An article by Ian Milligan on May 22, 2012 from the Active History blog. “The government claims that Library and Archives Canada needs to be modernized so all Canadians can access archival services. Yet the state of Canada’s online collections are small and sorely lacking when compared to their expansive on-site collections.” Read more
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York University - YUFA, Library Chapter Publishes Open Letter to James Moore regarding LAC
Reblogged from University of Toronto Academic Librarians: Letter is posted on this site: http://yufalib.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/moore-lac-cuts/
Collective Agreement Reading and Discussion Group 2012 Edition
Thanks to feedback from the March 2012 librarians’ meeting, the Collective Agreement Reading and Discussion Group, an ad hoc group whose goal is to familiarize APUO librarians with their Collective Agreement will be meeting again this summer. We will meet for 1.5 hours on the following dates: June 6, 13, 20 and July 11, 18, … Continue reading »
Public Understanding of Science on Open Access
Public Understanding of Science believes that paid for open access will discriminate against authors from the developing world. The current position of PUS with regard to open access is as follows: 1. PUS is not against open access, the promotion of which we consider, in principle, a good idea. It is clearly not conducive to the distribution of scientific knowledge … Continue reading »
StatsCan discontinues survey of full-time PSE teaching staff
News Date: May 7, 2012 Statistics Canada released Thursday its final issue of “Salaries and Salary Scales of Full-time Teaching Staff at Canadian Universities,” as the agency has discontinued its Full-time University and College Academic Staff System. “This is very disturbing news,” writes University Affairs blogger Léo Charbonneau, as the survey tracked much more data than just professor salaries. … Continue reading »
Budget cuts to libraries, archives, and information centres jeopardize access to Canadian government information
This has not been a good spring for Canadian librarians and archivists, especially those who work at federal libraries and archives, which are being de-funded and dismantled by federal budget cuts. These information centres sustain government and public research capacity. Their ability to create, preserve, and provide access to public information in our country is at … Continue reading »
On to Ottawa Trek May 28
Statement/Déclaration La version française suit Archivists’ On to Ottawa Trek – May 28 On April 30, 2012, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) eliminated the National Archival Development Program (NADP), a $1.7 million contribution program administered for the LAC by the non-profit Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) and distributed to 13 provincial and territorial archives councils … Continue reading »
CAUT Distinguished Librarians Award Goes to a University of Toronto Academic Librarian
Kent Weaver, Manager at the University of Toronto Libraries, received the 2012 CAUT Distinguished Librarian Award. Congratulations Kent!
AUCC & Access Copyright model license agreement
By now we’ve all heard about the AUCC and Access Copyright coming to mutually agreeable terms for a model copyright license in Canadian (outside of Quebec) universities and colleges. There is a lot of criticism of AUCC, and here are some links that are instructive. CAUT: A Bad Deal: AUCC/Access Copyright Model License Agreement Michael Geist: Access … Continue reading »
