We are excited to announce that laptop computers are now available for loan from the Lakeshore Library and Lakeshore Commons.

• 15 Windows laptops available at the Library
• 10 Windows laptops and 5 Mac laptops at the Commons

30 laptops will continue to be available for loan from the North Campus Library.

We now have an interactive mobile library tour that provides you with an overview of all the amazing services available to you from the Library.

The tour won't take longer than 15 minutes to complete.

And if you complete the tour you can get a fun study kit.

Get started on your virtual tour here: https://library.humber.ca/librarytour

Tomson Highway’s From Oral to Written is a study of Native literature published in Canada between 1980 and 2010, a catalogue of amazing books that sparked the embers of a dormant voice

He surveys the first wave of Native writers published in Canada, highlighting the most gifted authors and the best stories they have told, offering non-Native readers access to reconciliation and understanding, and at the same time engendering among Native readers pride in a stellar body of work.

This database offers online lessons and supplemental resources for over 100 languages, including Ojibwe, Oji-Cree, Cree, Dakota and other indigenous languages. These language courses have been developed in partnership with Manitoba First Nations and other grassroots organizations, as part of the 7000 languages project.

Access it from the database list.

If you want to catch up on some casual reading this summer or explore some of your areas of interest, you'll want to see what you have access to in Flipster.

Flipster is a digital magazine 'newsstand' service. Read popular magazines including Maclean’s, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Ebony, Today's Parent, Toronto Life, Vogue and more in full colour format online.

Highlights from some of the latest issues include:

• Vanity Fair: Kendrick Lamar - on tour with the Pulitzer Prize winning king of rap
• Toronto Life: The Best of the City - insiders guide to food, drink, fashion and fun
• The New Yorker: What Women Want - equal pay and how BBC employees got it
• Canadian Living: Summer Fresh Recipes

Access Flipster from the Database List OR download Flipster from most app stores (Android or Apple products) to read on the go!

What is fun? How is it distinct from happiness or pleasure? How do we know when we are having it? This book provides a comprehensive sociological account of this 'taken for granted' social phenomenon. The author investigates areas such as our memories of fun in childhood, the fun we have as adults, our muted experiences of fun at work and our lived experiences of having fun.

Thousands of street cats live in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, as they have for centuries. Some are wild and fend for themselves, while others are tamer and are cared for by people. Kedi depicts these cats, and includes many interviews of the people who interact with them.

This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely conversation. These reflective and personal pieces come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom share their personal light-bulb moments regarding when and how they grappled with the harsh reality of colonization in Canada, and its harmful legacy.They look deeply and honestly at their own experiences and assumptions about race and racial divides in Canada in hopes that the rest of the country will do the same.