[All] Fwd: [WV-Updates] Urban Food and Agriculture Centre Opens

[Robert Milligan]

FYI
Robert M

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> From: Brenda Dolling <bdolling at wholevillage.org>
> Date: February 2, 2011 1:46:09 PM GMT-05:00
> To: wholevillage at yahoogroups.com, WV-Updates at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WV-Updates] Urban Food and Agriculture Centre Opens
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> -FYI------------------------
>
> New Toronto Urban Food and Agriculture Learning Centre Opens to the
> public on Tuesday 1 February 2011
>
> Background and overview
>
> FoodShare Toronto and MetroAg – Alliance for Urban Agriculture are
> opening to the public the Toronto Urban Food and Agriculture Learning
> Centre (TUFALC). The aim is to provide information to all researchers,
> practitioners, advocates and others interested in urban food and
> agriculture matters in greater Toronto, as well as across North  
> America
> and worldwide.  The intent includes the future development of a  
> digital
> library that builds on the existing collections of publications,  
> books,
> articles, periodicals, unpublished papers (including conference,  
> seminar
> and workshop reports), computer files, photos, and recordings.
>
> The TUFALC consists of two separate but related collections housed in
> the same room within the building occupied by FoodShare at 90 Croatia
> Street (entrance on Brock Avenue, just south of Bloor Street West,  
> close
> to the Dufferin Subway Station). Half of the collection comes from
> FoodShare, and contains primarily published materials pertaining to
> local and general interest in the areas of growing and managing  
> personal
> and community gardens and other food-security issues. The other  
> portion
> is the Jac Smit Library of Urban Agriculture, which was gathered by  
> The
> Urban Agriculture Network, a US-based non-profit organization.  This
> collection, which was moved to Toronto in 2009, consists of over 4000
> individual records, both published and unpublished, dealing with all
> aspects of urban agriculture. The time period covered is the 1970s to
> the 2000s.
>
> The FoodShare collection is organized by a simple subject-based
> cataloguing system with an available legend, while the bulk of the Jac
> Smit collection is indexed in a database, with some of the more recent
> materials not yet catalogued. Library attendants are available during
> public hours to help visitors locate items in both collections.
>
> Current status and Short-term schedule
>
> Starting Tuesday February 1st, the TUFALC is open to the public on a
> limited trial capacity. The planned public hours are 2 full days and 1
> half day per week. Visitors can browse the collection during the
> following hours:
>
> Tuesdays: 9:30am - 12:30pm and 1pm - 4pm
> Wednesdays: 9:30am - 12:30pm
> Fridays: 9:30am - 12:30pm and 1pm - 4pm
>
> During this trial period, it is best to confirm any planned visit 1-2
> days in advance by emailing toronto.ufalc at gmail.com
> <mailto:toronto.ufalc at gmail.com>.  Questions and feedback can also be
> sent to this address.
>
> For the time being, the TUFALC is a reference collection, and does not
> circulate. Visitors who wish to use materials off-site may speak with
> the library attendants to discuss options, including limited scanning
> and copying. We will also be using this trial period to seek feedback
> from users to guide future circulation policies and other potential
> adjustments in the learning centre.  This trial period is expected to
> last three months.
>
>
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