We are the main repository for rare books, archives, antiquarian maps, & related materials at @McMasterU. Find us on the lower level of @MacMillsLibrary!
The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections recently discovered a rare religious text that’s been hiding in the department's shelves since the 1960s.
Read more about the discovery: library.mcmaster.ca/news/rar…
ALT Ruth-Ellen St. Onge with short brown hair and glasses pulls the Officium beatae Mariae virginis off a shelf in the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections.
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Did you know that the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections is open to the public?
To learn more about accessing this space located on the lower level of Mills Memorial Library, visit library.mcmaster.ca/spaces/a…
ALT Three people in the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections looking at a large book. A faded maroon half circle overlays the left side of the image.
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McMaster libraries and the Faculty of Humanities recently hosted a conference to give scholars an opportunity to see the university libraries' rare and newly acquired Ottoman world atlas.
Read more about the "Putting the Ottomans on the Map" conference: library.mcmaster.ca/news/rar…
ALT The Cedid Atlas Tercümesi, a distinctly Ottoman world atlas, lays open showcasing two colourfully engraved circular maps.
Great trip to @McMasterU@MacResColls special collection & archives with @HillStrath students. We were able to see books from the 13th-century, learn about historiography, & manuscript & codex conservation. Amazing tour by Myron Groover, Archives and Rare Books Librarian!
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The Keith Patrick Archives Alive session is happening tomorrow!
Register for this free virtual event to learn more about the story of a Canadian veteran who survived the Second World War by hiding out with members of the French resistance.
🔗 zoom.us/webinar/register/801…
ALT A black and white photo of a person with shoulder length hair, an old newspaper clipping featuring a photo of Keith Patrick and a journal lay on top of a map. Text reads: Shot Down and Hiding Out with the Resistance: The Keith Patrick Archive with Saman Goudarzi and Bridget Whittle. 7 November 2024 12:00 noon (EST). Logos featured for McMaster University Library, McMaster University Alumni and Archives Alive.
Our shop specialises in print, but it's faculty & administrators — not libraries — who have led the movement away from it. "Do more w/ less space" diminished engagement w/ print Moloch-like cost of the e-journal leases faculty require to be competitive = impossible position.
Why is Google Books removing access to out-of-copyright books that it once hosted as open access? There is a good chance that the mass-deaccession policy of libraries, on the ground that "it's available for free online", will be one of the most stupid acts of modern curatorship.
This compounds a tragedy befalling public patrimony: the tendency for a few well-resourced mega-collections, buoyed by private capital & the spooky action of perceived prestige, to suck all the oxygen out of the room for smaller, more specialised collections. A zero sum pattern.
Nor can even these truly great libraries, in nominally public institutions, take their political economy for granted! It's a tough scene, and we have boundless respect & gratitude for the colleagues (near & far) who continue to develop, steward, & move print collections forward.
There's still time to register for Archives Alive!
At this virtual event, you'll learn more about a Canadian veteran who was cared for by members of the French resistance after his plane was shot down by enemy fighters during the Second World War.
🔗 zoom.us/webinar/register/801…
ALT A black and white photo of a person with shoulder length hair, an old newspaper clipping featuring a photo of Keith Patrick and a journal lay on top of a map. Text reads: Shot Down and Hiding Out with the Resistance: The Keith Patrick Archive with Saman Goudarzi and Bridget Whittle. 7 November 2024 12:00 noon (EST). Logos featured for McMaster University Library, McMaster University Alumni and Archives Alive.
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Our first Archives Alive event of the academic year features the harrowing story of Keith Patrick, whose plane was shot down by enemy fighters during the Second World War.
Learn more in this news story: library.mcmaster.ca/news/arc…
Register for Archives Alive: zoom.us/webinar/register/801…
ALT A black and white photo of a person with shoulder length hair, an old newspaper clipping featuring a photo of Keith Patrick and a journal lay on top of a map. Text reads: Shot Down and Hiding Out with the Resistance: The Keith Patrick Archive with Saman Goudarzi and Bridget Whittle. 7 November 2024 12:00 noon (EST). Logos featured for McMaster University Library, McMaster University Alumni and Archives Alive.
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We are thrilled to share that McMaster University Library's 2023-2024 Impact Report is now available.
This edition of the report highlights some of the wonderful initiatives happening in our spaces.
News story: library.mcmaster.ca/news/mcm…
Report: publications.mcmaster.ca/cat…
ALT A digital cover of McMaster University Library's 2023-2024 Impact Report can be seen. The cover features student assistants Dharav Shah and Esther Kok smiling, standing in front of a desk with a map laid out in front of them. Behind them is a large globe and more rows of desks. Text reads: 2023-2024 Impact Report. McMaster University Library. Logo featured for McMaster University Library.
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What does it mean to leave a legacy? 🌟
Join us Sept 26-27 at McMaster and TMU to explore the archives of Austin Clarke, one of Canada's literary icons, and celebrate his impact on Black Studies and diasporic memory. ✨
#AustinClarke#BlackExcellence
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Katie Harding, teaching and learning librarian of open educational resources (OER) and STEM at McMaster University Library, has led the creation of a new OER finding service for McMaster instructors. Learn more about this service at the link below.
🔗 library.mcmaster.ca/news/new…
ALT Librarian Katie Harding with shoulder-length curly brown hair wearing glasses and a black button-up shirt stands smiling in front of an orange wall.
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A new digital exhibit from McMaster University Library seeks to reframe the life of Lucy Catherine Russell. Curator Gillian Dunks talks about Lucy's life and what she learned about the bright, curious woman while working with her archive.
🔗 library.mcmaster.ca/news/cur…
ALT A collage of black and white, and colour photographs of Lucy Catherine Russell both on her own and with her family, as well as two pages of paper featuring her writing in black and blue ink.
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Our final Archives Alive event of the academic year features McMaster's Rick Monture with a presentation on Pauline Johnson and her archive at McMaster University Library. This virtual event is free and all are welcome.
🗓️ April 18, 2024
🕛 12 p.m. ET
🔗zoom.us/webinar/register/511…
ALT Promotional image for Archives Alive. Text reads: Pauline Johnson and Her Archive: A Conversation with Dr. Rick Monture, April 18 at 12 p.m. EDT (online). Black and white photo features portrait of Pauline Johnson with curly hair pulled back, wearing a long-sleeve, high-collar dress.
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Get gardening! Visit the McMaster Seed Library at Thode, Mills and Health Sciences libraries and select up to five free packets of vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Learn more about the seed library and growing tips at the link below.🌻
🔗libguides.mcmaster.ca/sustai…
ALT McMaster Seed Library with packets of seeds in individual plastic containers that are labelled cucumber, kale, dill, mint, peas, lettuce, leeks and zucchini. A package of organic cucumber seeds is on display.
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Today we celebrate the legacy of conductor Boris Brott, on what would have been his 80th birthday. His contributions to Canadian classical music (and to @McMasterU) were legendary. He is sorely missed, but his legacy lives on here through his archives: archives.mcmaster.ca/index.p…
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Settler scholar and lecturer Alix Shield leads our Archives Alive event on March 7. Read our interview with her on the prevalence of colonial power dynamics in the production of 20th century Indigenous literatures, and how to help "put things to right".
🔗library.mcmaster.ca/news/put…
ALT Alix Shield with long blonde hair, wearing a grey sweater and blue jacket, stands smiling on a sandy beach in front of a body of water.