MaBiblioNumérique is a new French language eBook provider for adults, children, and teens. It just became available at the Toronto Public Library in mid-March, so I thought I'd take a few minutes to tell you more about it. If you happen to speak French, I recommend Toronto Public Library's En français blog, which has a very informative […]
Have you ever felt sheer panic when faced with an unfamiliar piece of technology? A few years ago, when Windows 8 first came out, I was expecting a spiffier-looking version of Windows 7. Instead, the operating system looked different, the icons were in all the ‘wrong’ places, and the Start menu was nowhere to be […]
Over the years, OverDrive has made a lot of improvements, but they've really upped their game this fall. Not only are they in the process of retiring the Adobe ID (the thought of which still makes me shudder), but they've allowed for automatic hold borrowing, added a suspend hold feature, and found a way […]
Today, I’d like to share something amazing that has the potential to change the course of your career: Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs for short. MOOCs are courses, often offered by top universities, that are available online for anyone with Internet access to take free of charge. This means no hefty tuition fees and unlimited access to […]
The library has so many useful online databases to help the job seeker such as: Scott’s Business Directories Online provides information about Canadian agencies and companies in manufacturing, government, medical and educational sectors. Career Cruising an interactive career guidance resource with in-depth profiles of careers, colleges and universities, available also in French. Financial Post […]
Chilton On-Line Auto Repair Manuals are the go to reference sources for do-It-yourself automotive enthusiasts, professionals and students. Chilton has been helping people maintain cars and trucks for more than 80 years. Chilton’s Auto Repair database provides online repair manuals, maintenance schedules, service bulletins, photographs, diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step procedures, wiring diagrams. Chilton can […]
I recently came across a short TEDx Talk by Chrystie Hill, Community Services Director for OCLC's WebJunction, and author of Inside, Outside, and Online: Building Your Library Community. In it, she asks the audience to think about that all-too familiar question, "When everything is online, why come to the library at all?" Her talk is […]
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) has just been launched by Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet Society. Digital Public Library of America website Like the Europeana library, DPLA collects digital objects and their metadata from libraries, archives, universities, and other cultural institutions and makes it all available through an online portal. Contributing institutions so […]
Today (November 25th) is the first day in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign. 16 Days of Action Against Gender Violence is a global campaign that runs annually from November 25th to December 10th. It was launched in 1991 by the Center for Women's Global Leadership and now counts over 2,000 organizations […]
The 37th Toronto International Film Festival is coming up soon, from September 6th to 16th, 2012. If you are suffering from a serious case of film fest fever, find relief through the library and get Film Indexes Online! Image of Fumeo film projector by Mattia Luigi Nappi via Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons license. […]