�鶹AV News - Libraries

All Library branches closed on June 23 and June 30

webfull — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:00:58 +0000

Please note that all Library branches will be closed in observance of two statutory holidays.

Friday, June 23 (La Fête Nationale)
Friday, June 30 (Canada Day)

For a listing of summer opening and service hours please click here.

Published: 9 June 2017

Room booking downtime, May 24 between 1am and 4am

webfull — Tue, 23 May 2017 18:59:01 +0000

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Library's room booking system (group study rooms, 3d printers/scanner, Research Commons collaboration booths) will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes between 1:00am and 4:00am, Wednesday, May 24.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Published: 23 May 2017

New Report: Open Education Resources and Textbook Affordability at �鶹AV

webfull — Fri, 19 May 2017 15:55:54 +0000

�鶹AV Library & Archives and the Student Society of �鶹AV (SSMU) are happy to announce the release of the report, “Challenges and opportunities: Open Educational Resources (OERs) at �鶹AV” by graduating Arts student Casarina Hocevar.

The report releases the findings of a student textbook affordability survey and provides a set of recommendations for greater OER use on campus. Click here to read it.

Published: 19 May 2017

�鶹AV Library & Archives awards the inaugural Computational Research Fellowship to Rajat Bhateja

webfull — Thu, 18 May 2017 13:34:40 +0000

�鶹AV Library and Archives is delighted to announce the recipient of the inaugural Computational Research Fellowship.

Published: 18 May 2017

Gregory Houston and Dawn McKinnon winners of the 2017 �鶹AV Library Excellence Awards

webfull — Fri, 12 May 2017 20:05:30 +0000

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 �鶹AV Library Excellence Awards, which were awarded on May 11, 2017. The awards recognize outstanding contributions and exceptional leadership to �鶹AV’s continued success and in advancing the mission of the Library.

Digitization and New Media Administrator Gregory Houston, was presented with the Library Staff Excellence Award and Dawn McKinnon, Coordinator, E-Books & Cataloguing, received the Librarian Excellence Award.

Published: 12 May 2017

Classic Catalogue now secure using HTTPS

webfull — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:47:37 +0000

The Library's Classic Catalogue, and Library Account sign-in form are now fully secure, using HTTPS.

Please update any bookmarks you may have to the Classic Catalogue to use the HTTPS protocol (https://). The URL is now:

https://catalogue.mcgill.ca/F

Published: 6 April 2017

Lower McTavish Pedestrian detour April 7 - 14

webfull — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 14:59:12 +0000

A City of Montreal project concrete pour on Friday, April 7 will have approximately twelve trucks accessing McTavish through the alley behind the Bronfman Building. As a result, the pedestrian access across McTavish at Bookstore/McLennan-Redpath Complex crossing point will be blocked off. A detour will be in place for approximately one week starting from April 7. The detour will have people walking up to Sherbrooke before gaining access to the east or west sidewalk on McTavish. Please view the image for clarification.

Published: 6 April 2017

Easter weekend Library hours

webfull — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:23:04 +0000

The following branches will provide 24-hour access for study for �鶹AV users over the Easter weekend (Friday, April 14 through Monday, April 17):

Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering

Nahum Gelber Law Library

Published: 6 April 2017

RESOLVED: Issue with Library's WorldCat Catalogue and link resolver

webfull — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:38:55 +0000

Update, March 30 3:10pm: Our partner company is continuing to investigate the causes of today’s WorldCat service interruption. However, searches in �鶹AV’s WorldCat are working once again.

We are currently experiencing difficulties with the Library's WorldCat Catalogue & our link resolver. EZproxy & QuestionPoint do not seem to be affected. Our partner company is working on a fix.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you.

Published: 30 March 2017

Elevator now working in Schulich Library

webfull — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:24:12 +0000

The elevator is now working in Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering. The elevator has been repaired and is working as expected as of March 29, 2017.

We thank you for your patience over the past few weeks and apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Previously: Schulich Library elevator out of service for repairs until late March

Published: 29 March 2017