McGill University Libraries

McGill University Library, located in Montreal, Canada, is one of the most established and comprehensive academic library networks in North America. This system, spread across 13 different branches across campus, hosts more than 10 million books, manuscripts, maps and digital resources in total. Although the heart of the system is the McLennan and Redpath buildings, which house the humanities and social sciences collections, what makes the library truly valuable for international researchers is its "Special Collections". Especially the Islamic Studies Library within the system, with its collection of more than 150,000 volumes; It is one of the world's leading centers for rare manuscripts, lithographs and catalogs in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian languages ​​(In this respect, it is a very rich source of data for your Ottoman period project). In addition, the Osler Library, considered one of the most important in the world in the field of medical history, is also a part of this network. McGill Library is currently modernizing its physical spaces with a major vision project called "Fiat Lux" and is digitizing the rare works in its archives and making them available for global access.