Monthly Archives: November 2013

Collaboration Between Donors and Institutes of Higher Learning and Research: “On What Terms?”

Posted on November 26, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

CAUT has published a report, Open for Business: On What Terms? (November 2013) that has investigated the relationship between 12 collaborators and Canadian universities, the University of Toronto, being one of them (Munk School of Global Affairs and others). open-for-business-(nov-2013)

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Privacy Issues – UofT Email Migration & Microsoft’s Office 365

Posted on November 26, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

Growing concerns from faculty and librarians about the migration of UofT email to possibly Microsoft’s Office 365 have resulted in President Scott Prudham, University of Toronto Faculty Association to write to Professor Cheryl Regehr, Provost and Vice-President at the University … Continue reading →

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Hurrah for Toronto’s Libraries! Support Our Public Libraries

Posted on November 23, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

Watch a brilliant video produced by the City of Toronto Public Libraries! http://ourpubliclibrary.to/video/

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New UTFA Posters – Distribute and Share

Posted on November 6, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

        UTFA-Less Bound-Poster Series-8.5×11-red[1] 3 UTFA-Less Bound-Poster Series-8.5×11-red[1] 2 UTFA-Less Bound-Poster Series-8.5×11-red[1] 1

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Message from Scott Prudham, UTFA President – News for UofT Librarians

Posted on November 6, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

Pls Review Documents: Changes to MoA MoA revised UTFA version October 17 2013 redlined v original  Academic Planning Document UTFA proposal on academic restructuring revised May 23 2013 (3) Librarians should note proposed changes to article 3, research leaves, workload … Continue reading →

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