<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI<div>Robert M<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Brenda Dolling <<a href="mailto:bdolling@wholevillage.org">bdolling@wholevillage.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 2, 2011 1:46:09 PM GMT-05:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:wholevillage@yahoogroups.com">wholevillage@yahoogroups.com</a>, <a href="mailto:WV-Updates@yahoogroups.com">WV-Updates@yahoogroups.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[WV-Updates] Urban Food and Agriculture Centre Opens</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:WV-Updates-owner@yahoogroups.com">WV-Updates-owner@yahoogroups.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>-FYI------------------------<br><br>New Toronto Urban Food and Agriculture Learning Centre Opens to the <br>public on Tuesday 1 February 2011<br><br>Background and overview<br><br>FoodShare Toronto and MetroAg – Alliance for Urban Agriculture are <br>opening to the public the Toronto Urban Food and Agriculture Learning <br>Centre (TUFALC). The aim is to provide information to all researchers, <br>practitioners, advocates and others interested in urban food and <br>agriculture matters in greater Toronto, as well as across North America <br>and worldwide. The intent includes the future development of a digital <br>library that builds on the existing collections of publications, books, <br>articles, periodicals, unpublished papers (including conference, seminar <br>and workshop reports), computer files, photos, and recordings.<br><br>The TUFALC consists of two separate but related collections housed in <br>the same room within the building occupied by FoodShare at 90 Croatia <br>Street (entrance on Brock Avenue, just south of Bloor Street West, close <br>to the Dufferin Subway Station). Half of the collection comes from <br>FoodShare, and contains primarily published materials pertaining to <br>local and general interest in the areas of growing and managing personal <br>and community gardens and other food-security issues. The other portion <br>is the Jac Smit Library of Urban Agriculture, which was gathered by The <br>Urban Agriculture Network, a US-based non-profit organization. This <br>collection, which was moved to Toronto in 2009, consists of over 4000 <br>individual records, both published and unpublished, dealing with all <br>aspects of urban agriculture. The time period covered is the 1970s to <br>the 2000s.<br><br>The FoodShare collection is organized by a simple subject-based <br>cataloguing system with an available legend, while the bulk of the Jac <br>Smit collection is indexed in a database, with some of the more recent <br>materials not yet catalogued. Library attendants are available during <br>public hours to help visitors locate items in both collections.<br><br>Current status and Short-term schedule<br><br>Starting Tuesday February 1st, the TUFALC is open to the public on a <br>limited trial capacity. The planned public hours are 2 full days and 1 <br>half day per week. Visitors can browse the collection during the <br>following hours:<br><br>Tuesdays: 9:30am - 12:30pm and 1pm - 4pm<br>Wednesdays: 9:30am - 12:30pm<br>Fridays: 9:30am - 12:30pm and 1pm - 4pm<br><br>During this trial period, it is best to confirm any planned visit 1-2 <br>days in advance by emailing <a href="mailto:toronto.ufalc@gmail.com">toronto.ufalc@gmail.com</a> <br><<a href="mailto:toronto.ufalc@gmail.com">mailto:toronto.ufalc@gmail.com</a>>. Questions and feedback can also be <br>sent to this address.<br><br>For the time being, the TUFALC is a reference collection, and does not <br>circulate. Visitors who wish to use materials off-site may speak with <br>the library attendants to discuss options, including limited scanning <br>and copying. We will also be using this trial period to seek feedback <br>from users to guide future circulation policies and other potential <br>adjustments in the learning centre. 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