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The Gerstein Science Information Centre is the University of Toronto's flagship library supporting the sciences and health sciences. The largest science and health science academic library in Canada, Gerstein has a collection of over 945,000 print volumes of journals and books, and also provides access to over 100,000 online journals and books. [1]
Early in 2000, the Erindale College Library was renamed the University of Toronto Mississauga Library. In 2004, construction began on a new 110,000-square-foot (10,200 m 2), $34-million library building project—the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre (named after former City of Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion).
The University of Toronto Libraries system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked third among peer institutions in North America, behind only Harvard and Yale. [1] The system consists of 40 libraries located on University of Toronto's three university campuses: St. George (downtown Toronto), Mississauga and Scarborough. [2]
The Faculty of Information was founded as the University of Toronto Library School within the Ontario College of Education in 1928 and was housed at 315 Bloor Street. [2] In 1965, the school was designated as an independent unit within the university and became known as the School of Library Science and thus moved it quarters to 167 College Street and 256 McCaul Street. [3]
With 42 libraries at three campuses (St. George, Mississauga, Scarborough), UTL is the largest research library in Canada and the third largest research library in North America. It supports research, teaching, and cultural preservation across the University's decentralised and collegiate structure.
The library was initially intended for use by graduate students only, but following a student protest that included an illegal occupation of the building, [10] undergraduate students were also granted access. The library's initial design was for a mechanical book conveyor belt system to allow for faster collection by library staff, who would ...
The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is a library in the University of Toronto, constituting the largest repository of publicly accessible rare books and manuscripts in Canada. The library is also home to the university archives which, in addition to institutional records, also contains the papers of many important Canadian literary figures ...
The earliest recorded instance of gridiron football occurred at University of Toronto's University College in November 1861. [19] The university's Hart House is an early example of the North American student centre, simultaneously serving cultural, intellectual, and recreational interests within its large Gothic-revival complex.