CBC News' Laura Chapin reports on a recent donation by Cavendish Farms to towards the new Summerside library which, incidentally, sounds fantastic.

The fundraising goal for Summerside, P.E.I.'s new Inspire Learning Centre has almost been reached after a major donation from Cavendish Farms ( Read more... )

David Rider of the Toronto Star writes about the Toronto Public Library faced with cuts. Past a certain point, we're going to have to find ways to pay for the nice things we need.

Toronto’s bustling library system is the latest agency to say it can’t make city council’s directive to cut 2.6 per cent of its spending without hurting services to ( Read more... )

blogTO let me know about a new book sale by the Toronto Public Library.

I'm not saying that the Friends of Toronto Public Library North Chapter and the Friends of Toronto Public Library South Chapter are exactly in a competition to see who can clear out the most stuff and make the most money - but it certainly has the feel of sibling rivalry ( Read more... )

A mention at the Map Room Blog of The Art of Cartography, an exhibition of maps at the Toronto Reference Library in the TD Gallery. Some of the maps are quite old.


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Marcus Gee's article in The Globe and Mail makes me want to go see Vaughan. (Did I say that? Yes.)

Margie Singleton started working in libraries when she was 15. Her first, in Kingston, was a solid, traditional affair with hushed rooms, watchful librarians and long drawers filled with cards cataloging the books by title, subject and author ( Read more... )

Standing yesterday on the fifth floor of the Toronto Reference Library, I decided to take advantage of the view. The view north, into wooded Rosedale, was only partly blocked by condos. The view south, into Yorkville, was entirely urban.


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• Beyond the Beyond links to an exhibition of art by a Brazilian inspired by War of the Worlds.
• blogTO shares photos of Vaughan's new library.
• Centauri Dreams reports on the difficulty of reaching Proxima b.
• The Dragon's Gaze reports on KS-39b, a hot Jupiter orbiting a subgiant.
• False Steps reports on a proposed late Soviet space shuttle.

Metro Toronto's Mary Warren reports on Toronto's seed library, something I should take advantage of next year.

There’s a card catalogue at the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library that does more than help people look for books ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams and The Dragon's Tales look at the cryogenic prebiotic chemistry of Titan.
• Dangerous Minds notes that a restored version of David Bowie's film The Man Who Fell to Earth will be hitting theatres in fall.
• The Dragon's Tales looks at how some archeologists are successfully identifying individual makers of Harappan seals.
• The Everyday ( Read more... )

• Beyond the Beyond references Vincent Cerf's concern about the fragility of new media.
• Crooked Timber considers the politics inherent in monetary unions.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper suggesting Alpha Centauri A is quite evolved.
• Discover's Dead Things wonders if Georgia is the birthplace of wine.
• Joe. My. God. notes the claim of a Florida public ( Read more... )