Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Inspired by academic libraries and countless heritage and memory institutions around the world, McGill University’s Collections Centre, a 45,000 square-foot complex in Valleyfield, is the first of its kind in Quebec. Using robots and almost 93,000 bins, a geometric steel grid two stories high, and a specialized retrieval system, the Collections Centre processes over 2 million borrowed and returned materials in an efficient way. By moving a large portion of the University’s print collection to this new, specially designed, temperature-controlled environment, McGill Libraries will be able to repurpose valuable in-library space to better serve the needs of today’s students, faculty, and researchers.
For more information: mcgill.ca/library/about/mcgill-university-collections-centre
French version of this video: youtu.be/fa0DD6OnEeA?si=sdJoG3nHRCZwr-Ht
Production team:
Frank Roop, Producer, Video Production
Elena Petković, Associate Video Producer
Guillermo Castellanos, Videographer
Communications and External Relations, McGill University
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Merika Ramundo, Communications Manager
Lauren Goldman, Events and Communications Administrator
McGill Libraries
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Bilingual Voice Talent: Voices By Tracy
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Animated footage of AutoStore system used with permission.
Inspired by academic libraries and countless heritage and memory institutions around the world, McGill University’s Collections Centre, a 45,000 square-foot complex in Valleyfield, is the first of its kind in Quebec. Using robots and almost 93,000 bins, a geometric steel grid two stories high, and a specialized retrieval system, the Collections Centre processes over 2 million borrowed and returned materials in an efficient way. By moving a large portion of the University’s print collection to this new, specially designed, temperature-controlled environment, McGill Libraries will be able to repurpose valuable in-library space to better serve the needs of today’s students, faculty, and researchers.
For more information: mcgill.ca/library/about/mcgill-university-collections-centre
French version of this video: youtu.be/fa0DD6OnEeA?si=sdJoG3nHRCZwr-Ht
Production team:
Frank Roop, Producer, Video Production
Elena Petković, Associate Video Producer
Guillermo Castellanos, Videographer
Communications and External Relations, McGill University
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Merika Ramundo, Communications Manager
Lauren Goldman, Events and Communications Administrator
McGill Libraries
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Bilingual Voice Talent: Voices By Tracy
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Animated footage of AutoStore system used with permission.
