Virtual Town Hall text with Logos for Digital Research Commons Pilot and McMaster University.
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The Digital Research Commons Pilot team is asking the McMaster community to share its thoughts about the current state of digital research support.

Among the many ways to provide feedback this fall are attending a virtual town hall and completing an online survey.

Tracie Large with short brown hair wearing a maroon shirt under a black McMaster jacket stands smiling with a cart of supplies outdoors.
Tracie Large, who has worked at McMaster for over a decade, has a knack for teaching and loves to connect with others.

By Sophie Walsh, McMaster News

People of McMaster celebrates the incredible people who help make McMaster a great place to work, learn, teach and conduct research. 

It’s another early morning in the Mills Memorial Library and among the quiet buzz of students, staff and faculty settling in for the day is Tracie Large, custodian and 2024 President’s Award recipient –– already hard at work.  

Rebecca with long black hair wearing glasses, black blouse and grey pants stands smiling beside Katie with long blonde hair wearing a black and white floral blouse and black pants also stands smiling, both holding textbooks between rows of bookshelves in a library.
Rebecca Bekele, left, a third-year Health Sciences student, and Katie Harding, OER and STEM librarian, in the H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering.

McMaster University has launched a new survey to better understand how the costs of textbooks and other required course materials affect undergraduate students.

The McMaster Textbook Affordability Survey, organized by the McMaster Open Educational Resources (OER) team with support from McMaster Students Union, will help capture student experiences to guide future affordability initiatives.

Due to illness, the Bertrand Russell Archives will be closed on Wednesday, October 8. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you need assistance, please contact us at russarch@mcmaster.ca and we will respond to you as soon as possible.


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Elevator in Thode is unavailable and awaiting parts to be ordered for repair. 


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Four libraries employees stand smiling around a long table featuring an assortment of crafting materials, including yarn, stamps, thread, markers, paintbrushes, and hot glue guns, inside Thode Makerspace.
Left to right: Kresteen Al Shehadeh, Britt Sostar, Nancy Waite, and Tala Al-Dahleh are part of the team leading Cozy Crafternoons which is being held at Mills Memorial Library.
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With classes and campus activities in full swing, students have new opportunities to get involved and connect with their peers.

McMaster University Libraries have launched the Reach Out Project, a series of drop-in and registered programs designed to foster community and belonging. From book clubs and craft sessions to game nights and cultural events, these initiatives aim to create welcoming spaces where students can meet and bond over shared interests. 

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Queer Study Buddies returns for another year at McMaster libraries

The Queer Study Buddies program offers a queer-friendly study and socialization space in Mills Memorial Library.

Two students sit looking at books at a table inside a group study room.
McMaster students Chrisha, left, and Sarah in a group study room at Health Sciences Library.

McMaster University Libraries have launched a new group study room booking system to create a seamless experience for patrons. 

David Kemper, digital experience librarian, says the new system is easy for users to navigate.

“The idea behind implementing a new system was to create a central hub for group study room bookings across all McMaster libraries,” he said. “Users can simply visit the Room and Equipment Booking webpage on the libraries website and click which library they would like to reserve a room in to browse availability.”

How it works:

Danica with short blonde hair, Niloofar with medium-length brown hair, and Subhanya with long black hair stand smiling outside of a library on a sunny spring day.
Danica Evering, left, and Subhanya Sivajothy, right, with Niloofar Hooman, a McMaster PhD student. Photo by Brad Leenstra

A new toolkit is empowering community organizations to manage the data they collect through research projects and partnerships with other researchers and data professionals.

The Community Research Data Toolkit, launched in fall 2025, lives online in open-access formats available and adaptable for use by everyone at no cost. 

While data management practices are often associated with numbers-based research, the toolkit is for research data collected from community research participants, such as through surveys, oral histories, and interviews.  

All washrooms in Thode Library are temporarily out of order. Please use the washrooms in ABB.


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Promotional graphic for the impact report. Cover of report is shown featuring a student with black curly hair sitting wearing a grey sweater and jeans sitting in a chair reading in a room lined with bookshelves featuring ornate, older volumes. Text on graphic reads: 2024-2025 Impact Report, McMaster University Libraries.
This year's impact report shares stories and photos of the important work led by employees at McMaster University Libraries.
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The latest edition of the award-winning impact report from McMaster University Libraries is ready for the community to enjoy. 

The fourth issue of the annual magazine highlights the people and projects of the libraries for the fiscal year of May 2024 to April 2025. This year’s editorial focus was inspired by the most significant change for the organization, with the coming together of Health Sciences Library and the former entity known as McMaster University Library. 

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