News
Access Denied! What Is Open Access and Why Is It Important?
Open Access Week 2015 is upon us! Now in its 8th year, Open Access Week (Oct. 19-25) is an annual event that promotes Open Access (OA) in scholarship and research. McMaster University Libraries, along with other libraries and institutions around the world, are organizing and offering a week of activities and opportunities to participate in this global movement. See the library’s Schedule of Events for Oct. 19-23.
24 Hour Film Festival Gala Event- Fri. Oct. 9
Celebrate McMaster’s budding filmmakers at the 4th annual McMaster 24 Hour Film Festival Awards Gala.
Five years later, students still ‘blown away’ by Lyons New Media Centre
Library staff and students gathered recently to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Lyons New Media Centre.
Events
Science Literacy Week offers a wide range of fun, informative programming
View a lunar eclipse, learn the basics of cryptography, test your scientific knowledge and win! All this and more during Science Literacy Week, Sept. 21-27.
Meet the 2015/16 Sherman Graduate Fellows
Three graduate students from a range of disciplines will spend the next year exploring how they can apply the principles of digital scholarship to their research.
Attention graduate students: Travel scholarship available
McMaster University Library is very pleased to sponsor a travel scholarship for one McMaster graduate student to attend a conference on Open Access in Brussels, Belgium from November 14-16, 2015.
Paying homage to Alice Munro
A handwritten letter penned by Alice Munro and housed in McMaster's archives has provided the backdrop for a stamp recently issued by Canada Post honouring the Nobel Prize winning author.
Farley Mowat, our digital future and gems from the archives
Read about all this and more in the latest issue of the McMaster Library News.
RefWorks Access Ending August 15 – Save Your Research Now!
The final deadline for RefWorks is approaching and all users are reminded to migrate their references before it’s too late. The University Library's subscription to RefWorks has now ended.
Library unveils new strategic plan
McMaster University Library has unveiled a new strategic plan intended to help accelerate the pace of research on campus and enhance learning opportunities for students.
What 'Sinful Sally' can teach us about vice in the 18th century
Visiting fellow Jessica Steinberg is using 18th century literary texts housed in McMaster’s archives to explore attitudes towards sin and vice in London 300 years ago.
A Conversation with writer, publisher and filmmaker Antonio D’Alfonso
The award-winning author, publisher and filmmaker talks about the future of writing, the importance of crossing borders, and why he donated his archives to the McMaster Library.
