Brian Detlor, the McMaster University Library’s first ever Faculty-Member-in Residence, is researching the use of digital storytelling to promote Hamilton as a place to live, work and play.

A performance which presented a portrait of Canada at war told through letters, diaries and popular music drawn from the McMaster Library’s extensive First World War Archives.

Forget about Waldo, where’s AskGirl?

You may have seen her in her usual spot beside the service desk at Mills Library, but this week, AskGirl is going on a campus tour and you’re invited to come along.

From Nov. 10-14, AskGirl will appear in different locations across campus from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday.

All you need to do is take a selfie with AskGirl and tweet your photo using the #findaskgirl hashtag for a chance to win one of five $25 gift cards to the Campus Store.

The McMaster community and members of the public are invited to join McMaster's Writer-in-Residence, Hal Niedzviecki, for a series of free events taking place throughout November.

Innis Library will be celebrating this milestone with cake and balloons on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 from 1:30-2:30 PM. Come and join the party!

1971. The Pentagon Papers have just been released, “All in the Family” makes its television debut, Tom Jones' "She's a Lady" tops the charts and Frankenstein comes to McMaster.

Co-written by famed Canadian actor and McMaster alumnus Dave Thomas and his brother, award-winning musician Ian Thomas, who composed the score, Frankenstein made its theatrical debut at McMaster’s Robinson Theater in March of 1971.

The University Library is pleased to report that Zack Batist (a PhD candidate from Anthroplogy) and Lorraine Chuen (a Masters student in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour) have been awarded travel scholarships valued at $1,500 USD to attend OpenCon in Washington DC next month. 

In the summer of 2009, his book The Peep Diaries was named as one of Oprah’s “25 Books You Can’t Put Down.”

Fast forward to 2014, and writer Hal Niedzviecki finds himself on campus as the Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence, co-sponsored by McMaster and the Hamilton Public Library.

The Lyons New Media Centre recently rolled out the red carpet for the third annual McMaster 24 Hour Film Festival gala event.

With popcorn in hand, McMaster students, alumni, staff and faculty gathered at the Art Gallery of Hamilton to screen the top ten festival entries and to announce the winning films, selected by a jury of industry specialists.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War, McMaster music student Jason Scozzari revived a moving piece of Canadian wartime music.

The composition, "Days of Peace," was written by Herbert Kohler in 1915.

The original sheet music is housed in McMaster's extensive "War Songs from the First Half of 20th Century" collection, located in the Archives & Research Collection at Mills Memorial Library. Scozzari, who is entering his fourth year at McMaster this fall, performed the piece in Convocation Hall.