The Librarians' Association of the University of Waterloo (LAUW) exists to support, promote, and create opportunities for professional librarians at the University of Waterloo.
To learn more about LAUW, including LAUW's purpose and membership, see the LAUW Constitution.
Highlights of this site include,
Feedback about this site? Contact the LAUW Secretary.
Hold the Date ...
TUG Conference, Friday, April 19, 2013.
Stay tuned for further announcements!
Friday 04 May 2012
LAUW AGM - Davis Centre Library Conference Room, 12-2pm.
15 March 2012
LAUW launches Librarians’ Activities and Accomplishments page
via http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/lauw/activitiesandaccomplishments.html
Sure, it looks sparse right now, but we are confident that due to the busy professional lives University of Waterloo librarians lead, this page will grow to become a rich and diverse inventory of the amazing things we do. As the description notes:
“Our hope is to capture what Waterloo librarians are up to professionally and to share this information on our website and possibly with our community in ways that are appropriate and that help to raise the profile of librarians at the University of Waterloo.”
So, have you got news to share? We need your help to populate the page. Use the simple, easy-to-use form provided, to submit your and your colleagues accomplishments.
10 Feb 2012
Eva Dodsworth's Getting Started with GIS
We congratulate Eva Dodsworth on the publication of her book, Getting Started with GIS. This publication is clearly the culmination of a lot of hard work and an impressive display of expertise. Accomplishments like this one are evidence that improvements, like study leaves, negotiated into the Librarians' Employment Handbook in recent years can contribute to the profession at UW and beyond.
Well done, Eva!
20 Jan 2012
The Harvard Library Transition Massive reorganization announced.
20 Jan 2012
OCUFA Award for Academic Librarians
"Academic librarianship, in the context of the OCUFA Awards, embraces all aspects of librarianship that contribute to the scholarly achievement of all members of the university community. Activities such as development and delivery of services, provision of educational materials, collection development and management and other contributions to academic librarianship are important to the intellectual functioning of the university. Those who excel in any of these are eligible for an OCUFA Academic Librarianship Award."
Have someone in mind? To nominate a colleague, please see the OCUFA web site at http://ocufa.on.ca/ocufa-awards/teaching-and-academic-librarianship-awards/ for instructions and the nomination form.
The deadline for submissions is May 21, 2012.
15 November 2011
Congratualations Susan Mavor!
... on the recent publication of your book Westmount – The Tie that Binds the Twin Cities: An Illustrated History of Westmount’s 100 Years. This well-research and illustrated work complements and enriches the documentation of a special, local neighbourhood. All the best with your book launch on December 1st at the Westmount Golf and Country Club.
21 Sept 2011
Western Librarians and Archives reach tentative settlement with Administration
LAUW Executive thanks those of you who took the time to write, donate funds, and bake cookies in support of our friends and colleagues at Western. As of last night, a tentative settlement has been reached.
13 Sept 2011
Striking Western Librarians and Archivists
Support our colleagues down the road by sending a letter to:
President Chakma:
Amit Chakma:achakma@uwo.ca <mailto:achakma@uwo.ca>
and
Western Board of Governors Chair Angeletti:
Frank Angeletti:franka@filion.on.ca <mailto:franka@filion.on.ca>
Tell them you support a fair an equitable contract for Western's Librarians and Archivists "Every email message of support will help us,"says James Compton, UWOFA Past President: jcompto3@uwo.ca.
28 July 2011
LAUW's Librarian to Librarian Initiative
Ever wish you could just ask another librarian about a professional matter you’re thinking about? Perhaps you seek a second opinion about your career path or want to bounce an idea off of someone with an impartial or experienced perspective? The Librarians Association of the University of Waterloo’s “Librarian to Librarian” (L2L) initiative might be able to help.
Check out the details: http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/lauw/l2l.html
28 June 2011
Dear LAUW members,
Thank you for your quick action yesterday. It has enabled us to finalize the letter and send it today.
Jane on behalf of the LAUW Executive (2011/2012)
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