[CivicAccess-discuss] Science takes a hit in Canada! Again

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

One more knowledge institution biting the dust!

One can argue that information specialists (e.g. computer scientists,
engineers, librarians and archivists) all all scientists.  We are not
talking about data entry people and only cataloguers!

The implications are that Canada's national science *public* publisher is no
longer public, and access, let alone open access to Canadian Scientific
results and data will be limited and probably not part of national deposit
in Canadian university or government libraries.  *More costs and of course
less knowledge being disseminated!*

Ottawa Citizen:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/workers+April/2568010/story.html

  NRC to lay off 86 workers in April
 Information specialists, administrators most affected by cost cutting
ordered by Treasury Board
By Mohammed Adam, The Ottawa CitizenFebruary 16, 2010Comments
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> OTTAWA — The National Research Council is laying off 86 people as part of
> cuts announced last year to reduce costs at the country’s leading research
> organization.
>
> The layoffs begin in April and will affect employees at the Canada
> Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), the country’s
> national science library and leading publisher of scientific information. By
> the time it is over, CISTI, which used to employ about 350 people, will be
> down by close to 70 per cent, union officials say.
>
Read the rest online here -
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/workers+April/2568010/story.html

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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