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AMAZE; A 91���� A to Z Experience

A is for anatomy, alphabet and AMAZE: A 91���� A-Z Experience. In 2020, the 91���� Library put together a truly remarkable book – AMAZE; a 91���� A-Z Experience. With visual treats and moveable surprises at the turn of every page, AMAZE inspires interactive moments of wonder with 91����’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. 91���� Library and Archives, 2021, Montreal. ISBN: 978-1-77096-226-2 (Hardcover)

Price: $49.99

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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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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 91����.

Library Matters

The Library Matters @ 91���� newsletter is published bi-monthly and seeks to exchange and encourage ideas, innovations and information from 91���� Library staff at all levels.

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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 91���� 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 91���� Archives.

Edited by Nathalie Cooke, Frédéric Giuliano, Christopher Lyons, Gwendolyn Owens, Jacquelyn Sundberg, Mary Hague-Yearl. 91���� Library and Archives, 2018, Montreal. ISBN: 978-1-77096-224-8 (softcover)

Price: $25.95

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Marginalia

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

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 91����, March 20, 2013. Meetings with Books includes: a historical survey of 91����’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 91���� Library and Archives. Edited by: Jillian Tomm and Richard Virr

Special Collections Biannual Newsletter

Stories and in-depth articles from 91���� Libraries' distinctive collections. Edited by Jacquelyn Sundberg and Merika Ramundo

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Specialist publications

• 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 91����.
• Osler Library Newsletter