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It was the first formal library education program in Canada, and one of the first university programs in librarianship outside of the United States. The School was renamed the Graduate School of Library Science in 1965, the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies in 1985, and the School of Information Studies in 2007. [1]
The Faculty of Science is one of eleven faculties at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. [2] With roots tracing back to 1843, the Faculty currently offers several undergraduate and graduate programs ranging from Earth Sciences to Mathematics to Neuroscience. [3]
McGill University (French: Université McGill) is an English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1821 by royal charter, [12] the university bears the name of James McGill, a Scottish merchant, [13] whose bequest in 1813 established the University of McGill College. In 1885, the name was officially changed ...
[2]: 406 Still, mathematics remained subsidiary to other programs, owing to McGill's emphasis on engineering and British-style applied mathematics. [3]: 105 Until 1945, Mathematics was almost wholly a service department with only seven faculty members. Though a small graduate program was shared with the Physics Department, most of the students ...
McGill University Library is the library system of McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. It comprises 13 branch libraries, located on the downtown Montreal and Macdonald [2] campuses, holding over 11.78 million items. [3] It is the fourth-largest research intensive academic library in Canada. [4]
The office pioneered the COursesOnline (COOL McGill) system, an initiative that started in 2000 with three professors and two programmers and now provides online versions of 350 courses. [4] The office is funded by McGill University. In 2011, the office received a $5.5-million grant from the Lorne Trottier Family Foundation. [1]
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Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation - McGill University; Mathieu Gervais, Observer, Assistant Deputy Minister for Science and Innovation at the Ministère de l'Économie et de l'innovation; Pierre Boivin, President, Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer - Claridge