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AMAZE; A ����VR��Ƶ A to Z Experience

A is for anatomy, alphabet and AMAZE: A ����VR��Ƶ A-Z Experience. In 2020, the ����VR��Ƶ Library put together a truly remarkable book – AMAZE; a ����VR��Ƶ A-Z Experience. With visual treats and moveable surprises at the turn of every page, AMAZE inspires interactive moments of wonder with ����VR��Ƶ’s extraordinary collections. Brilliant paper engineers from breathed life into 26 alphabetical wonders from the Library’s rare and special collections. Artworks, graphics, books, manuscripts, even physical objects leap from the page in this moveable, interactive book.

Edited by Nathalie Cooke, Hannah Deskin, Jennifer Garland, Greg Houston, Elis Ing, and Christopher Lyons. Paper engineering, Papersmyths. ����VR��Ƶ Library and Archives, 2021, Montreal. ISBN: 978-1-77096-226-2 (Hardcover)

Price: $49.99

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Many Women, Many Voices

Curators. Activists. Hockey Players. Students. Medical Illustrators. Secretaries. Portrait Artists. Sculptors.

Many Women, Many Voices celebrates the voices of women in all of those roles and many more. Shining a light on the untold stories of the women who have shaped ����VR��Ƶ and Montreal, it offers illustrated vignettes from the ROAAr collections – Rare Books and Special Collections, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, the Visual Arts Collection, and the ����VR��Ƶ Archives.

Edited by Nathalie Cooke, Frédéric Giuliano, Christopher Lyons, Gwendolyn Owens, Jacquelyn Sundberg, Mary Hague-Yearl. ����VR��Ƶ Library and Archives, 2018, Montreal. ISBN: 978-1-77096-224-8 (softcover)

Price: $25.95

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Meetings with Books: Special Collections in the 21st Century

This book grew out of the symposium “Meetings with Books: Raymond Klibansky, Special Collections and the Library in the 21st Century,” held at ����VR��Ƶ, March 20, 2013. Meetings with Books includes: a historical survey of ����VR��Ƶ’s special collections; a tribute to humanist scholar and book collector Raymond Klibansky; short essays on how historical book collections connect with current forms and directions in teaching, research, and learning in the digital age; and a keynote address by writer, anthologist, and essayist Alberto Manguel. The essays are complemented by a selection of more than fifty illustrated vignettes, highlighting the range and types of special collections at ����VR��Ƶ Library and Archives. Edited by: Jillian Tomm and Richard Virr

Fontanus

In the tradition of university library based journals, Fontanus offered a forum for scholarly articles based in whole or part on the archival, library, rare book, and museum collections of ����VR��Ƶ.

Marginalia

A series of short guides to collections and material in the holdings of Rare Books and Special Collections.

Annual reports

The Libraries' Annual Report is a comprehensive description of the library's activities and achievements throughout the preceding year.

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Library Matters

The Library Matters @ ����VR��Ƶ newsletter (2005-2011) was published bi-monthly. Its goal was to exchange and encourage ideas, innovations and information from ����VR��Ƶ Library staff at all levels.

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Special Collections Biannual Newsletter

Stories and in-depth articles from ����VR��Ƶ Libraries' distinctive collections. Edited by Jacquelyn Sundberg and Merika Ramundo

 on Library Matters

Osler Library Studies in the History of Medicine

• A series of works centred on the Osler Library and its collections, on its founder Sir William Osler, and on the history of the Faculty of Medicine of ����VR��Ƶ.
• Osler Library Newsletter

Strategic priorities 2025-2030

The ����VR��Ƶ Libraries have developed Strategic Priorities for 2025–2030 in consultation with key stakeholders, students, faculty members, and staff.

• Strategic Priorities booklet (English)
• Livret des priorités stratégiques (français)

Welcome to Voices from the Footnotes. In this podcast we will explore some of the hidden histories at the ����VR��Ƶ Library and Archives, looking at places, people, and artifacts. The library and archival collections are rich and fascinating, but this series flows from the silences and absences that are also present. Join us as we explore the voices and stories from the Footnotes.

Play On! Explore Library Games

Play your way through ����VR��Ƶ's spaces and rare and special collections! These games open up new and interactive ways to explore the treasures in the collections. In keeping with the library’s exploration of Serious Play, these games move seamlessly from historical moments, objects, and characters to our current virtual world.