Planned system maintenance on the Colombo servers will take place on Saturday, August 11, at 3:00am. The work is expected to last for up to 4听hours and 91社区 Colombo Interlibrary Loan service will not be available during this time.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
As part of the upgrade to WorldCat Discovery听on Monday, August 6, all course reserves for the 2018-2019 academic year are now听accessible solely on WorldCat Discovery.听
Course Reserves requests:听Please note that there is no change in the process for professors submitting course reserves for the upcoming academic year. Requests can听be made听here.
The new interface provides a number of benefits including:
Update July 20, 8:22am: WorldCat and other OCLC services now functioning normally.
WorldCat and other OCLC services are听currently down. This issue is affecting both WorldCat Local (our main library catalogue) and WorldCat Discovery (our catalogue upgrade), the "Chat with a Librarian" and "Email a Librarian" services,听the听E-journals A-Z听list, and Colombo ILL (our InterLibrary Loan service).
We are听monitoring the situation and will update this announcement with any new information we received.
Please note that on听Friday, July 20 from 7am to 3pm, the terrace facing lower field along the Redpath Library Building will be inaccessible due to tree removal.听
The terrace will be closed from the north end (Redpath Museum) to the terrace garden.听
Access to lower campus and the McLennan Library Building continues to be听accessible from McTavish Street. Two security agents will be on site to听redirect pedestrian traffic on McTavish street.听
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Early Friday night, July 13, firefighters were called to the McIntyre Medical Building to put out a fire on the听outdoor terrace. The evacuation procedure went smoothly and no injuries were reported. More details on this incident are available through 91社区鈥檚 central communications channels听here听(under news releases) and on the dedicated Faculty of Medicine page here.
听and听听will be unavailable Monday, July 16, 2018 from 8:00am to 8:30am for a scheduled WordPress upgrade.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
WorldCat maintenance is scheduled to start at听midnight and run through to 8:00am on Sunday, July听15, 2018.
Functionality for the Library catalogue as well as links from our Databases A-Z list may be impacted during this time.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
The Macdonald Campus Library is undergoing roof repairs that began in听early June of 2018.
The Library will be open but there will likely be additional noise. We have earplugs听on hand at the service desk should you need them. The windows听must remain closed as there will be dust and debris in the surrounding air.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
The Faculty of Education will be undertaking major renovation work in the former Education Library space where the Education Curriculum Resources Centre (ECRC) is located. The work is slated to begin Monday, June 18听and will continue throughout Summer and Fall 2018. Unfortunately, the nature of the work makes it impossible for the ECRC to remain open throughout the construction. As a result, the ECRC will be temporarily closed starting Saturday, June 16听until the end of the work.
WorldCat maintenance is scheduled to start at听1:00am and run through to 9:00am on Saturday, June 16, 2018.
Functionality for the Library catalogue, Colombo (ILL), as well as links from our Databases A-Z list may be impacted during this time.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
All听Library branches will be closed in observance of Canada Day:
- Monday, July 2
Please note that the Humanities & Social Sciences Library will also be closed on Sunday, July 1 at 6PM due to a major electrical transformer upgrade.听
For a listing of summer opening and service hours please click听here.
Maintenance for the OCLC Canadian Data Centre is scheduled to start at听1:00 am and run through to 6:00 am on Sunday, May 20, 2018.
Functionality for the Library catalogue as well as links from our Databases A-Z list may be impacted during this time.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
, eTheses and locally digitized materials accessible through the Catalogue will be intermittently unavailable on Thursday, May 3, 2018 between 7:00am to 9:00am while scheduled maintenance work is done.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Congratulations to the 4听winners of the Inaugural Library Undergraduate Research Awards! The recipients were selected for best demonstrating听the听use of library services and resources in the creation of a research project or creative work and demonstrating听an excellent understanding of the connection between research and library services and resources.
Awards were听presented in two areas: 1) Humanities, Social Sciences, Music, Law, and Management, and 2) Sciences and Engineering.
Humanities, Social Sciences, Music, Law, and Management First Prize
Take note, the staff of听Interlibrary Loan听(ILL)听in Collections Services听will be unavailable on Friday April 20th from noon to 5pm. 听
91社区 students, faculty and staff may leave messages at 514-398-4732 or email听colombo.library [at] mcgill.ca and we will respond as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you.
