September 2009
The Archives
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Observations
Tales of Extreme Outreach
One of my favourite parts of my job is outreach. I love talking to our students and researchers. It really helps me understand how we fit in their research and ways we can help them improve what they’re doing. Typically my outreach involves going to classes or meetings and letting people know we (the library) [...]
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Trends
Organized Librarians and Rocking the Vote
Librarians and Archivists at University Western Ontario recently voted 88% in favour of a strike. This doesn’t mean that they are going on strike immediately, but that can go on strike now. (Could somebody please correct me if I’m wrong?) Their issues are ones that librarians face on many campuses, and include: “language on Annual [...]
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Trends
Organizing Librarians – Does it work?
Disclosure: I’m an active member of UC-AFT Local 1474 aka the librarians and lecturers union at UC Berkeley. Yes, we’re organized. I participate because I care about the profession on campus and would like to see more people have the opportunity to make careers as librarians at UC Berkeley. This past week, the UC Union [...]
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Uncategorized
Where did August go?
I’d really like to know! Oh, it was consumed with “End of Summer” projects and “Beginning of the Semester” projects. Weird how the timing of that works out. I have not much to report to you all, other than I’ve been consumed by committees and union work. I should blog about that at some point, [...]
