Accessing McLennan-Redpath materials during the Collections Centre move-in period
Two major parallel infrastructure projects—a new Collections Centre and Fiat Lux will transform the quality of services and spaces the Library offers. Library staff members are preparing for the movement of collections, spaces, and services in advance of renovation and construction activities.
View recent search history in Library account
Earlier this year, it was announced that it is now possible to opt in to retain and view your recent borrowing history in your McGill Library account.
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 bibliothèque de l’Université 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 “Group This Search” accordion will display as collapsed by default and will read: “Search Result Display”.
RESOLVED: Technical issue with "Report a broken link" feature
Updated August 3. This issue was resolved. Thank you for your understanding.
The “Report a broken link” feature is having technical issues and we are in the process of troubleshooting.
In the meantime, if you’d 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 North/Nord Steering Committee is proud to announce the launch of its preservation initiative North: the Canadian Shared Print Network/ Nord: Réseau canadien de conservation partagée des documents imprimés.
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 dépôt 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 Québec.
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.
