This month we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Toronto Public Library’s largest branch, Toronto Reference Library (TRL). Over the past 40 years, TRL has undergone some drastic changes; from its relocation to Yonge and Bloor in 1977, to a megacity amalgamation 20 years later, to a major revitalization project in 2014. But throughout these […]
Ever since it opened in the 1880s, the Toronto Public Library has been commited to maintaining and preserving our cultural heritage. TPL’s Special Collections Centre holds many valuable historic items about our city, our province, and our country. Preserving old documents, books, paintings and photographs is both a science and an art. TPL’s professional Conservators […]
(Notice of closure Oct. 3, 2011) The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, the Toronto Public Library's collection of materials devoted to Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has been open to the public since 1971. Since then the collection's unique setting in a Victorian-style room evoking Holmes and Watson's home at 221B Baker […]
As part of the revitalization program at the Toronto Reference Library, a number of collections have to be moved due to construction and there will be some service disruptions: For the week of Sept. 19, items in the TRL Stacks in the following dewey areas are not available:658.83793 R26 to 660.28449 R59676 M58 2002 […]