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| collection_size = 1,933,298 volumes (2013):<ref name="carlstats">{{cite web|url=http://www.carl-abrc.ca/uploads/pdfs/stats/CARL-ABRC_Stats_2012-13_Rev1_Without_Sans_Comment_24Feb2015.pdf|title=2012-2013 Statistics|publisher=Canadian Association of Research Libraries|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> 1,229,351 [[book]]s; 510,269 [[e-book]]s; 88,384 [[academic journal|journal]]s, [[newspaper]]s, and other serials; 59,204 [[sound recording]]s, [[video]]s, and [[Sheet music|musical scores]]; 138,142 [[map]]s;<ref name="macfb">{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/avpira/documents/factbook/FactBook20132014.pdf#page=48|title=McMaster University Fact Book|publisher=Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. McMaster University|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> 4,453 linear metres [[manuscript]]s and [[archive]]s.<ref name="carlstats"/> |
| collection_size = 1,933,298 volumes (2013):<ref name="carlstats">{{cite web|url=http://www.carl-abrc.ca/uploads/pdfs/stats/CARL-ABRC_Stats_2012-13_Rev1_Without_Sans_Comment_24Feb2015.pdf|title=2012-2013 Statistics|publisher=Canadian Association of Research Libraries|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref> 1,229,351 [[book]]s; 510,269 [[e-book]]s; 88,384 [[academic journal|journal]]s, [[newspaper]]s, and other serials; 59,204 [[sound recording]]s, [[video]]s, and [[Sheet music|musical scores]]; 138,142 [[map]]s;<ref name="macfb">{{cite web|url=http://www.mcmaster.ca/avpira/documents/factbook/FactBook20132014.pdf#page=48|title=McMaster University Fact Book|publisher=Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. McMaster University|accessdate=2 June 2015}}</ref> 4,453 linear metres [[manuscript]]s and [[archive]]s.<ref name="carlstats"/> |
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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 | |
| Location | Hamilton, Ontario,  Canada |
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1887 |
| Branches | 3 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | books; e-books; journals, newspapers, and other serials; sound recordings, videos, and musical scores; maps;[1] manuscripts and archives.[2] |
| Size | 1,933,298 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 | |
| Budget | C$20,631,665 (all libraries including Health Sciences)[2] |
| Director | Vivian Lewis |
| Employees | 100 |
| Website | library |
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[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 1990-1994.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 5 Canadian libraries at the time.[11]
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.[12] 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.
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 Lloyd Reeds Map Collection supports the 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 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.
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;[13] 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 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.
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. The collection also contains thousands of historical maps, many of which are being digitized and made available freely online.[14]
Partnerships & 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. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Steele, Colin (1976). "McMaster University Library". Major Libraries of the World. New York: Bowker. p. 36. ISBN 0859350126.
- ^ "Mills Memorial Library". McMaster Alumni News. 21 (3). McMaster University: 3. 1951.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Johnston, Charles Murray (1976). McMaster University, Volume 2: The Early Years in Hamilton, 1930-1957. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802033725.
- ^ "Library Building Award Winners". Ontario Library Association. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lippincott, Joan; Hemmasi, Harriette; Lewis, Vivian (2014). "Trends in Digital Scholarship Centers". EDUCAUSE Review. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Fulford, Robert (14 February 1996). "Following the Bertrand Russell paper trail". Globe and Mail.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(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.