Le 1er mai 2013 : solidarité contre l’austérité Soyez des nôtres le 1er mai 2013 pour fêter la Journée internationale des travailleurs et travailleuses. Participez à l’une de deux marches avec comme points de départ la terrasse Morisset à l’Université d’Ottawa, ou le parc McNabb. Les deux marches débuteront dès 18h30 et se rejoindront à … Continue reading »
ALA chimes in on LAC’s Code of Conduct
ALA threw its support behind CLA this week and sent this letter to Minister Moore. Highlight: “The current LAC Code of Conduct: Values and Ethics does not strike the needed balance with intellectual freedom. The Code restricts unnecessarily the ability of librarians and information professionals to perform key aspects of their work, namely, teaching and speaking at … Continue reading »
Petition to Support Dale Askey
Colleagues, If you have not already done so, please sign the petition in support of Dale Askey. The remaining lawsuit against him is still forging ahead. Simply put, Dale Askey, who made a professional remark about Edwin Mellen Press on his personal blog while working at Kansas State University, is being sued for stating that … Continue reading »
More on Access Copyright’s suit against York U
See the article in yesterday’s Ottawa Citizen which details some of the claims made against York such as authorizing the copying of protected works. As a reference librarian myself, I cannot even imagine under what circumstances I would “authorize” someone to make copies of protected works. And what authority does anyone in a library actually have? … Continue reading »
Bargaining Proposals Now Online
All of the proposals that were exchanged at the end of March are now online. APUO proposals. Employer proposals. Stay up to date with negotiations by reading updates in either French or English.
Access Copyright Accuses York University of Copyright Violations
Access Copyright alleges that York University’s fair dealing guidelines encourage copying that is not supported by the law AND that there is no justification for York University to “operate outside of the tariff.” York University is a very large university (3rd in terms of enrolment in Canada, I believe) and as such, is probably also … Continue reading »
Annual Report Workshop May 7th
Mary Curran and Hélène Carrier have generously offered their facilitation skills to librarians interested in attending a discussion regarding Annual Reports. The meeting will take place on May 7th from 1:30 – 3:30 in Room 248. Please come with your questions for Mary and Hélène.
Letter from Canadian Historical Association to Daniel Caron re: Code of Conduct
Ottawa, March 21, 2013 Dr. Daniel Caron, Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada Library and Archives Canada Office of the Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada 550 de la Cité Blvd Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N4 Dear Dr. Caron, On behalf of the Canadian Historical Association I write regarding the recently released … Continue reading »
Reblog: Who Speaks for Libraries and Librarians (1/2)
Who Speaks for Libraries and Librarians (1/2) Thanks to Lisa Sloniowski for posting this to the PLG GTA site. Posted on February 5, 2013 by lisa A few PLG-GTA meetings ago, I promised to put the talk I gave last fall at the CAUT Librarians Conference (2012) up on our blog. The talk was entitled “Who Speaks for … Continue reading »
Update! Audio interviews on LAC’s Code of Conduct
Jian Ghomeshi’s opening essay on CBC Radio’s Q March 2nd 2013 was devoted to the LAC Code of Conduct. To listen, please go to: http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2013/03/22/jians-opening-essay-on-library-and-archives-canada/ Thanks to our colleague Myron Groover for his interview on CBC’s program “As It Happens” regarding the LAC Code of Conduct: http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/As+It+Happens/ID/2352464065/ Jim Turk, Executive Director of CAUT also gave a terrific … Continue reading »
