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  • 1LIBRARIES — A library is a collection of information resources, in all formats, organized and made accessible for study. The word derives from the Latin liber ( book ). The origin of libraries, keeping of written records, dates at least to the third… …

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  • 2Toronto Public Library — Infobox Library library name = Toronto Public Library library location = Toronto, Ontario established = 1884 num branches = 99 collection size = 11 million annual circulation = 30.4 Million (2005) pop served = 2,503,281 members = budget =… …

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  • 3Libraries and Museums — ▪ 2007 Introduction Libraries and museums grappled with ways to attract more patrons during the year, introducing innovative software (Library 2.0), technological wizardry (iPods as museum aides), and even “bib dating.” Efforts continued to… …

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  • 4Toronto Reference Library — The library entrance …

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  • 5Toronto — This article is about the city in Canada. For other uses, see Toronto (disambiguation). City of Toronto redirects here. For the municipal government, see municipal government of Toronto. For the historical part of the city, see Old Toronto.… …

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  • 6Toronto Islands — The Toronto Islands as seen from the lower observation deck of the CN Tower. The meandering channels between the sandy and tree covered islands can clearly be seen from this vantage point. Access is restricted to private watercraft, public… …

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  • 7Toronto municipal election, 2006 — A lawn sign in the 2006 Municipal Election in Toronto The 2006 Toronto municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Toronto… …

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  • 8Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry — The Toronto Computer Leasing Inquiry was a judicial inquiry into allegations of conflict of interest, bribery and misappropriation of funds around computer leasing contracts entered into by Toronto, Ontario s municipal government in 1998 and 1999 …

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  • 9Toronto Mechanics' Institute — The first home of the Toronto Public Library The Toronto Mechanics Institute, originally named the York Mechanics Institute, was an educational institution in 19th century Toronto that became the city s first public library. It was one of a… …

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  • 10TORONTO —    (181), the second city of Canada, and metropolis of the W. and NW. regions, capital of Ontario; situated on a small bay on the NW. coast of Lake Ontario, 315 m. SW. of Montreal; is a spacious and handsomely built city, with fine churches, a… …

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