Through the Revolving Door: Fisher Blog

Each week, the Fisher Library highlights an item from one of its many digitized collections available on the Internet Archive. To kick off the new year, Rachael takes a look at an interesting… Read the full post.

Every week, the Fisher Library highlights an item from its vast holdings on the Internet Archive. For the final IA Book of the Week post of 2020, Rachael takes a look at an almanac from our… Read the full post.

Every week, the Fisher Library highlights an item from one of its many digitized collections held on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael takes a look into an Eaton’s Christmas catalogue… Read the full post.

Back in 1992, when I was a student in Belgium, I spent Christmas in Salzburg, Austria. It was one of the most perfectly disorienting holidays I had ever experienced. I distinctly remember going to a concert on the afternoon of Christmas Eve in… Read the full post.

Every Monday, the Fisher Library highlights an item from one of its many digitized collections on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael takes a look at a short children's book from our… Read the full post.

Every week, the Fisher library highlights an item from one of its many collections available on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael takes a look at an interesting book from our Canadiana… Read the full post.

There is a sad feeling when exhibitions at Fisher are taken down after their usual three-month run to make room for the next one. That said, the current year notwithstanding, our cases are never empty for long. The exhibitions themselves also… Read the full post.

Each Monday, The Fisher Library highlights an item from one of its many collections available for all to explore on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael explores an intriguing item from… Read the full post.

Every November 11^th, we pause and remember the sacrifice of those who fought and died in defence of this country. This year we acknowledge the 106^th anniversary of the onset of the First World War (1914-1918).  Due to the… Read the full post.

Each week, the Fisher Library presents an item from one of its many collections housed on the Internet Archive, which is open to anyone to explore. In honour of Remembrance Day, this week… Read the full post.

Every week the Fisher Library highlights a book from its digitized collections on the Internet Archive, which is open to anyone and great to explore. This week, Rachael takes a look at an item from our Canadiana Collection.

“History of… Read the full post.

Each week the Fisher Library highlights a book from its many collections available to anyone on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael takes a look at an item from our chapbook collection… Read the full post.

Every Monday, the Fisher Library highlights a book from one of its many collections on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael takes a look at a beautiful item from the Biodiversity… Read the full post.

Each week, the Fisher Library highlights an item from its collections on the Internet Archive, which are open to anyone to explore. This week Rachael takes a look at a medical encyclopedia… Read the full post.

Each week, the Fisher Library highlights a piece from its digitized collection on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael kicks off spooky season by taking a look at an item from our… Read the full post.

Each Monday, the Fisher Library presents a piece from its collection on the Internet Archive, which is open to anyone to explore. This week, Rachael takes a look at a book from the Canadiana… Read the full post.

Every Monday the Fisher highlights its holdings on the Internet Archive. This week Rachael presents a lovely piece from the Biodiversity Collection.

“I’ve watch’d you now a full half-hour
Self-poised upon that yellow flower;
… Read the full post.

Every Monday, the Fisher Library highlights its holdings on the Internet Archive. This week, Rachael takes a look at cottage country.

If you have ever been to Muskoka then you can surely attest to its natural beauty, abundant wildlife,… Read the full post.

Every Monday (even holiday Mondays) the Fisher Library highlights its holdings on the Internet Archive, which are free to access and great to explore. This week, Rachael takes a look at some classic Canadian cooking.

Over the past few… Read the full post.

Every week we dive into our holdings on the Internet Archive, which are free to access and great to explore. This week, Samantha will be taking a look at… Read the full post.

If you are at all like me, chances are that your earliest childhood memories of reading are as intimately associated with book illustrations as they are with the stories themselves. I vividly remember being both terrified and inexplicably drawn… Read the full post.

A joint project between staff at the Cheng Yu Tung … Read the full post.

Every Monday we take a look at a specific object from the collection of Fisher items available for free on the Internet Archive. This week, Samantha takes a… Read the full post.

In 2015, the Fisher purchased a large collection of drawings and sketches by Alexander Scott Carter (1881-1968), documenting over eighty projects designed by him from 1920 to 1960, including bookplates that Carter designed for Toronto patrons.… Read the full post.

Every Monday we take a close look at one of the thousands of Fisher items available, for free, on the Internet Archive. This week Samantha takes a look at a… Read the full post.