McMaster University Library
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Location | Can$20,631,665 (all libraries including Health Sciences)[2] |
Director | Vivian Lewis |
Employees | 100 |
Website | library |
McMaster University Library is the
Locations
McMaster University Library consists of three locations with distinct subject specialities: Mills Memorial Library (Humanities and Social Sciences), Innis Library (Business), and the H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering. The University Library also provides library services at McMaster's Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
History
The library was established as part of McMaster University in 1887[3] and was originally located in McMaster Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. When the university and library moved to Hamilton in 1930, the library resided in University Hall,[4] one of the university's five original buildings.
In May 1951, the library moved to the newly constructed Mills Memorial Library, named after David Bloss Mills, whose foundation, the Davella Mills Foundation, funded the construction.[5] Mills was extended to the east in stages during the 1960s and 1970s, and underwent a major renovation from 1990 to 1994.The renovation won the Ontario Library Association 1996 Building Award for Best Academic Library Project.[6] The original Mills Memorial Library building now houses the McMaster Museum of Art.
The university's first Science Library opened as a separate room in Burke Science Building in 1954 and remained there until 1978, when the H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering opened.
The Innis Library first opened in 1974 and is named after economist and McMaster alumnus
The library's most important collection, the Bertrand Russell archives, came to McMaster in 1968.[10] In 1976, McMaster University Library became a member of the Association of Research Libraries, one of only five Canadian libraries at the time.[11]
In 2008, McMaster University Libraries was honoured as one of the three best academic libraries in North America by the American Library Association's ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) division.[12] Innovations in services included "open[ing] a help desk in Second Life, implement[ing] the creation of a learning commons," and joining "the Centre for Research Libraries, giving students access to over 800,000 international doctoral dissertations."[12] This is the only time that a Canadian academic library has been given the award.[13]
Services and centres
The Lyons New Media Centre is also located within the Mills Memorial Library. A specialized multimedia space, the centre facilitates the creation and use of new and traditional media within the academic community while teaching learning and researching. The centre offers video and audio editing workstations, a Gaming and Media Theatre and consultation services.[19][20]
The Maps, Data &
Collections
The McMaster University Library's collection supports research in more than 50 doctoral and professional programs. Specialized collections include archives and rare books, data and statistics, government publications, audio and video materials, maps, atlases and aerial photos, music and theses. In 2011, McMaster became the first Canadian university to provide access to the
Named after William Ready (university librarian from 1966 until his retirement in 1979 that was instrumental in acquiring the Bertrand Russell Collection and Canadian Authors and 18th Century Collection), the holdings of the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections reflect a range of topics including Canadian literature, politics, popular culture and business history, in addition to war and peace in the 20th century with an emphasis on the Holocaust and Resistance. The Division of Archives and Research Collections is also home to the Bertrand Russell Archives, established after the purchase of Russell's papers in 1968.[23]
The Digital Archive contains special digitized collections, including maps, selected archival materials from Research Collections, and digital copies from the rare books collection.
Digital Collections contains collections of digitized materials such as Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing; World War, 1939–1945, German Concentration Camps and Prisons Collection; Digital Russell; and Peace & War in the 20th Century.
The Lloyd Reeds Map Collection holds more than 130,000 paper maps, 18,000 air photos, and 3,000 atlases. Many of the collection's historical maps have been digitized and are freely available online.[24] A digitized copy of a 1943 wartime map of Hanover, Germany, held in the collection was used in the 2014 motion picture Fury.[25] Included in the collection are 1,400 World War I trench maps and aerial photographs.[26] Used by members of the Allied forces the maps were produced in various scales, highlighting terrain, equipment and settlements relevant to specific logistical needs. Several of the maps include annotations and personal information that to convey the real-time experiences of the soldiers who used them.[27]
Partnerships and collaboration
McMaster University Library is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, Canadian Association of Research Libraries, and the Ontario Council of University Libraries.
References
- ^ a b "McMaster University Fact Book" (PDF). Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. McMaster University. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d "2012–2013 Statistics" (PDF). Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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- ^ "Mills Memorial Library". McMaster Alumni News. 21 (3). McMaster University: 3. 1951.
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- ^ "Library Building Award Winners". Ontario Library Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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- ^ McNeil, Mark (26 April 2015). "Mac's road to 'Little Big U' was largely paved by one man". Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ McMaster University Libraries. Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University. 1993.
- ^ Greenlee 2015, p. 92.
- ^ Greenlee 2015, p. 290.
- ^ a b "McMaster University Library best in North America – Macleans.ca". Macleans.ca. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – Excellence in Academic Libraries Award". www.ala.org/acrl/Retrieved 11 March 2021. 28 January 2009.
- ^ Humphreys, Adrian (December 27, 2012). "Year in Ideas: University's digital scholarship centre using open access to make research more useful". National Post. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Lippincott, Joan; Hemmasi, Harriette; Lewis, Vivian (2014). "Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers". EDUCAUSE Review. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Carter, Adam (November 30, 2012). "McMaster opens centre to bring research into 21st century". CBC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Askey, Dale (April 17, 2015). "Desktop fabrication". Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Hemsworth, Wade (November 30, 2012). "Digital scholarship centre will revolutionize research". McMaster University Daily News. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- S2CID 60854806. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Lyons New Media Centre". McMaster University Library. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "Library to offer access to massive archive of Holocaust testimonies". McMaster University Library. May 8, 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "McMaster Library Offers Access To Archive of Holocaust Testimonies". K-Lite FM. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Blackwell Again Tackling Job of Assembling Russell Papers". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Nov 29, 1968. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
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- ^ Ruf, Cory (November 4, 2014). "How a McMaster University map got into Brad Pitt's new film 'Fury'". CBC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ "WWI Trench Maps & Aerial Photographs". McMaster University Library. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ Banks, Brian (October 2015). "First World War maps". Canadian Geographic. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.