As part of our Strategic Plan consultations, the library hosted our first-ever Twitter chats in September and October through @TorontoLibrary. Each chat focused on one of our four proposed themes. People joined the discussion using #TellTPL. The Twitter chats provided another way for people to share feedback to help the library shape our next Strategic […]
This May, writer Malcolm Gladwell spoke to over 500 library customers at the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. Through social media, he reached another 60,000. This is a recent example of how the library uses social media to offer new opportunities for participation. During the interview, Gladwell said that […]
Over 300 artists from around the world will gather at the 2012 Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), hosted again at Toronto Reference Library this weekend: Saturday, May 5 (9 am to 5 pm) and Sunday, May 6 (11 am to 5 pm). The festival will kick off with an opening night event – featuring Jeff […]
This year’s Keep Toronto Reading Festival presents nearly 100 events, discussions and workshops. Several of these events take place at our partner venues – offering a unique setting for fascinating discussion, educational tours, hilarious literary mischief, and more. Keep Toronto Reading Book Exchange Join Misha Glouberman of Trampoline Hall fame (above left) and panellists […]