UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.

This article focuses on the library of University of Toronto. The access policy is like this: Students, faculty, and staff of University of Toronto have borrowing privileges; Visiting professors from other institutions may apply for free limited access; Research readers who are not members of the University community may purchase a card for an annual fee; and Inter-library loan is available. In the field of Slavic and East European studies, the University of Toronto Library has a collection of considerable strength and scope, which has major national and international value in the scholarly world. It is the largest university library collection in Canada and ranks in the top 10 university research libraries in North America. The Slavic and East European collection at the University of Toronto began with the establishment of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in 1949. In the 1960s and 1970s the collection increased rapidly after the establishment of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies in 1963.