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 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.

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.

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.

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.

A record number of McMaster University faculty and staff members are receiving grants to support projects that will foster the creation and integration of free, high-quality open textbooks and course materials to improve teaching and learning.

Are you a McMaster instructor searching for high-quality open educational resources (OER) to use in your courses but don’t know where to start? A team at McMaster University Libraries is here to help with a new OER finding service introduced this month. 

"There’s a lot of high-quality OER materials out there but it can be challenging to find them,” said Katie Harding, teaching and learning librarian, OER and STEM at McMaster University Library. “We are here to help with this new service supported by our knowledgeable librarians.” 

Vivian Lewis, who led the reopening of two campus libraries during the pandemic with a third library currently under construction, is continuing her leadership with the new title of associate vice-president and university librarian. 

Her ongoing appointment starts July 1, 2024, following approval by McMaster University’s Senate and Board of Governors on April 18.

Lucy Catherine Russell’s tragic death has been the primary subject of scholarly writing and discussion, if she is written about at all.

The curator behind a new digital exhibition from McMaster University Library is looking to shift the narrative.

Gillian Dunks, archives arrangement and description librarian at the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, has assembled an online time capsule of Lucy’s life with materials from her fonds at McMaster.

Jaclyn Desforges, an award-winning Hamilton writer and the 2023-2024 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence, will be wrapping up her residency at the end of April. 

The Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence program is an annual partnership between the Faculty of Humanities’ Department of English and Cultural Studies, the McMaster University Library and the Hamilton Public Library. Each year, a Canadian author is invited to work with creative writers both from McMaster and within the Hamilton community.