McMaster Archives & Research Collections

We are the main repository for rare books, archives, antiquarian maps, & related materials at @McMasterU. Find us on the lower level of @MacMillsLibrary!

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections recently discovered a rare religious text that’s been hiding in the department's shelves since the 1960s.

Read more about the discovery: https://t.co/tuo9lNtS0v

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

Did you know that the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections is open to the public?

To learn more about accessing this space located on the lower level of Mills Memorial Library, visit https://t.co/F4CoMNwzdU

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

McMaster libraries and the Faculty of Humanities recently hosted a conference to give scholars an opportunity to see the university libraries' rare and newly acquired Ottoman world atlas.

Read more about the "Putting the Ottomans on the Map" conference: https://t.co/Gx1zmPx1W0

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

Always a pleasure to have classes visit! Great questions and great discussion.

[Jeremy W Johnston @GandalfPirate]

Great trip to @McMasterU @MacResColls special collection & archives with @HillStrath students. We were able to see books from the 13th-century, learn about historiography, & manuscript & codex conservation. Amazing tour by Myron Groover, Archives and Rare Books Librarian!

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

The Keith Patrick Archives Alive session is happening tomorrow!

Register for this free virtual event to learn more about the story of a Canadian veteran who survived the Second World War by hiding out with members of the French resistance.

🔗 https://t.co/HseX6BNmdg

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

Nor can even these truly great libraries, in nominally public institutions, take their political economy for granted! It's a tough scene, and we have boundless respect & gratitude for the colleagues (near & far) who continue to develop, steward, & move print collections forward.

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

Our shop specialises in print, but it's faculty & administrators — not libraries — who have led the movement away from it. "Do more w/ less space" + diminished engagement w/ print + Moloch-like cost of the e-journal leases faculty require to be competitive = impossible position.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

Why is Google Books removing access to out-of-copyright books that it once hosted as open access? There is a good chance that the mass-deaccession policy of libraries, on the ground that "it's available for free online", will be one of the most stupid acts of modern curatorship.

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

This compounds a tragedy befalling public patrimony: the tendency for a few well-resourced mega-collections, buoyed by private capital & the spooky action of perceived prestige, to suck all the oxygen out of the room for smaller, more specialised collections. A zero sum pattern.

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

Don't miss this one! It's a fascinating story of endurance, courage, survival...and no small amount of luck.

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

There's still time to register for Archives Alive!

At this virtual event, you'll learn more about a Canadian veteran who was cared for by members of the French resistance after his plane was shot down by enemy fighters during the Second World War.

🔗 https://t.co/HseX6BNmdg

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

Our first Archives Alive event of the academic year features the harrowing story of Keith Patrick, whose plane was shot down by enemy fighters during the Second World War.

Learn more in this news story: https://t.co/F7TtOuBWrs
Register for Archives Alive: https://t.co/HseX6BNmdg

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

We are thrilled to share that McMaster University Library's 2023-2024 Impact Report is now available.

This edition of the report highlights some of the wonderful initiatives happening in our spaces.

News story: https://t.co/1GEmXxEWNE
Report: https://t.co/xhbWAO8yTc

[abldmcmaster @abldmcmaster]

What does it mean to leave a legacy? 🌟
Join us Sept 26-27 at McMaster and TMU to explore the archives of Austin Clarke, one of Canada's literary icons, and celebrate his impact on Black Studies and diasporic memory. ✨

#AustinClarke #BlackExcellence

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

@MarshsLibrary Amazing! Which volume is this?

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

@ArmandDAngour What was the rejoinder? Something like:

"Dear Sir, your astonishment's odd;
I am always about in the quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by, yours faithfully, God"

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

Katie Harding, teaching and learning librarian of open educational resources (OER) and STEM at McMaster University Library, has led the creation of a new OER finding service for McMaster instructors. Learn more about this service at the link below.

🔗 https://t.co/ZPAG6kndeR

[McMaster Archives & Research Collections @MacResColls]

@AntigoneJournal "Voluntary Loebotomy," surely.

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

A new digital exhibit from McMaster University Library seeks to reframe the life of Lucy Catherine Russell. Curator Gillian Dunks talks about Lucy's life and what she learned about the bright, curious woman while working with her archive.

🔗 https://t.co/Ny003HsIuk

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

Our final Archives Alive event of the academic year features McMaster's Rick Monture with a presentation on Pauline Johnson and her archive at McMaster University Library. This virtual event is free and all are welcome.

🗓️ April 18, 2024
🕛 12 p.m. ET
🔗https://t.co/9mNvrKLwig

[McMaster Libraries @maclibraries]

Get gardening! Visit the McMaster Seed Library at Thode, Mills and Health Sciences libraries and select up to five free packets of vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Learn more about the seed library and growing tips at the link below.🌻

🔗https://t.co/ENhgpLf8aH