Search Results by tag: Toronto Public Library

Madeleine Thien, Shari Lapena appear on Toronto Public Library’s list of 2017’s most-borrowed books

The Toronto Public Library has released its annual list of the most-borrowed books of the year. Top Canadian-authored fiction titles include Madeleine Thien's 2016 Giller Prize–winning novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, and Shari ... Read More »

December 14, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

Sun Life pulls funding for Toronto Public Library free museum pass program

By Sue Carter

A Toronto Public Library program that provides cardholders with free entry to the city's museums and art galleries is losing its funding sponsor at the end of 2018. Sun Life Financial has sponsored the TPL's ... Read More »

November 17, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

Roxane Gay’s Toronto Public Library talk sells out immediately; “will try to set up a second event”

By Sue Carter

Tickets for Roxane Gay's free Toronto Public Library talk sold out in seconds, but the author has promised on Twitter that she "will try to set up a second event for that week." Gay is ... Read More »

February 23, 2017 | Filed under: Events, Libraries

Toronto city council approves 0.9 per cent increase to library budget

By Sue Carter

Following a 15-hour marathon session on Feb. 15 that ran until after midnight, Toronto city council approved its 2017 budget, which includes a 0.9 per cent increase to the Toronto Public Library system. The original budget ... Read More »

February 16, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

Canadian libraries offer therapy lamps to combat SAD

By Sue Carter

The Toronto Public Library is the latest library system to offer therapy lamps for its patrons affected by seasonal affective disorder. A pilot project, which kicked off Feb. 6, features lamps at the TPL's Brentwood ... Read More »

February 7, 2017 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto Public Library names its most popular books of 2016

By Becky Robertson

The country's largest library system has released the lists of its most-borrowed titles of 2016. A number of the year's biggest Canadian books proved to be just as popular with Toronto Public Library patrons as ... Read More »

January 4, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Toronto Public Library ratifies four-year agreement

By Conan Tobias

The Toronto Public Library Board and the Toronto Public Library Workers CUPE Local 4948 announced the successful negotiation of a four-year collective agreement on May 6. A potential strike by the union threatened to close ... Read More »

May 11, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto library workers heading to strike on Monday

By Sue Carter

According to the Toronto Star, 2,000 Toronto Public Library workers may be on strike as of Monday morning. In January, the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, whose contract ended on Dec. 31, called for changes ... Read More »

April 27, 2016 | Filed under: Libraries

Toronto Public Library offering patrons access to Lynda.com video tutorials

By Becky Robertson

The Toronto Public Library has joined library systems in Winnipeg, Hamilton, Edmonton, Vancouver, and elsewhere in offering free access to online tutorials via Lynda.com to library cardholders. The California-based education tool offers thousands of video ... Read More »

November 3, 2015 | Filed under: Libraries

John Martz named IBBY and TPL’s 2015 illustrator-in-residence

By Becky Robertson

IBBY Canada and Toronto Public Library have named children's book cartoonist John Martz as the 2015 Joanne Fitzgerald illustrator-in-residence. Martz's residency will take place during the month of October at the Northern District Branch, where ... Read More »

September 29, 2015 | Filed under: People

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