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- ItemAcademic status for Canadian academic librarians: a brief history(Library Juice Press, 2013) Jacobs, LeonaIn 1975, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) officially recognized the concept of academic status for Canadian academic librarians. This recognition was both welcomed and feared by both rank-and-file librarians as well as the library administrators. As a result, the application of academic status across Canadian universities has been inconsistent in both rights and responsibilities and has been easily confused with the faculty status accorded to academic librarians in the United States. This chapter will lay out some of the issues of the day that culminated in the recognition of academic status, will discuss the controversies around academic status for Canadian academic librarians, and will touch on some of the inconsistencies and challenges that remain to this day.
- Item"Always at work": Canadian academic librarian work during COVID-19(The Partnership. Provincial and Territorial Library Association of Canada, 2022) McLay Paterson, Amy; Eva, NicoleTo learn about the experiences of librarians working through COVID-19, we conducted semi-structured interviews with academic librarians from across Canada on issues such as workload, collegiality, and overall satisfaction with their working conditions during the pandemic. Themes emerged around job security, workload changes (both in terms of hours worked and the type of work being done), working from home, relationships with colleagues and administrators (including the perceived speed of the institution’s pandemic response and the state of communication from or with administration), and hopes for the future. This article focuses on the semantic elements of librarian work during COVID-19 uncovered during thematic analysis, including an in-depth discussion of how academic librarians’ workload changed; a second planned article will focus on latent themes on the caring nature of library work. This study connects isolated individual situations with the overall picture of what librarians’ work looked and felt like during the COVID-19 pandemic. For library administrators, we identify the ways in which institutional support helped or hindered librarians in doing their work.
- ItemLibrary Councils in Canadian Academic Libraries: A summary of responses(2008-02-07T19:55:32Z) Jacobs, LeonaIn November 2007,Canadian academic librarians were surveyed via CACUL-L and CAUTLib regarding their experiences with and advice regarding library councils (or similar bodies) within their respective academic libraries. 28 librarians representing 25 libraries responded. Of these 13 libraries had a governance structure inclusive of a library council (or similarly mandated committee). This report summarizes the responses received.
- ItemMarketing to faculty in an academic library(American Library Association, 2015) Eva, NicoleMarketing a library needs to take into account the various stakeholders within the constituency. Often, academic libraries focus on students as their main ‘target market’, but it is important not to overlook faculty members as important patrons and allies. The needs of faculty are very different from those of students, as are the messages and the communication avenues. This article discusses various ideas on how to engage faculty with the library.
- Item"Relationships of care": care and meaning in Canadian academic librarian work during COVID-19(The Partnership. Provincial and Territorial Library Association of Canada, 2022) McLay Paterson, Amy; Eva, NicoleIn March and April 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews with academic librarians from across Canada about their experiences working through COVID-19 thus far. Topics included workload, collegiality, and overall satisfaction with their working conditions during a pandemic. Themes emerged around job scurity, meaningful work, workload shifts, working from home, relationships with colleagues and administrators, and hopes for the future. While individual experiences varied greatly, the biggest uniting factor was the care and deliberation that characterized both our participants’ framing of work that was meaningful to them as well as their ideal relationships with colleagues and administrators. This research connects to previous literature on vocational awe and emotional labour in libraries. For librarians, this study connects isolated individual situations with the overall picture of what our work looked and felt like during the COVID-19 pandemic. For library administrators, we have identified some general trends, which can provide insight in the areas of communication, flexibility, and institutional support as we work toward a post-pandemic new normal.
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