Category Archives: Research Leaves

Compilation of Policies and Best Practices: UofT Librarians and Research Leaves

Looking for that one statement or clause pertaining to research leaves or research days? Not sure what your application for a research leave should include? The UTFA librarians committee has compiled this guide which might help: Final-Sep22-2013-ResearchLeavePolicies-Librarians

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Sign Up – Not too late! Session on Scholarship & Research Leaves for UofT Librarians

Dear Colleagues, In response to requests from the community, the UTFA Librarians Committee has organized an afternoon session on policies and best practices related to research leaves and scholarship at the University of Toronto.The focus will be on what you … Continue reading

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UTFA Survey for Librarians and Teaching Stream at the University of Toronto on Scholarship

The link to the UTFA survey has been distributed this afternoon via an email to all members. The deadline for completing the survey is next Sunday, November 18. If you are an UTFA member and you did not receive this … Continue reading

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UTFA launches survey on scholarship and research for academic librarians and the teaching stream at the University of Toronto

UTFA launches survey for librarians and teaching stream (full and part-time) to assess current practices regarding scholarship and professional creative endeavours at the University of Toronto. UTFA members will receive by Monday, November 12, an email with a link to … Continue reading

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UTFA Librarians Committee – update and more coming…

At this term’s first UTFA Librarians Committee meeting yesterday, several important matters were raised and discussed (St. Mike’s situation, workload policy, PTR reviews, research issues and UTFA forum for Oct. 11). This short note is just to let you know … Continue reading

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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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PTR and UofT Librarians on Research Leaves – Important Update

This is the time of year when questions concerning the annual performance arise.  As a way of keeping you informed (please direct colleagues to this site), the UTFA Librarians Committee will share information with the community. A recent memo from the … Continue reading

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