The North York Historical Society (NYHS) and the Toronto Public Library signed an agreement on February 6 to officially add the NYHS archives to the collections of the Canadiana Department on the sixth floor of North York Central Library. A special event was held to recognize this significant donation of historical materials about North York. […]
After the relocation of the Urban Affairs Library last week, the Canadiana collection will benefit by receiving a large section of compact shelving, which will be moved to North York Central's 6th floor. During the installation, portions of Canadiana's collection will be unavailable from September 20 to about October 3, 2011. Affected areas of the […]
Back to school is a very busy time for students and their families, with Labour Day marking the annual return to elementary school, high school, college or university. Often forgotten in the rush to start a new school year is the valuable family history and biographical information to be found in that standard year-end keepsake, the […]
Last week's announcement from Google that it is suspending its five-year-old Google News Archive project shows that long term preservation of materials of historical value, such as newspapers, cannot be trusted only to for-profit organizations like Google. The Death of Google News Archive – GenealogyIntime.com Google Shuts Down Newspaper Archive Project – The Atlantic While […]