After being closed for nearly five years, the long-anticipated return of Innis Library is on the horizon. 

Innis, McMaster’s business library, closed its doors in March 2020 in preparation for demolition and the construction of the McLean Centre for Collaborative Discovery. The library, slated to open in fall 2025, will be housed on the third floor of the newly constructed 10-storey building. 

The Thode Makerspace student assistants help the McMaster community bring their creative visions to life, but did you know that they also inspire students to get creative through social media? 

Dominick Madulid, student assistant at Thode Makerspace, is a familiar face on the McMaster University Libraries’ Instagram channel @maclibraries. He says being a student ambassador creating content about Thode Makerspace helps to connect the space to a wider audience while also making his role more dynamic. 

McMaster University Libraries is honouring Black History Month this February with programming across all libraries.

Black History Month is a month-long celebration of Black people's history, culture, and contributions, and takes place in February each year.

"Black History Month is important because it celebrates our black population, while inviting people to recognize contributions Black people have made to broader society, both now and in the past," said Crystal Kerr, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility strategist at McMaster University Libraries.

What makes a dolphin a dolphin? 

This question will be explored in Usurpers of the Delphic name: Dolphin imposters in the long eighteenth century, the next session of the 2024-2025 Archives Alive series hosted by McMaster University Libraries and McMaster Alumni. 

McMaster University’s LinkedIn Learning subscription is ending on Sept. 22, 2025.  

LinkedIn Learning came to McMaster as part of a three-year pilot from the Government of Ontario that provided free access to this online platform at publicly funded post-secondary institutions. That pilot ended in 2020. McMaster subsequently extended its access after the end of the provincial pilot. 

The Health Sciences Library has come together with McMaster University Library in a new, campus-wide system collectively called McMaster University Libraries. 

The new system now encompasses all four of McMaster’s libraries, including the Health Sciences Library, H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering, Mills Memorial Library, and the renewed Innis Library opening in fall 2025 at the McLean Centre for Collaborative Discovery.