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McGill University Library 
Country Canada Type Academic library Location Montreal, Quebec Branches 13 Collection Size 6 million items Other information Budget C$33 million (annual) Staff 235 Website mcgill.ca/library/ McGill University Library is the library system of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises 13 branch libraries, located on the downtown Montreal and Macdonald campuses, holding over 6 million items.[1] It is the fourth-largest research intensive academic library in Canada[2] and received an A- from the 2011 Globe and Mail University Report, the highest grade awarded to the library of a large university.[3] The Library's slogan, Information; Innovation; Service, is used both in English and in French.
The largest of the branch libraries is the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, which is housed in the McLennan and Redpath Library Buildings.[4] The Humanities and Social Sciences Library has notable collections in Canadian Studies, English and American Literature, British History, Russian and East European Studies, and World War II.
The Library's Rare Books and Special Collections contains holdings on a variety of subjects, including art and architecture, Canadiana, history, literature, the history of ideas, travel and exploration, and the history of the book.[5] The Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana consists of 12,000 items, including books, pamphlets, maps, prints, periodicals, government documents, and broadsides.[6][7]
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, located within the Life Sciences Library in the McIntyre Medical Building, is Canada's foremost scholarly resource in the history of medicine, and one of the most important libraries of its type in North America.[8]
The Library is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)[9], the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)[10], and the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ)[11], as well as other cooperative groups.
As of 2010, one of the Library's major projects involves digitization of books in the public domain.[12][13] The Library has also purchased a book making machine (an Espresso Book Machine) in order to offer a print on demand service for digitized books.[14] The Library now offers Digitize on Demand (DOD) and Print on Demand (POD) services for a fee.[15]
References
- ^ General Information, McGill Library
- ^ ARL Statistics, 2007-2008
- ^ 2011 Globe and Mail Canadian University Report
- ^ About the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
- ^ About Rare Books and Special Collections
- ^ Celebrating Research: Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana
- ^ McGill Library - Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana
- ^ About the Osler Library
- ^ CARL Members
- ^ ARL Members
- ^ CREPUQ Official website
- ^ McGill University To Scan and Make Library Materials Available Online - Library Journal
- ^ McGill U Library Scanning Rare Books with Kirtas - Campus Technology
- ^ Espresso Book Machine
- ^ McGill Library: Digitize on Demand - Print on Demand
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