McGill Libraries

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Your support will help McGill Libraries stay at the forefront of developments in higher education, providing students, faculty and researchers with the best possible information resources, equipment, and comfortable and inviting settings.

Libraries play a vital role in campus life as hubs for research, study and collaboration. Home to an extensive collection, McGill Libraries receive an average of 9,500 visits on a typical weekday and stage hundreds of lectures, workshops and tours every year.

With nine physical locations, spanning the downtown and Macdonald campuses, McGill Libraries’ role in teaching and learning has never been more important.

The digital age has completely transformed how students and faculty use libraries – how they seek information and connect with each other.

With the support of a committed community, McGill Libraries can continue to excel in meeting the evolving needs of current and future students and scholars in pursuit of their academic goals.

Creating versatile spaces

2024 marked the opening of the McGill University Collections Centre near Montreal. The off-site state-of-the-art facility for book storage and retrieval now houses about 60 per cent of McGill Libraries’ physical collection. Transferring low-circulating collections to the storage centre has freed up significant and much-needed space in the McLennan Library.

Your support will help us to:
Address the demand for user and program space
Create varied environments for students and scholars by optimizing the newly available space, transforming it into user-focused areas designed for service delivery, study and collaborative activities

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Staying competitive

McGill Libraries possesses one of the strongest journal databases and e-book collections in Canada, thanks to a robust collection budget that contributes to McGill’s competitive standing as a top global research-intensive university.

Your support will help us:

Maintain a healthy library acquisitions budget, particularly in the face of inflation and currency exchange rates that pose obstacles to maximizing resources
Enhance McGill Libraries’ world-class collections and contribute to student success through access to important academic resources

Treasures from the past

McGill Libraries includes Rare Books & Special Collections, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, and the Visual Arts Collection, which house rare materials that are unique in the world.

These units of McGill Libraries make essential primary resources accessible to researchers, students, and visitors and showcases unique materials for the public.

Your support will help us to:

Grow these collections through acquisition endowments and support the work of collecting, preserving and sharing treasures from the past
Fund special events, such as Rare Books and Special Collections’ History of Science Drop-In during Science Literacy Week