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Need to brush up on your computer skills, find just what you’re looking for? Are you having problems downloading eBooks? What is social networking? When is it best to use an online journal? The Toronto Public Library offers a wide variety of classes for anyone wanting to use information effectively, either in print, or electronically. […]
Five years ago, I started a project of visiting all 99 (now 98) Toronto Public Libraries and writing about them in a blog called Breakfast in Scarborough. As a frequent library user and devoted fan, I am happy to write a guest post that assesses TPL’s service delivery. Starting with the positive, TPL does an […]
As part of our Strategic Plan consultations, the library hosted our first-ever Twitter chats in September and October through @TorontoLibrary. Each chat focused on one of our four proposed themes. People joined the discussion using #TellTPL. The Twitter chats provided another way for people to share feedback to help the library shape our next Strategic […]
Toronto Public Library supports small business owners and entrepreneurs in a variety of ways, some traditional and some unexpected. Spaces to Meet and Work Every one of our 98 branches is a potential work or meeting place, with tables, free wifi, and computers with Internet and MS Office. Many locations also have meeting rooms and […]
Hi, I’m Debbie Douglas, executive director of OCASI – the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, and we recently released a study called Making Ontario Home, the first study of its kind to ask immigrants and refugees about their use of and satisfaction with settlement and integration services. The goal is to use the information […]
Torontonians’ love affair with books isn’t news to those of us who work at the library. As the world’s busiest urban public library system, Toronto Public Library circulated 33 million items last year alone. Our customers borrow all sorts of things: books (in various formats and languages), magazines, DVDs, CDs, musical scores and more. One […]
Let me introduce myself — I'm Rebecca Frailich. To clarify that's Rebecca Fry-likh — it finishes with a guttural "h" sound that we don't have in English. It's pretty unfortunate to have a name containing a consonant that doesn't exist in my native language. It's a pain trying to introduce myself. But my surname does […]
Every day, thousands of people use Toronto Public Library branches to read, study, collaborate, borrow books, use the computer, attend a program or meeting and more. There is great demand for public space. The variety of use and space needs in library branches is ever increasing. How can’the library respond and provide spaces in branches […]
Hi, I’m Mark Williams and I’m the Manager of the Adult Literacy Program at Toronto Public Library. One of my greatest fears in life is using technology. As a complete Luddite, wherever possible I try and avoid embracing new technology. However, I also understand the huge potential for positive change that technology allows so when […]