Students will need to adapt to online learning this fall. The school year for high school students is going to look different this year. Online learning is going to be a big part of it, so we’ve pulled together the best tips out there on how to succeed in online learning. 1. Treat online […]
Our Summer Wonder online programs may be wrapping up, but learning and discovery takes place all year round! Kids and families can explore STEM concepts at home through hands-on activities. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. It has become an important and popular topic among educators. These are all broad subjects and may […]
Think you’ve got the skills to figure out the clues and solve the puzzles? We’ve been having fun with online escape rooms, and now you can follow along at your own pace from home. Each escape room should take about an hour to complete, so start a timer and see if you can solve all […]
I love a good novel, but increasingly I've been choosing reads where I can get my comedy, insight or drama all in one sitting. If you've started and stopped a whole lot of books this year, try dipping into a collection of short stories or essays. Here's a list of excellent, relevant reads to get […]
Tim Bettridge and Idea Jam participants discuss the ideas that they generated. Over the past year, TPL has been working with VoiceTech Global on their voice-enabled Google Library Assistant “Action” project (Google’s name for voice apps). It is used with various devices like Google Home speakers, Android phones or an iPhone with the Google Assistant […]
Curious about physics? Since antiquity, humans have pondered the composition of the material world around us. Aristotle claimed that everything is a combination of earth, water, air and fire. Yet others claimed that everything is made up of indivisible units called atoms. These views remained speculation until very recently. The period between the Renaissance and […]
This post reproduces the introductory panel and selected captions from the Toronto Revealed exhibit, which was on display in TD Gallery at Toronto Reference Library from February 10 to April 22, 2018. The exhibit presents art that captures Toronto's quickly changing streetscape from the mid-twentieth century to the present day. Find more items from the exhibit […]
This post reproduces text from The Art of Cartography exhibit, which was on display in TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library from August 13 to October 16, 2016. The exhibit featured world maps, atlases, manuscript maps, sea charts, celestial maps, city plans and other cartographic curiosities from the library's Special Collections. Each one of the exhibit's […]
This post reproduces text from our Once Upon a Time exhibit, which was on display in TD Gallery at Toronto Reference Library from November 5, 2016 to January 22, 2017. The exhibit explores classic fairy tales and traditional stories from around the world through a surprising array of books, toys, games and art held at our Osborne […]
This post reproduces text from Vice & Virtue exhibit, which was on display in TD Gallery at Toronto Reference Library from February 11 to April 30, 2017. The exhibit explores moral reform in Toronto as it faced rapid growth and industrialization at the turn-of-the-century. Each one of the exhibit's main panels is found below, word for word. Find […]