Category Archives: Policies

Update on Joint UTFA and Librarians Committee, April 24, 2012.

The joint committee agrees to meet regularly, twice a term, to discuss queries and concerns in the community. The last meeting was held on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. We would like to share some of the information discussed in that … Continue reading

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UT Librarians Workload Meeting with Administration + CAUT Statement on Librarians Workload

Hello everyone, The UT Librarians Workload Unit meeting is scheduled to meet again Sept.30 and with succeeding dates set to: Oct.24, 26, Nov.1, Nov. 10. I am attaching a 1999-2000 discussion paper by CAUT on workload issues for librarians. Even … Continue reading

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Support our UTFA Bargaining Team!

Write your words of support for those on the UTFA Bargaining Team who are arguing for your interests, academic freedom and professional autonomy at UT, transparency and equal treatment for all across our three campuses. They need to hear from … Continue reading

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UT Librarians Workload – Information Request

At the last meeting held downtown, the UTFA Librarians Committee was asked to post various collective agreements at Canadian Universities which have successfully articulated workload issues for academic librarians. Following this post, we will gradually upload some agreements which we … Continue reading

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Workload Committee for Librarians – A Call for Participants

Dear colleagues, Carole Moore has put out a call to all librarians at the University of Toronto to nominate (and this includes putting your own name forward as we confirmed yesterday at the UTFA Joint Committee for Librarians and Administration) … Continue reading

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UTFA Workshop and Call for Submissions for Poster Session: Digital Scholarship and the Academic Promotion Process

Poster Session – Showcase your digital project at the workshop! May 2, 2011, 12pm-4pm, Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto. Tables will be set up in the Faculty Club for UTFA members to sow the community some of the projects … Continue reading

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UTM Workload Meeting – Today!

UTFA Workload News Release – FAQ The first of several workload policy meetings begins today at UTM, at 12 noon, South Building/David Building, Room 3124. This is a general information session, which all faculty and librarians should try to attend. … Continue reading

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Seeking Full Citizenship – Academic Librarians

This article by Catherine Coker, Wyoma vanDuinkerken adn Stephen Bales provides an introduction to the history of tenure issues and academic librarianship, “Seeking Full Citizenship: A Defence of Tenure Faculty Status for Librarians” COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 71:5 (2010), p.406-420.

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FAQ: Change vs Previous Practices

The UT Librarians policy is dated, ambiguous and leaves many processes unclear. If you find that procedures you have been following regarding holiday and research requests, conference attendance, sick time and working conditions have changed in an unfair manner, what … Continue reading

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Workload Unit Meetings Scheduled

Please note that the Librarians Workload Unit meeting has been scheduled for May 10, 2011 at 10 AM, room 2009, Administrative Office, Robarts Library. A sub-group of the UTFA Librarians Committee and members of the community are meeting this Friday, … Continue reading

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