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The article offers several personnel changes related to libraries as of September 15, 2014 which include the appointment of Matt Church as director at the Berkley Public Library in Michigan, Jennifer Goforth who was named as Research and Design Services Librarian at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the promotion of Vivian Lewis as University Librarian at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

The article states that one of two lawsuits against librarian Dale Askey by the Edwin Mellen Press was dropped after McMaster University, named as a codefendant in the dropped suit, made arrangements to ensure Askey could cover anticipated legal costs, and mentions the suit stems from a negative blog post Askey wrote.

The article examines a panel discussion of five students of McMaster University held as part of a conference on academic libraries held by that university and the publication. Statements by the students that academic library Web sites and other electronic information resources were difficult to use and that there was a low level of information about library services among students are discussed, with a focus on their implications for academic library administration.

The article presents an update on the latest in sensor technology. Topics covered include the innovative sensing system developed by researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel that can identify and distinguish different stimuli, sensor that can track the location of workers who work in high-risk environments like firefighters developed by researchers at McMaster University and growth projected for the wearable materials market by year 2023.

The article discusses the method of educating the persons handling emergency situations in the hospital in the emergency department (ED). It states Teresa Chan, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at McMaster University, has developed a GridlockED, a collaborative board game simulating an ED, with each player getting the roles in the ED such as doctor, nurse, and radiologist. It mentions proceeds from the game will be used for funding educational innovation and research.

The article presents Canadian architecture news briefs as of August 2013. Bridgepoint Active Healthcare has opened a new hospital in Toronto, Ontario designed by the firms Stantec Architecture/KPMB Architects and HDR Architecture/Diamond Schmitt Architects. The firms Bing Thom Architects, Diamond Schmitt Architects and Zeidler Partnership Architects have been shortlisted to design a campus for Emily Carr University. The firm CS&P Architects will design a new facility for McMaster University.

The article previews the McMaster University digitized Holocaust archive collection from the Gale Archives Unbound program.

The article reports that design engineers at McMaster University are researching cellulose's capabilities and found that the cellulose-based supercapacitors demonstrate "excellent capacitance retention, low internal resistance, and fast charge-discharge rates."

Describes the architectural design of the James Stewart Centre for Mathematics building at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, designed by Kuwabara Payne MacKenna Blumberg Architects. Area; Members of the architect team; Floor plan.

The article discusses the highlights of the Fusion Conference of the Ontario Clay and Glass Association that was held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, from May 25 to 27, 2007. According to the author, the local organizing committee developed an ambitious program that attracted 200 registrants. The event featured three guest artists demonstrating and presenting, six pre-conference mini-workshops, a couple of associated gallery shows and a local studio tour. The mini-workshops included raku firing, glaze chemistry and kiln repair.

The article reports on the study conducted by chemical engineers at McMaster University which examined the use of hydrophobic polystyrene nanoparticles in improving froth flotation in Canada.

The article reports on the first synthesis and definitive spectroscopic characterization of xenon dioxide, XeO2, the so-called missing xenon oxide. The yellow-orange solid was analyzed by David S. Brock and Gary J. Schrobilgen of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario via Raman spectroscopy. Research findings revealed that XeO2 is an extended polymeric network structure and not a monomeric.

The article reports that medical students in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine of Hamilton, Ontario-based McMaster University Health Science Center are being provided with robotic simulated patients to practice clinical skills. A simulator laboratory training center within the anesthesia department of the school is allowing students to experience the challenges of working in a hospital operating room. A similar kind of setting is provided to the students to gain knowledge before they go for treating human patients. The new training laboratory features computer-operated medical equipment hooked up to what appears to be a real patient on an operating room table. The robotic patients are simulated according to the symptoms of a particular disease. Using these simulated patients, students learn how to administer anesthesia and monitor patients and supporting medical instruments. Norm Buckley, chairman of McMaster's anesthesia department, said that the anesthesia simulation laboratory ensures that each students receive the most advanced training.