How UBC Treated One of Its Own: A Second open letter — September 2023, provides more detail and names of individuals connected to the unfair manner in which UBC treated me and my application for a confirmed position as a Head Librarian.
In addition, I’ve added a Career and Personal Impact Statement that is relevant to UBC’s conduct.
| CLICK HERE for a 2-page summary. |
| CLICK HERE to read the open letter. |
| CLICK HERE to read my career summary and impact statement. |
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This is an open letter to the University of British Columbia, sent in November of 2022. It describes a series of events, actions and inactions related to my application for a confirmed position as a Head Librarian. Please read it thoroughly. It ends by requesting a meeting with the University at which these issues would be discussed and in which the harm that I suffered will actually be addressed.
| CLICK HERE to read the open letter. |
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An audio recording of my open letter is available. If you’d like to hear me read it, click on the link below.
Click here to hear me read the open letter
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Here is a print version of the Frequently Asked Questions about the open letter.
CLICK HERE for the FAQ document.
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CLICK HERE to listen to an audio recording of the Frequently Asked Questions document.
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This is an open letter to the University of British Columbia, sent in October of 2022. It describes a series of events, action and inaction related to my application for a confirmed position as a Head Librarian and requests a meeting with the University at which these issues would be discussed and in which the harm that I suffered will actually be addressed.
| CLICK HERE to read the open letter. |
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An audio recording of my open letter is available. If you’d like to hear me read it, click on the link below.
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Here is where I would publish the FAQs
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Libraries of many kinds have for years been collecting, preserving and in turn offering, in digital form, content provided by people and organizations with whom they have a connection. This post features two libraries that are connecting with local musicians to record their work which can then be streamed from the libraries’ websites. Both the Santa Cruz Public Library and the Iowa City Public Library have launched online streaming that enables their card holders to access the work of local musicians, free of charge.
Santa Cruz’s collection is called SoundSwell, which as a name is a great combination of concepts! Iowa City’s Local Music Project may not have the same catchy name as Santa Cruz, but the initiative is equally “sound”. (OK, enough with the puns!)
Projects such as these are excellent examples of how libraries have a valuable role to play in community development in the digital age. By collecting, curating and offering access to locally relevant content (all very traditional activities for libraries), using accessible digital tools, these and other libraries are supporting artistic, cultural and economic activity right where they live. Congratulations!
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I found this series of videos about James B. Hunt Jr. Library at North Carolina State University to be really inspiring. In particular I like the reinforcement about importance of how a space is experienced. I do see some potential challenges in ongoing maintenance over time (e.g. 80 different types of chairs) and I wonder what happens when the BookBot is having a bad day. But overall the planners and designers clearly had savvy, vision and passion and the ability to get past some typical barriers as they took an important leap forward. Good for them!!
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