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Recent Posts
- Letters from Canadian Organizations Sent to Minister James Moore Concerning LAC
- University of Toronto Faculty Association sends letter to Rector Beauvais, St. Paul’s University
- Mounting Crisis at St. Paul’s University
- “Scientists for the Right to Know” – Faculty at the University of Toronto Speak Up
- Postdoctoral Fellows Vote for Certification at the University of Toronto
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Category Archives: Academic Librarianship
University of Toronto Faculty Association sends letter to Rector Beauvais, St. Paul’s University
Please find enclosed a letter from the president of UTFA, Prof. Scott Prudham, to the Mme Chantal Beauvais, Rector, Saint Paul University concerning the recent termination of an academic librarian. LETTER-UTFA.
Mounting Crisis at St. Paul’s University
Faculty associations are rally behind academic faculty and librarians at St. Paul’s University http://ustpaul.ca/ in response to the recent termination of an academic librarian due to financial contingency reasons and further attempts to terminate faculty. The Ontario Federation of University … Continue reading
Time for a Professional Librarian / Archivist to Head Library and Archives Canada
As information is gradually leaked to the press, the amount of expenses declared the Dr. Caron, ex-head of LAC, escalates. In the Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 2013, it states an excess of $170,000 for a range of expenses, some in-appropriate, … Continue reading
LAC nominated for the annual Canadian Association of Journalists’ Code of Silence Award
In the Wall Street Journal in New York , May 4, it was noted that the Library and Archives Canada was nominated by the Canadian Association of Journalists for its …”code of conduct that keeps staff members from speaking at … Continue reading
Consequences of Government Interference in the Preservation of Canada’s History
There are reasons why administrators who are not archivists or librarians, but politicians, should not be leading and determining the fate of Canada’s documentary heritage, such as we have seen at the Library and Archives Canada. This is clearly evident … Continue reading
Responses to Access Copyright’s Lawsuit Against York University
CBC Article – http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/04/14/copyright-universities.html?cmp=rss CAUT’s letter to Access Copyright, dated April 9, 2013. Blog Responses: Michael Geist’s “Access Copyright’s Desperate Declaration of War Against Fair Dealing“
New Study Released: “Promoting Racial and Ethnic Diversity among Canadian Academic Librarians”
A preprint of Mary Kandiuk’s survey and study of ethnic diversity in Canadian academic libraries is being published by ACRL and a preprint is now available: http://crl.acrl.org/content/early/2013/04/05/crl13-465.full.pdf+html and as a pdf attachment here Kandiuk-Preprint. Mary Kandiuk is Senior Librarian at … Continue reading
10th Anniversary of the UTFA Librarians Committee – Monday, March 25
Dear Colleagues, There are still a few seats left for Monday’s event at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. Do join us! Below is a detailed schedule of the event followed by speakers’ biographies. Monday, March 25, 2013, 12:00 noon … Continue reading
Muzzling Librarians and Archivists – A Growing Trend in Canada
First you hear about academic librarians being sued for speaking publicly about their professional views and now you hear how the Canadian Government is imposing a code of behavior that seeks to prevent librarians and archivists at the Library and … Continue reading
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