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Toronto's Public Library system.

I'm still slogging through the Malazan entirety which is tens of thousands of pages through something like 25 novels or something. I don't even own them all yet.

It's quite the epic. Very well written and beautiful philosophising throughout. Appropriately emotional and real.
 
Toronto Public Library announces curbside pickup plan at 67 branches

Friday, June 5, 2020

The Toronto Public Library has announced that 67 of its branches will be accepting online reservations for curbside pickup starting Monday.

A spokeswoman for the library system says that depending on what items are requested patrons will be able to get their materials as soon as Tuesday.

The Toronto Public Library says it has done an intensive clean of all of its locations and consulted with public health authorities on how to best go about curbside pickup.

Branch staff will be required to wear personal protection equipment and all materials returned to the library will be held in a 72-hour quarantine before being put back into circulation.

Physical distancing will be observed and the library suggests that anyone coming to pick up their materials should wear a mask.

The library had already opened the dropboxes at 70 of its branches to accept returns of some borrowed materials.

Books, magazines, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks are currently being accepted for returns, but the library asks that customers hold on to other materials.

Public libraries across Ontario have been closed since mid-March to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

The Toronto Public Library says it is not accepting book donations or any other items.

 
Toronto Public Library curbside pickup gaining in popularity after just one week

Sunday, June 14, 2020

TPL began making appointments for curbside pickup on June 8 at 67 of its branches, a week after 70 of its locations started accepting returns in their drop boxes. Customer appointments are 10 minutes apart, with their books, DVDs, or CDs waiting for them in bags. Those bags are put in order of the time they're to be picked up to streamline the process and put them into the customers' hands as quickly as possible and minimize contact.

Bradley said that the positive feedback has been immediate, with customers flocking to the libraries offering curbside pickup.

"We just started this week and in the first three days we had 3,685 appointments booked online overall," said Bradley. "Now we're booking into the 8000s so it just keeps growing and growing."

 

A Toronto library card will give you free access to the city’s top attractions starting Saturday


Nov 19, 2021

A library card will grant families free admission to a list of Toronto museums and cultural attractions beginning on Saturday.

Toronto Public Library's Museum and Arts Pass (MAP) pivoted to a virtual experience during the pandemic but will resume in-person beginning on Nov. 20.

For Toronto Public Library cardholders, one pass is permitted per person every week. Each venue has its own restrictions on the number of people that can be admitted with one pass. Generally, each pass admits two adults and two children.

All Toronto Public Library branches are participating in the program, but passes for some venues are only available to specific branches. Currently, the expiry date for a pass is scheduled three months after checkout.

These venues offer passes at all library branches:

  • Art Gallery of Ontario
  • Textile Museum of Canada
  • Toronto History Museums; including:
  • Colborne Lodge in High Park
  • Fort York National Historic Site
  • Gibson House Museum
  • Mackenzie House
  • Market Gallery
  • Montgomery's Inn
  • Scarborough Historical Museum
  • Spadina Museum
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage Site
These museums offer passes at 50 branches:

These venues offer passes at 32 branches:

In 2007, the MAP program was created and offered to 24 branches of the Toronto Public Library’s 99 locations. The neighbourhoods chosen were ones the City identified as high priority with regard to their access to cultural resources.

 
Accolades for the renovated North York Central Library branch:


 

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