Science takes a hit in Canada! Again

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault on
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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, 2010<a href="javascript:jumpToAnchor(&#39;#Comments&#39;)">Comments (15)

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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