聽in the catalogue.
Questions? Ask Us!聽The Library鈥檚 virtual reference service is available Monday to Friday 10 am 鈥� 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday 12 pm 鈥� 5 pm.
Study Hubs and Pickup Service not available Monday, January 17, 2022
Due to severe weather forecast conditions, the Library's Study Hubs and Pickup Service will be closed聽on Monday, January 17, 2022.聽
Electronic resources can be聽accessed聽in the catalogue.
Questions? Ask Us!聽The Library鈥檚 virtual reference service is available Monday to Friday 10 am 鈥� 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday 12 pm 鈥� 5 pm.
OverDrive Classic App to be retired at the end of 2022
OverDrive will be retiring their classic OverDrive app at the end of 2022 and moving users over to their Libby app. Existing users of the classic app will be able to continue using it until the end of the year, however the app will be removed from Apple App Store, Google Play and Microsoft Store on February 23, 2022.
Remote access to Library public workstations for McGill students, faculty, staff now available
McGill students, faculty and staff can now connect remotely to Library workstations in order to use specialized software that may not be available on personal computers. Use McGill IT鈥檚 AnyDesk Service to locate an available library workstation. Access the workstation remotely using Microsoft Remote Desktop.
Gartner resources now available at McGill
IT Services in collaboration with the Library is happy to announce that McGill students, faculty and staff can now access Gartner, a new resource that provides expert analysis and opinion on IT-related topics at the intersection of business and technology.
Resolved technical issue: Course Reserves site showing errors
Updated January 10, 2022 at 10:03am: This issue has been resolved. Thanks聽for your patience.
The Library鈥檚 Course Reserves site is currently experiencing an issue where links to individual books are leading to an error page.
We're working with the vendor to investigate and will keep you updated.
We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Study Hubs, Pickup Service, HathiTrust ETAS, ROAAr Digitization on Demand Service reinstated January 10 - 23, 2022 inclusive
In response to new measures announced by McGill University and the Government of Quebec to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, the Library is temporarily closing most physical spaces and all stack areas to the McGill community and reinstating four services: Study Hubs, HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS), a temporary Pickup Service, an
All physical Library spaces closed to McGill community January 3 鈥� 9, 2022 inclusive
The McGill Library is aligning its branch activities during the first week of the Winter 2022 semester with general McGill directives outlined in the allnote sent out to McGill students, faculty and staff dated Friday, December 17.
An excerpt from the message reads:
Resolved: Technical issue affecting access to e-books
Updated December 8 at 9:10am
This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
A current technical issue is affecting access to McGill's聽e-books.
Taylor & Francis webpages are either saying that 鈥測ou don鈥檛 seem to have access鈥� or that 鈥測our institution has not purchased this content鈥�.
We have alerted the publisher & apologize for any inconvenience. We will keep you updated. Thank you.
RESOLVED: Access Issue: EZproxy showing Access Denied page
Updated December 2 at 4:22pm.聽
This technical issue has been resolved. Thank you for your understanding.
The Library is聽currently experiencing聽an issue affecting authenticated access to online resources via EZproxy.聽Please use VPN as an alternate method of authentication while the issue is being investigated.
Please check this news item for more updates on the situation.聽
Heaters added to outdoor tent on McLennan-Redpath terrace starting December 1
As of Wednesday, December 1, the McGill community can take advantage of a new, heated, outdoor area.聽
Heaters in the tent located on the McLennan-Redpath terrace will聽provide McGill students, staff and faculty with a safe, warm, space聽to聽take a break, dine, study,聽and socialize.
Heaters will be operational Monday to Friday, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM (excluding holidays).
Updated: Access Issue: Wiley and OverDrive e-books
Updated December 3, 9:25am
The week of November 22, the Library was experiencing two issues impacting user experience for Wiley and OverDrive e-book titles in which only a small portion of the Library's Wiley e-book titles were underrepresented in the Sofia catalogue and OverDrive holdings were overrepresented.
The original issue for Wiley has been fixed but the OverDrive issue, outlined below, is still outstanding.
Closure | Library branches close 5PM December 21, 2021 and reopen January 10, 2022. Virtual Reference Service unavailable from December 23 - January 2 inclusive.
Updated December 21, 2021
All聽Library branches will close at 5:00PM聽on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 and will reopen on Monday, January 10, 2022.聽
Open Access Agreement with Karger Publishing starting January 1, 2022
The聽Library聽is excited to announce an open access agreement with Karger Publishing.
As of聽January 1, 2022, McGill corresponding authors submitting to Karger journals will have the option to make their work open access at no cost.听听
Note the following exceptions however:聽
