What the heck is going on at Harvard?

Last week you might have heard rumblings in the academic library / librarian blog circles that there was a great librarian massacre at Harvard. Thanks to the Jersey Exile blog for this clever reference to Robert Darnton’s collection of essays on cultural history of 18th century France, the Great Cat Massacre. By the way, the … Continue reading »

What’s going on at our table?

In my previous post, I neglected to mention what the major issues are for librarians at the University of Ottawa. At the beginning of our current round of bargaining we brought the following issues to the table: – Performance standards in librarians’ annual reviews. UO librarians felt that the need to have “more than satisfactory” … Continue reading »