| McMaster University Library | |
|---|---|
| Location | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1887 |
| Branches | 3 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | 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; also numerous manuscripts and archives.[1] |
| Size | 2,000,000 volumes? |
| Other information | |
| Director | Vivian Lewis |
| Employees | 80 |
| Website | library.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
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[2] 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, one of the University’s five original buildings.[3]
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.[citation]. 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 Ontario Library Association[4]. 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, [cite?], and remained there until 1978, when the H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering opened. Thode Library was named in honour of scientist Henry George Thode (1910-1997), who was the University’s president from 1961 to 1972[5].
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.
The Library’s most important collection, the Bertrand Russell archives, came to McMaster in 1968[6][7]. In 1976, McMaster University Library became a member of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries[8], one of only 5 Canadian libraries at the time[9].
Services and Centres
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[10]. The Centre also includes a makerspace and a 3D printing laboratory.
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.
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.
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
The McMaster University Library’s collections include general materials as well as specialized collections such as : archives and rare books, data and statistics, digital archives, digital collections, government publications, audio and video files, maps, atlases and aerial photos, music and theses.
William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections Named after William Ready, the University Librarian from 1966 until his retirement in 1979, the Division’s collections are of national and international[6] significance[11] and includes the Bertrand Russell Archives; archives of Canadian writers such as Margaret Laurence, Marian Engel, Austin Clarke, Matt Cohen, Pierre Berton, Farley Mowat and Peter C. Newman; 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.
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.
Data, Statistics and GIS facilitates the use of specialized electronic research data products such as microdata, aggregate data, statistics and Geospatial data sets which cover a broad range of subject areas with an emphasis on Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Business and Economics.
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[12].
Memberships
Academic and research library memberships for McMaster University Library include:
- 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[13]
2007: GovSIG Project of the Year, Project Management Institute[14]
1996: Building Award for Best Academic Library Project, Ontario Library Association[4]
References
- ^ "McMaster University Fact Book" (PDF). Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. McMaster University. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Steele., Colin. (1976). "McMaster University Library.". Major Libraries of the World. London, England: Bowker. p. 36. ISBN 0859350126.
- ^ "Mills Memorial Library". McMaster Alumni News. 21 (3). McMaster University: 3. 1951.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b "Library Building Award Winners". Ontario Library Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015. Cite error: The named reference "ola" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ McNeil, Mark (Apr 26, 2015). "Mac's road to 'Little Big U' was largely paved by one man". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b Cowan, Edward. (Sept 14 1968.). "Russell's Papers Being Catalogued: Microfilming of Documents Proceeds in Canada". New York Times. New York, NY, USA. p. 27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) Cite error: The named reference "BR" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ Greenlee., James G. (2015). McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957-1987: A Chance for Greatness. Kingston, Ontario, Canada: McGill Queens UP. p. 92. ISBN 9780773544925.
- ^ "Library Joins". Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Feb 11 1976. p. 64. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Greenlee., James G. (2015). McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957-1987: A Chance for Greatness. Kingston, Ontario, Canada: McGill Queens UP. p. 306. ISBN 9780773544925.
- ^ Lippincott, Joan; Lewis, Vivian (2014). "Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers". EDUCAUSE Review. EDUCAUSE. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "About". McMaster University Library. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ 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. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Excellence in Academic Libraries Award". Association of College & Research Libraries. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ Baird, Catherine; Lewis, Vivian (2007-10-07). "Mills Learning Commons receives project management award". Daily News. McMaster University. Retrieved 2 June 2015.