| McGill University Library | |
|---|---|
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Type | Academic library |
| Branches | 13 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 6 million items |
| Other information | |
| Budget | C$33 million (annual) |
| Employees | 235 |
| Website | mcgill.ca/library/ |
McGill University Library is the library system of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises 13 branch libraries, holding over 6 million items.[1] It is the fourth-largest research intensive academic library in Canada[2] and received an A from the 2009 Globe and Mail University Report, the highest grade awarded to the library of a large university.[3] The Library's slogan, Information; Innovation; Service, is used both in English and in French.
The largest of the branch libraries is the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, which is housed in the McLennan and Redpath Library Buildings.[4] The Humanities and Social Sciences Library has notable collections in Canadian Studies, English and American Literature, British History, Russian and East European Studies, and World War II.
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, located within the Life Sciences Library in the McIntyre Medical Building, is Canada's foremost scholarly resource in the history of medicine, and one of the most important libraries of its type in North America.[5]
The Library is a member of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)[6], the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)[7], and the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ)[8], as well as other cooperative groups.
References
edit- ^ General Information, McGill Library
- ^ Kyrillidou, Martha; Young, Mark (2008), ARL Statistics 2006-07 (PDF), Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, ISBN 1-59407-785-1
- ^ 2009 Globe and Mail Canadian University Report
- ^ About the Humanities and Social Sciences Library
- ^ About the Osler Library
- ^ CARL Members
- ^ ARL Members
- ^ CREPUQ Official website
