Digital Literacy Week: Upgrade Your Tech Skills at the Library
This post is part of Digital Literacy Week at Toronto Public Library, a week-long celebration of Toronto's digital skills and technology capabilities.
This year, Digital Literacy Week is all about connecting people with opportunities: helping you to learn new digital skills and apply the ones you've got, in order to succeed in the changing world of work.
Here are a few of the resources we offer. You might also want to check out our classes, activities and other services.
Digital Resources
Lynda.com
Lynda.com features thousands of video courses on business and technical topics, all free with your library card.
Safari Tech and Business Books Online
Safari lets you access over 50,000 ebooks on technology, digital media and business.
Gale Courses
Gale Courses offers free, online, instructor-led courses on a wide variety of topics, from accounting to database management to creative writing.
HSTalks
HSTalks offers video lectures by world experts in the areas of Business & Management, and Biomedical & Life Sciences.
Learning Express Library
Learning Express Library offers free practice tests for the LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, SAT, GED and many more.
Career Cruising
Career Cruising lets you learn about different careers, find out what training you'll need (and where to get it), and search for Canadian jobs.
Books
The "For Dummies" series
Straightforward handbooks on everything from Excel to Blockchain. Available in print and ebook formats.
Children's Books
For a quick, basic introduction to a complicated topic, try a kids' book. We have books that introduce children to coding concepts, STEM principles and more.
Browse children's computer programming books
Books About Careers, Technology and the Changing Workforce
Thriving in the Gig Economy: How to Capitalize and Compete in the New World of Work
by Marion McGovern
The Lessons School Forgot: How to Hack Your Way through the Technology Revolution
by Steve Sammartino
Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
by Clive Thompson
Make a Nerdy Living: How to Turn Your Passions Into Profit with Advice from Nerds Around the Globe
by Alex Langley
Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads on AI, Analytics and the New Machine Age
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