Natalia

My guess is (it will be) about 300 years until computers are as good as, say, your local reference library in search.

June 1, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

Quote of the Week from: Craig SilversteinDirector of Technology, Google.com.

What refuge is there for the victim who is possessed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to read a hundred?

May 25, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (5)

Quote of the Week from: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.American Physician, Professor, Lecturer, and Author (1809-1894)

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

May 18, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (1)

Quote of the Week from: Ralph Waldo EmersonAmerican Lecturer, Essayist, and Poet

If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need.

May 11, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

Quote of the Week from: CiceroRoman Statesman, Philosopher, and Lawyer

TCAF – Saturday was great, Sunday will be even better!

May 8, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

It's your last day to head down to the Toronto Reference Library for TCAF – the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Yesterday was an exciting day, filled with signings, seminars, sales and celebrities. Two floors of exhibitors, plus additional author events in the lower level.Doors open at 11 am and close at 5pm. Check out the […]

TCAF: Comics, Manga & Co. – The New German Comics Culture

May 8, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

It's Sunday May 8, the second and last day of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, here at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St, north of Bloor), but don't despair, there is still plenty of fun to be had, autographs to hunt down, books to buy, post-Festival parties to attend and exhibits to see. Be […]

Virtual Cartoons in the Library?

May 7, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

For sure! I'll bet you never thought to look, but many of the library's electronic databases include cartoons. Here's an example (login with your library card and PIN required). or Here's how to do it your self: Visit the TPL webpage:  http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ choose Articles and Online Research choose A – Z list of all databases […]

TCAF: Comics in the Library

May 7, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (Sat 9-5, Sun 11-5) has begun and comic-lovers from all over are already pouring in our front doors here at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St, north of Bloor). The Festival exhibitors cover two floors of the library plus there will be artist signings downstairs on the lower level […]

A New TD Gallery, a New Exhibit

May 6, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (3)

As you can see, our new TD Gallery space is coming along nicely. It's just another step in the revitalization of the city's largest public libary, Toronto Reference Library.       Construction continues at a furious pace in anticipation of our first exhibit in the new space:   A Passion for History: the Legacy […]

TCAF – Double the fun! 2 Days, 2 Floors

May 5, 2011 | Natalia | Comments (0)

This weekend, the Toronto Reference Library welcomes the Toronto Comic Arts Festival for two days: Sat May 7 & Sun May 8. This year TCAF includes over 200 artists, publishers and exhibitors, across two floors of the library. In anticipation of the 1000's of guests we expect to see this weekend, staff have put together […]