SAGE Video is an educational resource that provides access to over 3,000 streaming videos in the fields of business, management, education, social sciences, psychology, nursing and more. These videos are developed with leading academics and practitioners who are experts in their fields. Image in the public domain via Pixabay. A Toronto Public Library card […]
This post is no longer being updated. Visit our eBooks & Online Content page for digital books, movies, magazines and more! – August 17, 2022 Here's a quick guide to all of the online services you can use with your library card. And now, if you don't have a library card, you can register online […]
Adding the library website to the home screen on your phone is a convenient way to get quick access to searching, your account, and other library services and information. Here’s how to do it: iPhone/iPad Open the Safari web browser on your iPhone or iPad. Navigate to tpl.ca. Tap the Share icon (the square with […]
Last Thursday, just before midnight, somebody borrowed Toronto Public Library's six millionth ebook of 2019. This is a new record for us; in 2018, Torontonians borrowed more ebooks than anyone else in the world, at just over five million. We've beat our own personal best! The six millionth ebook borrowed was Realms: The Roleplaying Game […]
Are you involved with a Canadian nonprofit or charity? Are you looking for funding? You might be interested in Grant Connect. Grant Connect is a fundraising research platform that helps you to sort through thousands of foundations, corporations and government programs to find the right funders for your organization. You can research more than 11,000 […]
Multinational publishers (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster) have recently made it much harder for public libraries to buy and lend ebooks. Publishers set limits on how long we can keep copies of ebooks. Now we have to re-purchase them every two years and pay a very high price – generally four […]
Have you ever wished you could jet off to Switzerland to attend a music festival in the Alps? Or take a master class in your instrument with a world-famous musician? We've got the next best thing. Medici.tv is an online channel offering streaming video of classical music concerts, operas and ballets, both live and on demand. […]
Toronto Public Library's first podcast, Shelve Under: Podcast, just wrapped up its first season – and we'd like to know what you thought of it. The most recent episode, Shelve Under: Flâneur, features host Christina Wong in conversation with Toronto Star columnist and avid walker Shawn Micallef. Previous episodes have featured improv/anxiety coach Cameron Algie, […]
The rainbow pillars at Yorkville Branch. Since Toronto's first officially recognized Gay Pride day in 1991, Toronto Public Library has boasted a strong and growing collection of books, movies and magazines for the LGBTQ2S+ community. While we offer these materials at every library throughout the city, our Yorkville Branch houses a collection with a special […]
Note: This blog post is no longer being updated. For the current limit of monthly borrows through Hoopla, please visit tpl.ca/hoopla. Starting July 1, 2019, we'll be reducing the number of Hoopla Digital items you can borrow from eight per month to four. We know you love videos, so we are trying to diversify the […]