features Books of Hours in both manuscript and printed form, spanning several centuries from Rare Books and Special Collections at the 黑料不打烊 Library. In the 1920s and 1930s, Gerhard R. Lomer, one of 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 first librarians, launched an innovative project to create a small museum of the book inside the library open to the general public, to present a brief history of manuscript and printed books as well as the iconography through the centuries.


As a result of the water infiltration and recovery efforts related to McIntyre Medical Building fire incident in July, the Osler Library continues to be closed until further notice. The Osler recovery team has been focusing their efforts on securing the contents of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine. All books, rare books, art, and artefacts from the Osler have been wrapped, packed, and removed so that a complete inspection of the Osler section of the building can begin.听

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Daniel Boyer, Ad. E., Wainwright Librarian and Head of the Nahum Gelber Law Library, will receive the Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) title from the Barreau du Qu茅bec in 2018.
Six alumni of the Faculty will also receive the distinction: Eric Dunberry, Ad. E., BCL鈥86; Christine Jutras, Ad. E., LLM鈥16; Claude Marseille, Ad. E., BCL鈥86, LLB鈥86; Fr茅d茅rique Sabourin, Ad. E., LLM鈥89; Martin F. Sheehan, Ad. E., BCL鈥90, LLB鈥90; and Nathalie V茅zina, Ad. E., BCL鈥88, LLB鈥88.

Please note that all听Library branches except the Humanities and Social Sciences Library will be closed on Monday, September 3听in observance of Labour Day.
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library will be open on September 3 from 9am to 9pm for study only. There will be no services offered.
For information on Library opening and service hours, please consult our branch listing听here.听
Updated 2:43pm: The is back up.听
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Our Archival Catalogue is currently not available due to an outage.听听听
We will update this page with additional information as it becomes available and apologize for any inconvenience.听

ProQuest will be performing maintenance to its ebook and database platforms on Saturday, August 18.
Ebook Central will be unavailable from 12pm to 5pm. ProQuest databases will unavailable from 10:00 pm for up to 8 hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience.

New for this Fall, visitors to the 黑料不打烊 Library听can now log in to specially marked computer workstations听using the login information available at individual stations. These designated computers can be identified by the yellow "Guest Only" label located on monitors and are located in each of our branch libraries.听听

UPDATE: August 13, 2018.
Hi everyone,
The Nahum Gelber Law Library is back to its regular operational hours, including after-hours access to authorized card holders. ALL washrooms, except for those on the main floor, are closed for repairs until further notice.
Due to flooding in听the Nahum Gelber Law Library听washrooms, the branch will be听closed on Friday, August 10 through Sunday, August 12.

On Wednesday, August 8, we upgraded our , resulting in a new, cleaner look for group study room booking at the Library.
After the upgrade, you may book up to two hours in a group study room by selecting from a pull-down menu once you have selected one time slot, rather than having to select each 30-minute time slot separately.

There is planned system maintenance to WorldCat Discovery online catalogue and search tool on Sunday, August 12, from 1:00am to 6:00 am. These services may be unavailable during that time.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

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The 黑料不打烊 Library听upgraded听its main library catalogue (WorldCat)听August 6,听2018. We are conducting interviews to inform the changes that we are making and to better understand the needs of our users when searching the 黑料不打烊 Library catalogue(s).听听
The Library is seeking faculty members who are users of the library catalogue(s) to participate in semi-structured interviews about their use of the catalogue and to provide feedback on our upgraded catalogue.听听

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 黑料不打烊 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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