TORONTO (March 25, 2014) – The Toronto Public Library Board met on March 24 at the Toronto Reference Library. Key topics discussed include: 2014 Work Plan The Board approved the library’s 2014 work plan that outlines activities that will advance priority areas and goals from the 2012 – 2015 strategic plan. Major areas of focus in 2014 […]
TORONTO (Thursday March 13, 2014) – Toronto Public Library is inviting the public to an open house at Albion branch on Thursday, March 27, 2014. The Library is in the design phase of a project that will revitalize the space, improve customer service and ensure efficient operation of the building. Architects and library staff will […]
On March 6th, 2014 the City of Toronto celebrates the 180th anniversary of its incorporation. Why not take a peek at how our city looked in its infancy. Here are a few images from the Canadian Historical Picture Collection in the Marilyn & Charles Baillie Special Collections Centre at the Toronto Reference Library. Pen and ink drawing by […]
Image from PEN Canada Past Event For an audio recording of this past event, go to the PEN Canada website Audio is hosted by PEN at http://pencanada.ca/event/audio-surveillance-after-snowden/ PEN Canada and the Toronto Reference Library Invite you to a panel discussion on "Surveillance after Snowden:National Security and the Limits of Freedom of Expression" ____________________________ Who: Jesse Brown, a […]
How do you define Canadian? How do you define Black? Is definition the same as identity, and does identity shift over time and place? Is there any point in definitions? Maybe the key is exploration, and maybe that's what Black History month is really about. Position as desired:exploring African Canadian identity: photographs […]
Early nineteenth century adventures in the high Arctic in celebration of Valentine’s Day
So what if there's an inch of ice outside? Some people take lemons and make lemonade. Canadians take ice and make ice skaters. Last week Ottawa hosted the Canadian National Figure Skating Championships (just recently renamed the Canadian Tire National Skating Championships). The first official Championship took place in 1914 at the Minto Skating Club […]
And what's brought down . . . deposited books caught by a passing maelstrom The move to the electronic forms of publication, and sometimes to the exclusion of print versions, is something many of us have understood to be coming. In May of 2012, I reported in Government Publication to go paperless by 2014, that the […]
In recent years there has been a tremendous move towards Open Data, especially the making of government data readily available in online applications, as reports and documents, and especially as consumable data for research and “mash-ups”. Geospatial Data has been one of the most popular categories of data provided by all levels of government […]
How to talk about the JFK assassination, half a century later? The where I was story: For me?–Home sick from school, in a rocking chair in the living room, my farm family paren’ts and grandparen’ts inexplicably watching television in the middle of the afternoon. For more stories see November 22, 1963: ordinary and extraordinary people […]