The Cedid Atlas Tercümesi lays open with two colourfully engraved circular maps.
The Cedid Atlas Tercümesi features lavish hand-coloured engravings of maps encompassing the whole world and is captioned in Ottoman Turkish calligraphy.
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Scholars from post-secondary institutions across Canada and the United States recently journeyed to McMaster for a conference which unveiled the Cedid Atlas Tercümesi, newly acquired by McMaster University Libraries.

The extremely rare book is a complete copy of the first atlas printed in the Islamic world using Western European cartographic conventions. Myron Groover, archives and rare books librarian with the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, says there are several elements that make this acquisition unique.

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H.G. Thode Library of Science & Engineering will be open 24 hours a day starting in early December to help students prepare for their final exams and complete year-end projects.
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Looking for a good spot to study this December?

McMaster University Libraries have you covered with a variety of study spaces and extended hours. 

Meanwhile, the Office of the Registrar has reserved one classroom on campus for online exams.

Extended hours at Mills Learning Commons and Thode library start Nov. 25, and further increase on Dec. 6.

Mills, Thode and Health Sciences libraries will have modified hours after exams end on Dec. 19 and will close for the winter break. 

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Two students study at a table in the McMaster Students Union Hub.
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Are you a student who’s struggling to understand how generative artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated with your studies? 

McMaster University Libraries and the Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching recently collaborated to create a resource to help students learn more about the complex subject, with the goal of supporting AI student literacy on campus. 

The resource is readily available on Avenue to Learn and the Office of the Provost’s website.

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Joey Ricottone, associate director of Campus Classroom Technologies and library computing, stands in a lecture hall holding an assistive listening device.
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McMaster students who need help hearing their lectures in classrooms now have more options thanks to a team of McMaster University Library staff.

The university library’s Campus Classroom Technologies team has made assistive listening devices available for loan at two McMaster libraries. It is also working methodically to increase the number of classrooms where the technology is available.

Grace with shoulder-length black hair wearing a red cardigan stands smiling behind the services desk in Mills library. Grace holds a calculator in one hand and a bag with charging cables in the other hand, with a variety of items laid out on the desk in front of her.
Grace Dobbie, library assistant with Access Services, holds some of the items available to borrow at Mills Memorial Library.
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Have you ever arrived at campus and realized you forgot a charger for your device?

Don’t run home, because McMaster University Library has your back.

The university library offers students an expansive list of loanable items, including phone and laptop chargers. Grace Dobbie, library assistant with Access Services, says the library makes these items available to benefit students.

Promotional graphic for Archives Alive talk. Text reads: Shot Down and Hiding Out with the Resistance: The Keith Patrick Archive, 7 November 2024, 12 noon EST. Black and white photographs, maps and flight log book are on the right.
An RCAF escape kit, cloth maps, flight logbook and photographs are part of the Keith Patrick archives at McMaster.
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An Allied plane is shot down by enemy fighters during the Second World War. A group of French families risks their lives to rescue the pilot and crew. The grateful wireless operator and air gunner never forgets those who served alongside him and the civilians who saved his life. 

It may sound like the plot of a Hollywood film, but it’s not. 

The front cover of the report features student assistants Dharav Shah and Esther Kok smiling, standing in front of a desk with a map laid out in front of them. Behind them is a large globe and more rows of desks. Text reads: 2023-2024 Impact Report McMaster University Library.
Library student assistants Dharav Shah, left, and Esther Kok in the Lloyd Reeds Map Collection at Mills Memorial Library are featured on the cover of the 2024 report.
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The third edition of the McMaster University Library Impact Report is now available.

In this 2023-24 edition of the magazine, readers will gain an understanding of the impact the university library has made within the past year through captivating stories and compelling images.

The report reflects the fiscal year from May 2023 to April 2024.

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Katie Compton, left, library assistant, Access Services; Crystal Mark, centre, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility strategist, and Katie O'Donnell, library assistant, Access Services, standing inside the Connection Centre in Mills Memorial Library.
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Starting this September, McMaster University Library is hosting a regular study hall for queer students at Mills Memorial Library.

Queer Study Buddies is a weekly event that aims to create a welcoming, recurring meeting space in the library for 2SLGBTQ+ students who can drop in for a group study environment and socialize with fellow members of the queer community.

The initiative is organized by McMaster University Library employees Katie Compton, Crystal Mark, Katie O'Donnell, and Kiara Weis.

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Anna Chatterton is known for her riveting female-focused works for the stage.
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When Anna Chatterton was in her early twenties, she noticed a lack of female representation in the Toronto theatre scene.

As a newly minted graduate of Concordia University’s theatre program, she decided to do something about it.

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The free lecture will celebrate the correspondence and friendship between Austin Clarke and Andrew Salkey, two pivotal Caribbean diaspora writers.
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Archivists from two sides of the ocean are coming together to celebrate a special birthday.

The virtual event One Love and Venceremos: Celebrating the Correspondence of Austin Clarke and Andrew Salkey is being held on Thursday, July 25 at 11 a.m. EDT to mark the 90th birthday of the late Austin Clarke.

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