Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

The Fisher Library houses the University of Toronto's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, including books, manuscripts and other materials.

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🧠✨ 'De Cerebro: An Exhibition on the Human Brain’ is now open at @Fisher_Library!

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We're launching something new this academic year: free hour-long informational tours of the RBSC dept. of the Fisher Library. First one is next week, Thurs. Oct. 3 at 6pm. Attendance is limited, please register at: https://t.co/Reu7pMBmOO.

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Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair has begun! We’ll be open today (Sept 7) until 5pm. Please come by!

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Tables in our east reading room are all set for tomorrow's Fisher Small & Fine Press Fair - all we need now is some of the country's finest book artists and publishers to set up! We'll be open from 10-5pm. Special bonus: a chance to view the latest exhibition on women travellers.

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Bye-bye Fisher reader blue cards, hello to online reader registration, retrieval requests and reading room bookings! Learn all about the new way to access our collections: https://t.co/J1mefmOMZb. Check out some of the images from our new reader cards as well.

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A nice shout-out about our Schneid collection via our colleagues at @nypl: https://t.co/nYpvshczRE.

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Have you still not come to the Fisher to view the current exhibition "The Immersive Movable Object: Contemporary Pop-up Books"? Why not come tomorrow (April 18) when the curator will be doing a free hour-long tour of it. It starts at 1pm. No need to register!

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In celebration of #indigenouslanguages day, we're holding an open house this afternoon featuring manuscripts, dictionaries, hymnals, periodicals, and primers in Indigenous languages! Please come visit. The open house runs until 6pm.

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Our last workshop of the academic year is next Thursday (March 21) evening at 6pm. It will focus on artists' books, and it will feature both contemporary and historical examples (including this famous Ed Ruscha book). Attendance is limited. Register at: https://t.co/Opo4hFGF8u.

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Want to know more about this exhibition case of #popupbooks devoted to #AliceInWonderland? Why not come to the library this Thurs, March 14, when the curator of the exhibition The Immersive Movable Object will be doing an hour-long tour. It begins at 6pm - and it's free!

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Beginning shortly at noon: our Black History Month Open House! Come visit us to see everything from 18th century Ethiopian manuscripts to recently printed in Columbia. Material will be on display until 4pm. All are welcome, so please come and say hi!

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Registration is now open for our first evening workshop of 2024, An Introduction to Special Collections. This is but one of the items that will be discussed on Jan. 25. The workshop is limited to 25 people. To register, please visit: https://t.co/r9cTNlvGcY

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Fisher librarian Liz is there somewhere giving info about the library.

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First 90 minutes of our opening for @UofT’s fall campus day and we’ve already had almost 200 people visit us. Remember we’re open until 4pm today!

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Don't forget: we're open tomorrow to visitors as part of @UofT's fall campus day. Come and visit us between 10am-4pm. View the exhibition on toy theatres, or just come to chat and learn more about our collections. Poster is all ready to go. Hopefully see you tomorrow!

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Have you wondered how the diverse peoples visiting and living on the lands of Canada have embraced print technologies to tell their stories? Please join us next Thurs evening, Nov. 23, for a FREE workshop, Canada in Print. Register at: https://t.co/7afS3H8dAo.

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Have you been putting off coming to Fisher to view our current exhibition on toy theatres? Our weekday hours don't always work out? Good news: we will have a special Saturday opening this coming weekend, Nov. 18! Please come and visit us. We're open from 10am to 4pm, come say hi!

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Tomorrow (Oct. 25) at 5pm: Please come to the Fisher for a curator-led tour of the current exhibition A World of Fancies: The Toy Theatre and the Living Image. There's no need to register: just meet inside the library's main mezzanine space. We hope to see you there!

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Come join me at Fisher Library in Toronto for an exploration of Ethiopian manuscript culture. This event is sponsored by the University of Toronto, Bikila Award, and the Mellon Foundation. I'm excited to be a part of a gathering that places community involvement at the forefront.