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  1. "This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"

    🔗 savewiulibrarians.org/

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  2. "This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"

    🔗 savewiulibrarians.org/

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  3. "This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"

    🔗 savewiulibrarians.org/

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  4. "This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"

    🔗 savewiulibrarians.org/

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  5. "This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"

    🔗 savewiulibrarians.org/

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  6. "More than a decade of austerity has, however, ravaged the public library sector. […] More than 600 [UK libraries] have been turned into what are euphemistically called 'community' libraries, that is to say run by volunteers. [S]uch efforts mask the reduction of professional expertise across the sector, where the number of qualified librarians has shrunk by more than 12,000 since 2010."

    🔗 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/sto

    #UnitedKingdom #Austerity #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Deprofessionalization

  7. "More than a decade of austerity has, however, ravaged the public library sector. […] More than 600 [UK libraries] have been turned into what are euphemistically called 'community' libraries, that is to say run by volunteers. [S]uch efforts mask the reduction of professional expertise across the sector, where the number of qualified librarians has shrunk by more than 12,000 since 2010."

    🔗 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/sto

    #UnitedKingdom #Austerity #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Deprofessionalization

  8. "More than a decade of austerity has, however, ravaged the public library sector. […] More than 600 [UK libraries] have been turned into what are euphemistically called 'community' libraries, that is to say run by volunteers. [S]uch efforts mask the reduction of professional expertise across the sector, where the number of qualified librarians has shrunk by more than 12,000 since 2010."

    🔗 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/sto

    #UnitedKingdom #Austerity #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Deprofessionalization

  9. "More than a decade of austerity has, however, ravaged the public library sector. […] More than 600 [UK libraries] have been turned into what are euphemistically called 'community' libraries, that is to say run by volunteers. [S]uch efforts mask the reduction of professional expertise across the sector, where the number of qualified librarians has shrunk by more than 12,000 since 2010."

    🔗 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/sto

    #UnitedKingdom #Austerity #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Deprofessionalization

  10. "More than a decade of austerity has, however, ravaged the public library sector. […] More than 600 [UK libraries] have been turned into what are euphemistically called 'community' libraries, that is to say run by volunteers. [S]uch efforts mask the reduction of professional expertise across the sector, where the number of qualified librarians has shrunk by more than 12,000 since 2010."

    🔗 app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/sto

    #UnitedKingdom #Austerity #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Deprofessionalization

  11. Louisiana State University administrators informed librarians their campuses would not hire any more tenure-track librarians and that those on the tenure track or with tenure would have one year to decide if they want to maintain their status and publish more often

    🔗 lailluminator.com/2024/08/20/l

    #LouisianaStateUniversity #LSU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Tenure

  12. Louisiana State University administrators informed librarians their campuses would not hire any more tenure-track librarians and that those on the tenure track or with tenure would have one year to decide if they want to maintain their status and publish more often

    🔗 lailluminator.com/2024/08/20/l

    #LouisianaStateUniversity #LSU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Tenure

  13. Louisiana State University administrators informed librarians their campuses would not hire any more tenure-track librarians and that those on the tenure track or with tenure would have one year to decide if they want to maintain their status and publish more often

    🔗 lailluminator.com/2024/08/20/l

    #LouisianaStateUniversity #LSU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Tenure

  14. Louisiana State University administrators informed librarians their campuses would not hire any more tenure-track librarians and that those on the tenure track or with tenure would have one year to decide if they want to maintain their status and publish more often

    🔗 lailluminator.com/2024/08/20/l

    #LouisianaStateUniversity #LSU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Tenure

  15. Louisiana State University administrators informed librarians their campuses would not hire any more tenure-track librarians and that those on the tenure track or with tenure would have one year to decide if they want to maintain their status and publish more often

    🔗 lailluminator.com/2024/08/20/l

    #LouisianaStateUniversity #LSU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #Tenure

  16. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019

    🔗 insidehighered.com/news/busine

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  17. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019

    🔗 insidehighered.com/news/busine

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  18. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019

    🔗 insidehighered.com/news/busine

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  19. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019

    🔗 insidehighered.com/news/busine

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  20. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019

    🔗 insidehighered.com/news/busine

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  21. Three hundred and forty Halifax Public Library workers could be on the picket lines in less than two weeks if an agreement is not reached with library management

    🔗 hotcountry1035.ca/2024/08/15/8

    #HalifaxPublicLibrary #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #NSUPE #NSUPELocal14 #NovaScotia #Halifax