Borrowing & Printing
This is the most borrowed instrument
Ukelele
How long do things stay lost-assumed before being automatically discarded?
two years
Lost-assumed remains on a customer's account until the item is returned, paid for or purged as part of the annual fines Purge.
This is the year TPL eliminated overdue fines
2022
These are the three customer age categories for library cards
Adult 18+
Teen 13-17
Child Birth to 12
This is the cost of printing 11x 17 black and white at Toronto Reference Library
$0.20
This is the colour CircIT will turn when an item traps for a hold at another location
Blue
This is the department that takes care of materials that are less then 6 months and have a printing error or a DVD that doesn't play.
Acquisitions (based out of Ellesmere)
This is the eligibility for creating a free Toronto Public Library card.
Live, work, go to school or own property in the city of Toronto. Live on a First Nations reserve in Ontario
These two thresholds must be met in order in order for a customer's card to be blocked
$100 or more in charges
More than 10 items overdue
These are examples of materials that CircIT will not check in
lost materials
discard status
repair status
interlibrary loan, tech kits, instruments, picture collections
This is the name of the Director of Collections & membership Services
Lisa Radha Vohra
This type of card is for Toronto residents who have a permanent address but can only provide name identification at the time of registration.
Provides a borrowing limit of one physical item at a time
Temporary card
Name 4 borrowable materials that need to be returned to the same branch they were borrowed from
Book Club Sets, Carbon dioxide monitors, interlibrary loans, musical instruments, Tech kits (Arduino, audio recording, Raspberry Pi), Toronto Reference Library picture collections, Wi-Fi hotspots
This is the policy when a card holder has died
Make notes on the account on Symphony
-replace a barcode, change the item library (If another branch has weeded something and given it to your branch), change item type (Example from BEST to BK), Change home location (From ANFBEST to ANF) More info: Circ Procedures Manual, Section K 3
This district branch had the highest number of new card registrations in 2025.
Albion Branch
This is the cost of a non-resident card for a period of 12 months.
$150.00
Name four borrowable materials that have a 7 day loan period
Audio recording Kit, Carbon dioxide (CO2) monitor, DVD/Blue-ray Feature, Magazine/Periodical, Ontario Parks Pass, VHS
What year was the "Local Music" subject heading discontinued?
2023 - The subject heading was originally designed to help customers search in our catalogue for independent Toronto musicians. Over time, it became harder to define what remained "local" or "Independent" and the heading sometimes meant inconsistent, misleading results that did not necessarily reflect the diversity or changing nature of Toronto's local music scene.
This is the number of staff locations that have a branch sorter
14
AB, AG, BF, BRW, CED, CH, DM, EA, FV, MAL, NYCL, RI ,WS
This is a mandatory field for library card registrations. It helps confirm borrowing limits, and helps differentiate between customers with a similar name
Birth Date