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The Rare Book Collection is located on the fourth floor of Mclennan Library. McGill began collecting rare materials in the 1850s, and now constituting rich and highly diverse research collections. These collections are used to aid teaching, learning and research for McGill students and the general public from all fields of study.
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]
Redpath Hall is a historic building at 3461 McTavish Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the main campus of McGill University. It was originally the reading room of the Redpath Library, which opened in 1893 as McGill's first dedicated library building. During the first half of the 20th century, the library was extended several times to the ...
Rare Books and Special Collections also contains an important archival collection, with more than 100 fonds on various subjects such as the fur trade in Canada, Algonquin and Nipissing communities in Oka at the end of the 19th century, [6] the creation of the Red River Settlement by the Earl of Selkirk, [7] Ernest Renan's candidature at the deputation of Meaux, France in 1869.
The Osler Library was further expanded and renovated in 2001-02 and in 2014. In summer 2018 the roof terrace above the library caught fire. Though the library and archives were not harmed by fire, the area suffered water damage and the collection was moved to McGill's McLennan-Redpath Library complex while the building underwent repairs.
Bell emigrated to Canada in 1975 where he worked as a biologist for the Alberta Civil Service until 1976. In 1976, he joined the faculty of McGill University as a temporary lecturer. He was appointed a Professor in 1989. In 1992, he was appointed Molson Chair of Genetics. He was Director of the Redpath Museum from 1995 to 2005.
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The Islamic Studies library was founded, along with the McGill University Institute of Islamic Studies, in 1952. [3] It has grown from a modest departmental library to a respectable library of approximately 150,000 volumes covering the whole of Islamic civilization. The library is located in Morrice Hall, designed by John J. Browne, and built ...