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Posts Filed Under: libraries

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These Are the Library Branches That Could Lose Hours This Year

Below, a list of library branches whose hours could be affected by the budget cuts tentatively approved by Mayor Ford's budget committee on Monday.

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Brighter Days at the Toronto Reference Library

A new entrance and less construction hoarding signals changes to come.

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2011 Hero: Margaret Atwood

Nominated for: exposing the idiocy of the Brothers Ford better than anyone else.

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Why Last Night’s Library Budget Vote Isn’t Necessarily Good News

The TPL board rejected cuts to hours and programs, but library lovers aren't in the clear quite yet.

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What Is Toronto Public Library Thinking About Cutting Now?

The TPL board doesn't want to cut hours, but it looks like the alternatives are equally unappealing.

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Duly Quoted: Paul Ainslie

"They are an excellent resource tool for people to acclimatize themselves to the city of Toronto...to learn English as a second language, for example. It goes a long way to helping them integrate into our city."

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Toronto Public Library’s Citizen Board Members Replaced

As budget season approaches, Toronto Public Library has eight new citizen board members. Three of them are lobbyists.

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A Sign of Things To Come?

Rob Ford's cost-cutting agenda took its first obvious toll Wednesday, when the Urban Affairs Library closed for good.

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How to Expand Your Library in Tight-Fisted Toronto

“Look Over Here, Guys!” (Or, How Libraries May Be Safe but Other Services Aren’t)

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A Spotter’s Guide to Endangered Library Branches

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Duly Quoted: Karen Stintz

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All Aboard the Gravy Train: Libraries, TTC Service, Affordable Housing, Community Grants

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Library Board Votes to Keep the Urban Affairs Library

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Toronto Public Library Facing Significant Service Cuts in the New Year

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Unseen City: The Toronto Reference Library

Shelving ranges in the TRL's closed stacks are on tracks, and are moved back and forth with wheels or handles.
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Branching Out

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Stacks of Tracks (in the Stacks)

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Books Once Again a (Glad)stone’s Throw Away

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Historicist: Andrew Carnegie’s Toronto Legacy