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Lola Rudin (UTSC) lrudin@utsc.utoronto.ca Shelley Hawrychuk (UTM, until 2015) shelley.hawrychuk@utoronto.ca Victoria Skelton (SG, until 2013) victoria.skelton@utoronto.caMembers 2016-2017 UTFA Librarians Committee
Chair, Kathleen Scheaffer kathleen.scheaffer@utoronto.ca
Michael Attridge
michael.attridge@utoronto.caPatricia Ayala
anap.ayala@utoronto.caColin Deinhardt
colin.deinhardt@utoronto.caShelley Hawrychuk
shelley.hawrychuk@utoronto.caPatricia Lacivita
lacivita@utsc.utoronto.caBrock Macdonald
wb.macdonald@utoronto.caNoel Mcferran
noel.mcferran@utoronto.caStephanie Perpick
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s.meyerssawa@utoronto.caFabiano Rocha
fabiano.rocha@utoronto.caLola Rudin
lrudin@utsc.utoronto.caAndrea Shier
andrea.shier@utoronto.caVictoria Skelton
victoria.skelton@utoronto.caGraeme Slaght
graeme.slaght@utoronto.caMichelle Spence
michelle.spence@utoronto.caChristina Tooulias
christina.tooulias@utoronto.caUTFA Librarians Committee
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Annual Performance Review – Progress Through the Ranks
Are your goals mutually discussed and agreed upon? Is your supervisor using the appropriate terms to rate your annual performance review (see below)? Have you been given a reasonable and fair amount of time to respond to your supervisor’s comments? … Continue reading
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PDA: Patron Driven Acquisitions and Collection Development
For those who have been concerned about the non-rehiring of subject specialists as they retire at University of Toronto and the advancing theories of those who support the move toward the selective approach of patron driven acquisitions, the blog site, … Continue reading
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UTFA Joint Committee for Librarians and Administration Meeting June 8, 2011
Dear members, This committee will be meeting June 8th to discuss current concerns regarding our employment. If you have specific concerns which you would like UTFA to address at this committee level, please forward them to the Chair of the … Continue reading
The Issue of “Transparency, Good Governance and Freedom from Corruption” in Archives and Libraries – Are we vigilant and fulfilling our roles?
The profession of librarianship is not a licensed profession, like teachers, lawyers, engineers, health professionals (nurses, pharmacists, dentists, etc.) and numerous other professions which are regulated for the good of society. Professional associations set and enforce principles and guidelines by … Continue reading
Academic Freedom at a Time of Crisis
Outspoken public intellectuals and academic leaders Stanley Fish and Cary Nelson go head to head for a lively discussion on the role of academic freedom on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2d9ufB4O_s
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Business Model Adopted at LAC: Now Canadian Heritage and Our National Repository are at Risk in Ottawa
The appalling results of incorporating business models into the management of academic and cultural libraries clearly leads to disaster, as evident at the Library and Archives of Canada (LAC). Librarians at the University of Toronto and other institutions have been … Continue reading
McMaster University Library: A Statement from Librarians Association of the University of Waterloo
(Circulated on CAUT list today and posted with permission of author): “Good afternoon Colleagues, Executive members of the Librarians Association of the University of Waterloo join other library associations to voice our support for librarians at McMaster University. We are … Continue reading
Is anyone asking “What are our professional associations doing about threats to librarianship?”
We have recently seen ALA step up and support the threats to librarianship in the US (see earlier blog and ALA letter). Yesterday at UTFA Council, Kent Weaver reminded Council members, that a non-librarian is currently leading Canada’s national repository … Continue reading
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Who will speak for the librarian?
As colleagues are pointing out, what Jian Ghomeshi talks about on CBC about school librarians is the same for academic librarians. Academic librarians have gradually been shifted from traditional roles, into new fields, with non-librarians taking over traditional roles, instead, … Continue reading
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Librarians Speak Up! ALA Letter in Support of Librarians
The ALA Letter Dated May 18, 2011. Excerpt: “The American Library Association (ALA) and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) are deeply concerned that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is considering defunding its school librarian positions (or … Continue reading
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