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| director = Vivian Lewis
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McMaster University Library is the [[academic library]] system for the faculties of [[McMaster_Faculty_of_Humanities|Humanities]], [[McMaster_Faculty_of_Social_Sciences|Social Sciences]], [[McMaster_Faculty_of_Engineering|Engineering]], [[McMaster_Faculty_of_Science|Science]], as well as the [[DeGroote_School_of_Business|Michael DeGroote School of Business]] at [[McMaster University]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. McMaster also has a Health Sciences Library administered by the [[McMaster_Faculty_of_Health_Sciences|Faculty of Health Sciences]].
'''McMaster University Library''' is the [[academic library]] system for the faculties of [[McMaster Faculty of Humanities|Humanities]], [[McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences|Social Sciences]], [[McMaster Faculty of Engineering|Engineering]], [[McMaster Faculty of Science|Science]], as well as the [[DeGroote School of Business|Michael DeGroote School of Business]] at [[McMaster University]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada. McMaster also has a Health Sciences Library administered by the [[McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences|Faculty of Health Sciences]].


==Locations==
==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|Burlington]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
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|Burlington]], [[Ontario]], Canada.


==History==
==History==
[[File:Mills Memorial Library and plaza.jpg|thumb|left|Mills Memorial Library and plaza]]
The library was established as part of McMaster University in 1887<ref>{{Cite book | last = Steele | first = Colin | year = 1976 |chapter = McMaster University Library | title = Major Libraries of the World | publisher = Bowker | location = New York | page = 36 | isbn = 0859350126}} </ref> and was originally located in McMaster Hall in [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. When the university and library moved to Hamilton in 1930, the library resided in University Hall,<ref name=alumninews>{{cite journal | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date = 1951 | title = Mills Memorial Library | journal = McMaster Alumni News | publisher = McMaster University | volume = 21 | issue = 3 | pages = 3 | access-date = 2 June 2015}}</ref> one of the University’s five original buildings.
The library was established as part of McMaster University in 1887<ref>{{Cite book | last = Steele | first = Colin | year = 1976 | chapter = McMaster University Library | title = Major Libraries of the World | publisher = Bowker | location = New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/majorlibrariesof00coli/page/36 36] | isbn = 0859350126 | chapter-url-access = registration | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/majorlibrariesof00coli | url = https://archive.org/details/majorlibrariesof00coli/page/36 }}</ref> 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,<ref name=alumninews>{{cite journal | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | date = 1951 | title = Mills Memorial Library | journal = McMaster Alumni News | publisher = McMaster University | volume = 21 | issue = 3 | pages = 3 }}</ref> one of the university's five original buildings.


In May of 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.<ref>{{cite book | last = Johnston | first = Charles Murray | date = 1976 | title = McMaster University, Volume 2: The Early Years in Hamilton, 1930-1957 | location = Toronto | publisher= University of Toronto Press | isbn = 0802033725}}</ref> Mills was extended to the east in stages during the 1960s and 1970s, and underwent a major renovation from 1990- 1994.The renovation won the [[Ontario Library Association]] 1996 Building Award for Best Academic Library Project.<ref name=ola>{{cite web|url=https://www.accessola.org/web/OLAWEB/About/Awards/Recipients/Building_Award_Winners.aspx |title=Library Building Award Winners|publisher=Ontario Library Association| access-date = 28 April 2015}}</ref> The original Mills Memorial Library building now houses the [[McMaster Museum of Art]].
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.<ref>{{cite book | last = Johnston | first = Charles Murray | date = 1976 | title = McMaster University, Volume 2: The Early Years in Hamilton, 1930–1957 | location = Toronto | publisher= University of Toronto Press | isbn = 0802033725}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ola>{{cite web|url=https://www.accessola.org/web/OLAWEB/About/Awards/Recipients/Building_Award_Winners.aspx|title=Library Building Award Winners|publisher=Ontario Library Association|access-date=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714080332/https://www.accessola.org/web/OLAWEB/About/Awards/Recipients/Building_Award_Winners.aspx|archive-date=14 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Greenlee | first = James G. | year = 2015 | title = McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957-1987: A Chance for Greatness | publisher = McGill-Queen's UP | location = Kingston, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 9780773544925 | pages = 306}} </ref> Thode Library was named in honour of scientist [[Henry George Thode]] (1910-1997), who was the University’s president from 1961 to 1972.<ref name=president>{{Cite news | last = McNeil | first = Mark | date = 26 April 2015 | title = Mac’s road to ‘Little Big U’ was largely paved by one man. | url = http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5587734-mac-s-road-to-little-big-u-was-largely-paved-by-one-man/ | newspaper = Hamilton Spectator | accessdate = 12 June 2015}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Greenlee | first = James G. | year = 2015 | title = McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957–1987: A Chance for Greatness | publisher = McGill-Queen's UP | location = Kingston, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 9780773544925 | pages = 306}}</ref> Thode Library was named in honour of scientist [[Henry George Thode]] (1910-1997), who was the university's president from 1961 to 1972.<ref name=president>{{Cite news | last = McNeil | first = Mark | date = 26 April 2015 | title = Mac's road to 'Little Big U' was largely paved by one man. | url = http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5587734-mac-s-road-to-little-big-u-was-largely-paved-by-one-man/ | newspaper = Hamilton Spectator | accessdate = 12 June 2015}}</ref>


The Innis Library first opened in 1974 and is named after economist and McMaster alumnus [[Harold Adams Innis]] (1894-1952). Located in Kenneth Taylor Hall and adjacent to the [[Michael DeGroote]] School of Business, it supports the academic and research needs of the [[DeGroote School of Business]].<ref>{{Cite book | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | year = 1993 | title = McMaster University Libraries | publisher = McMaster University | location = Hamilton, Ontario}}</ref>
The Innis Library first opened in 1974 and is named after economist and McMaster alumnus [[Harold Adams Innis]] (1894–1952). Located in Kenneth Taylor Hall and adjacent to the [[Michael DeGroote]] School of Business, it supports the [[DeGroote School of Business]].<ref>{{Cite book | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | year = 1993 | title = McMaster University Libraries | publisher = McMaster University | location = Hamilton, Ontario}}</ref>


The Library’s most important collection, the [[Bertrand Russell]] archives, came to McMaster in 1968<ref>Greenlee 2015, p. 92.</ref>. In 1976, McMaster University Library became a member of the prestigious [[Association of Research Libraries]], one of only 5 Canadian libraries at the time.<ref>Greenlee 2015, p. 290.</ref>
The library's most important collection, the [[Bertrand Russell]] archives, came to McMaster in 1968.<ref>Greenlee 2015, p. 92.</ref> In 1976, McMaster University Library became a member of the [[Association of Research Libraries]], one of only five Canadian libraries at the time.<ref>Greenlee 2015, p. 290.</ref>


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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = McMaster University Library best in North America – Macleans.ca|url = http://www.macleans.ca/education/uniandcollege/mcmaster-university-library-best-in-north-america/|website = Macleans.ca|date = 8 February 2008|access-date = 2016-02-05|language = en-US}}</ref> 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."<ref name=":0" /> This is the only time that a Canadian academic library has been given the award.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/excellenceacademic|title= Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – Excellence in Academic Libraries Award | website=www.ala.org/acrl/Retrieved 11 March 2021|date= 28 January 2009 }}
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==Services and Centres==


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The Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, located in Mills Memorial Library, supports students and faculty who employ [[digital scholarship]] and [[digital humanities]] tools and methodologies in their study and research<ref name=dsl>{{cite web |url=http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/trends-digital-scholarship-centers | last = Lippincott | first = Joan | last2 = Hemmasi | first2 = Harriette | last3 = Lewis | first3 = Vivian | date = 2014 | title = Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers | journal = EDUCAUSE Review | accessdate = 2 June 2015}}</ref>. The Centre also includes a [[makerspace]] and a [[3D printing]] laboratory.


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==Services and centres==
The Lyons New Media Centre is a specialized [[multimedia]] space within Mills Library, for the creation and use of new and traditional media in teaching, learning, and research at McMaster.
[[File:Media Wall, The Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship in Mills Memorial Library at McMaster University.jpg|thumb|Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship Media Wall]]The McMaster University Library system is home to the Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, which opened in 2012 and facilitates open and collaborative approaches to research.<ref name=Humphreys>{{cite web|last1=Humphreys|first1=Adrian|title=Year in Ideas: University's digital scholarship centre using open access to make research more useful|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/year-in-ideas-universitys-digital-scholarship-centre-using-open-access-to-make-research-more-useful|publisher=National Post|accessdate=31 October 2015|date=December 27, 2012}}</ref> Located in the Mills Memorial Library the centre supports students and faculty who employ [[digital scholarship]] and [[digital humanities]] tools and methodologies in their study and research.<ref name=dsl>{{cite journal |url=http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/trends-digital-scholarship-centers | last1 = Lippincott | first1 = Joan | last2 = Hemmasi | first2 = Harriette | last3 = Lewis | first3 = Vivian | date = 2014 | title = Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers | journal = EDUCAUSE Review | accessdate = 2 June 2015}}</ref> "When you have a lot of projects that are literally butting up against each other, the idea is to bleed between them" explains Dale Askey, the centre's Administrative Director, in regards to the potential for interdisciplinary research.<ref name=Carter>{{cite web|last1=Carter|first1=Adam|title=McMaster opens centre to bring research into 21st century|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/mcmaster-opens-centre-to-bring-research-into-21st-century-1.1297383|publisher=CBC|accessdate=31 October 2015|date=November 30, 2012}}</ref> The centre includes a [[makerspace]] and a [[3D printing]] laboratory.<ref name=Askey>{{cite web|last1=Askey|first1=Dale|title=Desktop fabrication|url=http://scds.ca/desktop-fabrication/|publisher=Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship|accessdate=31 October 2015|date=April 17, 2015}}</ref> The facility was made possible by a $2.5 million gift from the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hemsworth|first1=Wade|title=Digital scholarship centre will revolutionize research|url=http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/digital-scholarship-centre-will-revolutionize-data-processing/|publisher=McMaster University Daily News|accessdate=31 October 2015|date=November 30, 2012}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Trzeciak|first1=Jeff|last2=MacLachlan|first2=John|last3=Shenker|first3=Noah|s2cid=60854806|title=Engaging the Campus Community Through New Roles and New Relationships: The McMaster University Library Postdoctoral Fellowship Program|journal=College & Undergraduate Libraries|date=April 2011|volume=18|issue=2–3|pages=200To–212|url=http://resolver.scholarsportal.info.libaccess.lib.mcmaster.ca/resolve/10691316/v18i2-3/200_etcctnmulpfp.xml|accessdate=31 October 2015|doi=10.1080/10691316.2011.581543}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lyons New Media Centre|url=http://library.mcmaster.ca/spaces/lyons|website=McMaster University Library|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref>
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The Maps, Data & [[GIS]] Centre, supplies researchers with access to a wide range of geospatial map and data sets and provides workstations with specialized cartographic and statistical software. The Lloyd Reeds Map Collection supports the geographic research needs of students, staff, and faculty at McMaster University.


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The Maps, Data & [[GIS]] Centre, supplies researchers with access to a geospatial map and data sets and provides workstations with specialized cartographic and statistical software.
The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections is the principal repository for rare books, archives, antiquarian maps, and related historical material for the Library.


==Collections==
==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 [[USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education|Visual History Archive of the Shoah Foundation Institute]], consisting of nearly more than 52,000 testimonials of Holocaust survivors and witnesses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Library to offer access to massive archive of Holocaust testimonies|url=https://library.mcmaster.ca/news/8977|accessdate=8 March 2016|publisher=McMaster University Library|date=May 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=McMaster Library Offers Access To Archive of Holocaust Testimonies|url=http://www.k-litefm.com/News/story.aspx?ID=1565245|accessdate=8 March 2016|publisher=K-Lite FM|date=2 November 2011}}</ref>
The McMaster University Library’s collections include general materials as well as specialized collections such as : archives and rare books, data and statistics, government publications, audio and video materials, maps, atlases and aerial photos, music and theses.


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 movement|Resistance]]. The Division of Archives and Research Collections is also home to the [[William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections#The Bertrand Russell Archives|Bertrand Russell Archives]], established after the purchase of Russell's papers in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|title=Blackwell Again Tackling Job of Assembling Russell Papers|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QjdQAAAAIBAJ&pg=926%2C3734554|accessdate=3 February 2016|publisher=Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph|date=Nov 29, 1968}}</ref>
Named after William Ready, University Librarian from 1966 until his retirement in 1979, the holdings of the William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections are of national and international significance and include the Bertrand Russell Archives<ref name=BR>{{cite news | last = Fulford | first = Robert | date = 14 February 1996 | title=Following the Bertrand Russell paper trail | newspaper = Globe and Mail | accessdate= 2 June 2015}}</ref>; archives of Canadian writers such as [[Margaret Laurence]], [[Marian Engel]], [[Austin Clarke]], [[Matt Cohen]], [[Pierre Berton]], [[Farley Mowat]] and [[Peter C. Newman]]; archives of Canadian Musicians such as [[Ian_Thomas_(Canadian_musician)|Ian Thomas]] and [[Bruce Cockburn]]; Canadian publishers' archives including [[McClelland and Stewart]], [[Key Porter Books]], [[Macmillan Canada]] and [[Clarke Irwin]]; and collections relating to Peace and War, [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].


[[File:1943 WWII map of Hannover, Germany.jpg|thumb|1943 wartime map of Hannover, Germany used in the film ''Fury'']]
The Digital Archive contains special digitized collections, including maps, selected archival materials from Research Collections, and digital copies from the rare books collection.
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.
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. The collection also contains thousands of historical maps, many of which are being digitized and made available freely online.<ref name=HistoricalMaps>{{cite journal | last = Dodsworth | first = Eva | last2 = Nicholson | first2 = Andrew | date = 2012 | title=Academic uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a library setting | url = http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/1848 | journal = Information Technology and Libraries | publisher = Library & Information Technology Association | volume = 31 | issue = 2 | pages = 102-117 | accessdate= 2 June 2015}}</ref>
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.<ref name=HistoricalMaps>{{cite journal | last1 = Dodsworth | first1 = Eva | last2 = Nicholson | first2 = Andrew | date = 2012 | title=Academic uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a library setting | journal = Information Technology and Libraries | publisher = Library & Information Technology Association | volume = 31 | issue = 2 | pages = 102–117 | doi = 10.6017/ital.v31i2.1848 | doi-access = free }}</ref> A digitized copy of a 1943 wartime map of Hanover, Germany, held in the collection was used in the 2014 motion picture ''[[Fury (2014 film)|Fury]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ruf|first1=Cory|title=How a McMaster University map got into Brad Pitt's new film 'Fury'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/how-a-mcmaster-university-map-got-into-brad-pitt-s-new-film-fury-1.2822507|accessdate=31 October 2015|publisher=CBC|date=November 4, 2014}}</ref> Included in the collection are 1,400 World War I trench maps and aerial photographs.<ref>{{cite web|title=WWI Trench Maps & Aerial Photographs|url=http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ww1/WW1_Maps|publisher=McMaster University Library|accessdate=31 October 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Banks>{{cite journal|last1=Banks|first1=Brian|title=First World War maps|journal=Canadian Geographic|date=October 2015|url=http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/oct15/first-world-war-map-archive.asp|accessdate=31 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003133354/http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/oct15/first-world-war-map-archive.asp|archivedate=3 October 2015}}</ref>


==Partnerships and collaboration==
==Memberships==
Academic and research library memberships for McMaster University Library include:


McMaster University Library is a member of the [[Association of Research Libraries]], [[Canadian Association of Research Libraries]], and the [[Ontario Council of University Libraries]].
*[[Association of Research Libraries]]
*[[Canadian Association of Research Libraries]]
*[[Canadian Library Association]]
*[[Council on Library and Information Resources]]
*[[Coalition for Networked Information]]
*[[Coalition of Open Access Repositories]]
*[[Canadian Research Knowledge Network]]
*[[Directory of Open Access Journals]]
*[[DuraSpace]]
*[[International Federation of Library Associations]]
*[[Ontario Council of University Libraries]]
*[[Ontario Library Association]]
*[[Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition]]

==Awards==
2008: Excellence in Academic Libraries, [[Association of College and Research Libraries]]<ref name=acrl>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/excellenceacademic|title=Excellence in Academic Libraries Award|publisher=Association of College & Research Libraries|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>

2007: GovSIG Project of the Year, [[Project Management Institute]]<ref name=pmi>{{cite news | last = Baird | first = Catherine | last2 = Lewis | first2 = Vivian | date = 2007-10-07 | title=Mills Learning Commons receives project management award | url=http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/article/mills-learning-commons-receives-project-management-award/ | newspaper = Daily News | location = McMaster University | accessdate= 2 June 2015}}</ref>

1996: Building Award for Best Academic Library Project, [[Ontario Library Association]]<ref name=ola>{{cite web|url=https://www.accessola.org/web/OLAWEB/About/Awards/Recipients/Building_Award_Winners.aspx |title=Library Building Award Winners|publisher=Ontario Library Association|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca Official Website]
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca Official Website]
* [http://www.mcmaster.ca/russdocs/russell.htm Bertrand Russell Archives]
* [http://digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca/ Digital Archive]
* [http://scds.ca Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship]
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/ The Lloyd Reeds Map Collection]
* [http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/ William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections]


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McMaster University Library
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43°15′46″N 79°55′03″W / 43.262836°N 79.917605°W / 43.262836; -79.917605
LocationHamilton, Ontario, Canada
TypeAcademic library
Established1887
Branches3
Collection
Items collectedbooks; e-books; journals, newspapers, and other serials; sound recordings, videos, and musical scores; maps;[1] manuscripts and archives.[2]
Size1,933,298 volumes (2013):[2] 1,229,351 books; 510,269 e-books; 88,384 journals, newspapers, and other serials; 59,204 sound recordings, videos, and musical scores; 138,142 maps;[1] 4,453 linear metres manuscripts and archives.[2]
Other information
BudgetCan$20,631,665 (all libraries including Health Sciences)[2]
DirectorVivian Lewis
Employees100
Websitelibrary.mcmaster.ca

McMaster University Library is the academic library system for the faculties of Humanities, Social Sciences, Engineering, Science, as well as the Michael DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. McMaster also has a Health Sciences Library administered by the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Locations[edit]

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[edit]

Mills Memorial Library and plaza

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.[7] Thode Library was named in honour of scientist Henry George Thode (1910-1997), who was the university's president from 1961 to 1972.[8]

The Innis Library first opened in 1974 and is named after economist and McMaster alumnus Harold Adams Innis (1894–1952). Located in Kenneth Taylor Hall and adjacent to the Michael DeGroote School of Business, it supports the DeGroote School of Business.[9]

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[edit]

Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship Media Wall

The McMaster University Library system is home to the Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, which opened in 2012 and facilitates open and collaborative approaches to research.[14] Located in the Mills Memorial Library the centre supports students and faculty who employ digital scholarship and digital humanities tools and methodologies in their study and research.[15] "When you have a lot of projects that are literally butting up against each other, the idea is to bleed between them" explains Dale Askey, the centre's Administrative Director, in regards to the potential for interdisciplinary research.[16] The centre includes a makerspace and a 3D printing laboratory.[17] The facility was made possible by a $2.5 million gift from the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Foundation.[18]

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 & GIS Centre, supplies researchers with access to a geospatial map and data sets and provides workstations with specialized cartographic and statistical software.

Collections[edit]

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 Visual History Archive of the Shoah Foundation Institute, consisting of nearly more than 52,000 testimonials of Holocaust survivors and witnesses.[21][22]

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]

1943 wartime map of Hannover, Germany used in the film Fury

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "McMaster University Fact Book" (PDF). Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. McMaster University. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Steele, Colin (1976). "McMaster University Library". Major Libraries of the World. New York: Bowker. p. 36. ISBN 0859350126.
  4. ^ "Mills Memorial Library". McMaster Alumni News. 21 (3). McMaster University: 3. 1951.
  5. ^ Johnston, Charles Murray (1976). McMaster University, Volume 2: The Early Years in Hamilton, 1930–1957. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802033725.
  6. ^ "Library Building Award Winners". Ontario Library Association. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. ^ Greenlee, James G. (2015). McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957–1987: A Chance for Greatness. Kingston, Ontario, Canada: McGill-Queen's UP. p. 306. ISBN 9780773544925.
  8. ^ McNeil, Mark (26 April 2015). "Mac's road to 'Little Big U' was largely paved by one man". Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  9. ^ McMaster University Libraries. Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University. 1993.
  10. ^ Greenlee 2015, p. 92.
  11. ^ Greenlee 2015, p. 290.
  12. ^ a b "McMaster University Library best in North America – Macleans.ca". Macleans.ca. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  13. ^ "Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – Excellence in Academic Libraries Award". www.ala.org/acrl/Retrieved 11 March 2021. 28 January 2009.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Lippincott, Joan; Hemmasi, Harriette; Lewis, Vivian (2014). "Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers". EDUCAUSE Review. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  16. ^ Carter, Adam (November 30, 2012). "McMaster opens centre to bring research into 21st century". CBC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  17. ^ Askey, Dale (April 17, 2015). "Desktop fabrication". Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  18. ^ Hemsworth, Wade (November 30, 2012). "Digital scholarship centre will revolutionize research". McMaster University Daily News. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  19. ^ Trzeciak, Jeff; MacLachlan, John; Shenker, Noah (April 2011). "Engaging the Campus Community Through New Roles and New Relationships: The McMaster University Library Postdoctoral Fellowship Program". College & Undergraduate Libraries. 18 (2–3): 200To–212. doi:10.1080/10691316.2011.581543. S2CID 60854806. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  20. ^ "Lyons New Media Centre". McMaster University Library. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Library to offer access to massive archive of Holocaust testimonies". McMaster University Library. May 8, 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  22. ^ "McMaster Library Offers Access To Archive of Holocaust Testimonies". K-Lite FM. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  23. ^ "Blackwell Again Tackling Job of Assembling Russell Papers". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Nov 29, 1968. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  24. ^ Dodsworth, Eva; Nicholson, Andrew (2012). "Academic uses of Google Earth and Google Maps in a library setting". Information Technology and Libraries. 31 (2). Library & Information Technology Association: 102–117. doi:10.6017/ital.v31i2.1848.
  25. ^ Ruf, Cory (November 4, 2014). "How a McMaster University map got into Brad Pitt's new film 'Fury'". CBC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  26. ^ "WWI Trench Maps & Aerial Photographs". McMaster University Library. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  27. ^ Banks, Brian (October 2015). "First World War maps". Canadian Geographic. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McMaster_University_Library&diff=1210679547&oldid=667221377

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