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Upcoming Events

Year of Environmental Action: September Book Display

Sep 15, 2025

1:00 am TO Sep 30, 2025 11:55 pm

Learn about the environment and how you can help our planet by checking out our curated displays of books. You can find our displays in both Mills (2nd floor, outside Learning Commons) and Thode (1st floor, glass display case).

Plant Giveaway!

Sep 16, 2025

10:00 am TO 11:00 am

The Libraries are giving away some free plants to kick off the Year of Environmental Action! Stop by the front desk at either Mills or the Health Sciences Library to pick up a new addition to your dorm, apartment, or office.

Queer Study Buddies

Sep 16, 2025

1:30 pm TO 4:30 pm

Join us at Queer Study Buddies for community and study support! We are a free, drop-in study group that provides a safe and inclusive space for 2SLGBTQ+ students to connect. No registration required!

Hamilton Public Library Bookmobile at McMaster

Sep 16, 2025

3:30 pm TO 4:30 pm

The Bookmobile is a library branch on wheels that makes neighbourhood stops, and it rolls up to campus every week.

Build Your Own Chatbot: Local Applications in Generative AI on your Laptop

Sep 17, 2025

2:00 pm TO 3:30 pm

Most people know cloud-based generative AI tools like ChatGPT, but did you know that the powerful technology behind them, transformer-based Large Language Models (LLMs), can also run directly on a modern laptop?

Camp Library Crawl

Sep 23, 2025

10:00 am TO 2:00 pm

🔥Library Crawl 2025 🔥 Join us at MUSC-Mills Plaza (outside Mills Library) for our annual Library Crawl - a celebration of campus spirit, adventure, and community!

Queer Study Buddies

Sep 23, 2025

1:30 pm TO 4:30 pm

Join us at Queer Study Buddies for community and study support! We are a free, drop-in study group that provides a safe and inclusive space for 2SLGBTQ+ students to connect. No registration required!

Hamilton Public Library Bookmobile at McMaster

Sep 23, 2025

3:30 pm TO 4:30 pm

The Bookmobile is a library branch on wheels that makes neighbourhood stops, and it rolls up to campus every week.

Library 101: Welcome to Mills!

Sep 24, 2025

10:30 am TO 11:15 am

Join us for a friendly, low-key tour designed to help you feel right at home in your new library. We’ll show you where to find your next great read, pick up your holds, and stake out the best study spots.

Create Simple Maps using Google Maps and Microsoft Excel

Sep 24, 2025

10:30 am TO 11:30 am

Want to create maps but don’t have the time, patience, or storage space for a new application? We’ve got you covered.

Repair Cafe

Sep 24, 2025

3:30 pm TO 5:30 pm

🔨 Got something broken? Bring it to Repair Café!

Research + Lab Notebooks: Research Data Management Community of Practice

Sep 25, 2025

11:00 am TO 12:00 pm

Are you curious about organizing your research better? Join us for our first roundtable of the season September 25 from 11 AM - 12 PM on Research and Lab Notebooks.