On Thursday, April 19th, we are very excited to host and take part in the next Toronto Music Technology Meetup led by Alan Cross, an internationally recognized musicologist and host of the world’s longest-running music radio documentary, The Ongoing History of New Music. This MeetUp is for anyone interested in music, technology and where the two […]
For this year's Innovator in Residence program, we are happy to welcome back three of our previous Innovators: Derek Quenneville (Game Design and 3D printing), Elli Raynai (Virtual Reality Filmmaking) and Yifat Shaik (3D and game design). They join us to celebrate the new Digital Innovation Hub locations which opened this summer at Agincourt, Albion […]
The Reelworld Film Festival showcases Canadian and International films that explore some of the most current and pressing social issues facing the world. This year, the Festival has partnered with the Toronto Public Library to deliver an expanded program of events. Reelworld 2017 Trailer Please join us on Friday, October 13 from 12 noon to […]
Running annually since 2012, the International Space Apps Challenge brings coders, designers, entrepreneurs and makers together from across the globe to take on a series of challenges developed by NASA in a weekend long hackathon. This year's challenge took place on the weekend of April 28 – 30. Partnering with Toronto Space Apps Challenge organizers, the […]
The Fort York Branch may not be ready to open yet but on Tuesday, Oct. 8 & Tuesday, Oct. 15, staff will be attending the MyMarket Concord City Place Farmer's Market at Canoe Landing Park (more details and transit directions). We're very excited to take part in the market and what better time to check it out and find the […]
As we've previously posted on this blog, the library offers a wide range of library and computer learning workshops. Our Web Basics II class focuses on web searching techniques and now there's a fun way to practice what you've learned with 'A Google A Day', launched in April of this year. This online trivia game […]
Great news for those of you using the Overdrive app on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. The latest update, released on May 23, adds the ability to return an eBook early right from your iDevice. This is an important feature because there is a check-out limit of 10 items from the Overdrive service so […]
The web browser is one of the most frequently used computer applications but most people take it for granted. So much of what we do with a computer is online and requires a web browser so with that in mind, here's a round-up of the latest in browser news. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), which […]
It's Freedom to Read Week (February 20-26) and we're excited to be hosting a free talk by Christopher Butcher from the Beguiling Bookstore about the censorship that occurs in manga publications when they are imported into North America. Check out this recent article from the Toronto Star for a taste of what Christopher will be speaking about on Wednesday. […]
Cloud computing has subtly become how I get most of my work done on a computer these days. For those unfamiliar with the term ‘cloud computing’, it refers to computing that is done over the Internet. So, rather than installing software applications locally on your own computer, you access them via any Internet enabled device. […]