Since the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) isn't happening this year, we're being denied cronut burgers, deep-fried Mars Bars and all the other bad choices we'd usually be making around now, for the second year in a row. So we asked ourselves: is there any way we could reproduce this experience at home? Fortunately, Toronto Public […]
You might already be aware that you can read a huge variety of international digital magazines on both OverDrive and PressReader with your library card. But did you know that we have another platform with a collection of specifically Canadian magazines? It's called Flipster, and you might be surprised by the range of local […]
When libraries closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, our ebook provider, OverDrive, offered a temporary Instant Digital Card. We agreed to make the IDC available so that people in Toronto could still borrow ebooks and audiobooks even if they didn’t have a library card. Now, those temporary cards are expiring. They’ll stop working […]
As someone* once said, writing about music is like dancing about architecture. It's awkward, isn't it? When someone's writing about music, they're usually really writing about something adjacent to music. They're writing about the lives of musicians, or the brains of people listening to music, or music's historical or social context or its impact. Music […]
Si vous êtes passionné de la littérature en français, vous serez ravi de découvrir Cantook Station. Cette collection numérique a au-delà de 5000 livres et livres audio accessibles en ligne avec votre carte de bibliothèque. Les adultes et adolescents y trouveront des romans et bandes dessinées en tous genres, ainsi qu’une sélection de non-fiction. Pour […]
This year, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) has moved online, from May 8 – 15. There'll be keynote talks, panel discussions, online art shows and more – all available from wherever you are. (See a few event highlights, below.) And do you know what goes well with a digital TCAF? Digital comics! Here's a […]
Valerie and her team of selectors evaluate about 400 adult print books per week for Toronto Public Library. So when she says she's excited about a new book, we listen. Here are her picks for spring and summer, 2021. There are so many wonderful books coming out this spring-summer season that selecting […]
Have you learned to code, use Excel or do graphic design lately? Then you may know that your library card gives you free access to Lynda.com. Lynda.com is an online learning platform with over 7,000 instructional videos in subjects such as coding, software, marketing, graphic design and management. In 2015, LinkedIn, the career-focused social […]
What does it mean to be like, or unlike, another person? In a way, it's a silly question. We're all alike: humans share about 99% of our genome with each other. We all sleep, and eat, and breathe oxygen, and feel comfortable at around 21 degrees Celsius. We all like sunsets, and hate egg salad. […]
Discovering your family's past can be as thrilling as any detective work. And now, we have three databases to help you in your quest: Ancestry Library Edition Available from home until December 31, 2021. Ancestry Library Edition is our largest genealogical collection. It covers the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, […]