Overall an excellent library, but not without its problems. Three major ones to be exact.

Problem 1: the wireless internet is notoriously unreliable. The farther up the floors you go, the worse it gets--as if some wifi blackhole is keeping it all around the first floor information desk.

I will often need to set up a Hotspot because I simply cannot load basic email. My 1996 AOL connection... more

A Great place to work and to study. This Library has a great interior with a nice open feeling and of course lots of interesting books to peruse. I often come here on my downtime to grab a computer and get working on a pressing project. The construction is now thankfully done.

The Baldwin Room, The Music Collection and the rotating Gallery exhibit on the main floor are all worth checking out.

I love going here. In many ways, it exemplifies Toronto: big, anonymous, there's always a place for you and nobody bugs you.

It does one better: free wifi!!

It's easy to concentrate on your work with the nice murmuring in the background. You can eat your snacks on the first floor. Their free lecture series is decent, though they move it around among different halls on many different floors... more