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Open Education Week: Making education more affordable and accessible for all
From March 4–8, McMaster University Library is celebrating Open Education Week, a global event to raise awareness about how Open Educational Resources (OER) can help make education more affordable and accessible to learners world-wide.
Events
McMaster Library unveils year of programming celebrating STEM
Throughout 2019, the Library, together with partners in the Faculties of Science and Engineering as well as the Health Sciences Library, will be shining a light on a range of resources during a special year of programming aimed at celebrating the ways in which the Library supports research, teaching and learning related to STEM.
Research
Preserving the legacy of a Jamaican cultural icon
The collection, which is regularly used by scholars from around the world, contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, writing, published and printed materials, personal and professional documents, awards, and photographs from Miss Lou’s life in Canada. “Miss Lou was one of the great national icons of Jamaica – but she was also a citizen of the world,” says McMaster University Librarian, Vivian Lewis. “For that reason, McMaster University Library is very proud of the role it has been able to play in supporting Miss Lou’s legacy, here in Canada and across the globe.”
Teaching & Learning
Science students explore the power of storytelling
Teaching students to hone their science communication skills is a key priority of the School of Interdisciplinary Science. with help from artists, storytellers and other experts, McMaster Life Sciences students recently learned to look beyond traditional forms of science communication to explore the power of narrative and try their hand at creating science-based stories of their own.
Survive the exam crunch with a little help from McMaster libraries
McMaster libraries have countless resources to help students at any time of year, but during the exam period when stress levels soar, Mills, Innis and Thode libraries have lots of services and stress-busters that can help make this hectic time a bit easier.
Research
Acquisition offers new insights into the legacy of an intellectual giant
Newly acquired records are providing insight into the International War Crimes Tribunal, and also shedding light on many other aspects of Bertrand Russell’s life, work and legacy. They are part of the latest acquisition of materials to be added to McMaster University Library’s Bertrand Russell Archives, the university’s largest and most heavily used research collection.
Research
Rare map sheds light on deadly perils of the Great War’s forgotten campaign
A rare map contained in McMaster’s extensive World War One map collection is helping to shed light on a little-known chapter of the First World War.
Research
“A country without literature is not a country”
At an event hosted by McMaster University Library in downtown Hamilton, Anna Porter shared tales from her new memoir, In Other Words: How I Fell in Love with Canada One Book at a Time. “Anna’s story is really the story of Canadian literature and publishing,” says McMaster University Librarian, Vivian Lewis. “We are proud to be the custodians of Anna’s archives which sit alongside those of many of the celebrated authors she supported and who have come to define Canadian literary culture.”
Events
Celebrating Open Access: Oct. 24, 25
On October 24 and 25, join McMaster University Library for events and presentations that will focus on how McMaster and other institutions, organizations and agencies in Ontario and across the globe are working to make this vision a reality.
Research
How to give voice to a brand? Look for the answers in McMaster’s Pirate Archive
In 2010, Pirate Group Inc. gifted its vast archive to McMaster University Library, and has been adding to the collection ever since. Pirate Group CEO, Tom Eymundson, knows a thing or two about how to build a brand, and recently shared some of his many insights:
Research
Gentleman, soldier, spy: The Napoleonic era maps of Robert Clifford
A large scale map of the Austrian Netherlands produced during the Napoleonic era hangs in the McMaster Museum of Art, the centrepiece of a special exhibit showcasing McMaster University Library's Clifford Map collection.
Sneak peek of new Library website: Tell us what you think!
McMaster University Library has been working behind the scenes on a redesigned library website, which will soon be live for everyone to use. Before we launch, we are inviting McMaster students, faculty and staff to explore and provide feedback on the beta version of the new site.
