The 2012 Information Services Team Fall Conference held on November 27th explored the evolving role of reference services including the role of maker spaces and its connection to our strategic plan initiative of supporting a city of innovators. One of the keynote speakers was Matt Ratto, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information at […]
Pinterest is a relatively new social networking platform that is based on collecting images from the web and sharing them with others. Pinterest defines itself as a virtual pinboard that lets you “organize and share all the beautiful things on the web.” Images are posted on pinboards, include a short description and can be commented […]
The Canadian eBooks for Kids from Orca Books is a digital collection now available through TPL’s A-Z list of databases. It can be accessed remotely and from all branches. The collection contains over 500 titles. There is a sampling of picture books as well as lots of early readers and plenty of chapter books […]
Bird's-eye view, looking north from harbour to north of Bloor St… I have to admit that ever since I began working in the Canadiana Department I have been fascinated by Ontario place names, the histories associated with the places and maps. The place names Athens, Baden, East Garafraxa , Lotus, Morningstar and Zavitz all […]
(Conference speakers left to right: Rebecca Raven, Director, Public Service, Hamilton Public Library; Debbie Green, Head, Research and Reference Services, Robarts Library, University of Toronto; and Gail Richardson, Consultant, Libraries Moving Forward) The annual fall conference was held on November 22 and the first guest speaker of the programme was Debbie Green, Head of Reference […]
Do you have patrons who are preparing over the summer to take the Canadian Citizenship test? Point them to the Canadian Citizenship tests in Learning Express Library (LEL), a database that can be reached by starting from the “Books, Videos, Research & More” button on the TPL homepage. LEL provides practice tests and answers, […]
Has the immensely popular TV series “Who Do You Think You Are” captivated you and are you interested in your own related (pardon’the pun) experience but don’t know where to begin? It has never been easier to begin researching your family history than now. Records are being digitized as this blog is being written! […]