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Abstract
This paper reports on research into librarian participation on faculty association executive and collective bargaining teams at 46 Canadian universities at which librarians are in the same bargaining unit as professors. The goal of this study is to determine the extent of such participation on these key committees, whether such participation is mandated by governing documents or a matter of custom (or neither), and what barriers librarians face to such participation. The authors analyzed these associations’ constitutions and bylaws and then conducted interviews with faculty association leaders and librarian activists. Findings indicate that nearly half of the surveyed associations either have a mandated seat for librarians or make every effort to include librarians on their executive committees, and more than a third do the same for their collective bargaining teams. Many associations have had a librarian as faculty association president and a handful have had a librarian as chief negotiator. The most-cited barriers to taking on these leadership roles in the association are workload and the lack of or unsuitability of course release for librarians. The level of librarian participation in faculty associations across Canada is very encouraging, but many issues need to be addressed if librarians are to have a full seat at the table.
Keywords:
- academic librarians,
- Canada,
- collective bargaining,
- faculty associations,
- higher education
Résumé
Ce document fait état de recherches sur la participation des bibliothécaires aux équipes de direction et de négociation collective des associations de personnel universitaire de 46 universités canadiennes dans lesquelles les bibliothécaires font partie de la même unité de négociation que les professeur.e.s. L'objectif de cette étude est de déterminer l'étendue d'une telle participation à ces comités clés, si une telle participation est mandatée par les documents constitutifs ou une question de coutume (ou ni l'un ni l'autre), et quels obstacles confrontent les bibliothécaires à une telle participation. Les auteur.e.s ont analysé les constitutions et les règlements administratifs de ces associations, puis ont mené des entretiens avec des dirigeant.e.s d'associations de personnel universitaire et des bibliothécaires activistes. Les résultats indiquent que près de la moitié des associations interrogées soit ont un siège obligatoire pour les bibliothécaires dans leurs équipes de direction ou font le maximum d’efforts pour y intégrer les bibliothécaires, et plus du tiers font pareil pour leurs équipes de négociation collective. De nombreuses associations ont eu un.e bibliothécaire comme président.e d'association de personnel universitaire et une poignée ont eu un.e bibliothécairecomme négociatrice.teur en chef.fe. Les obstacles les plus cités à l'exercice de ces rôles de leadership au sein de l'association sont la charge de travail et le manque ou l'inadéquation de la libération descours pour les bibliothécaires. Le niveau de participation des bibliothécaires dans les associations de personnel universitaire à travers le Canada est très encourageant, mais de nombreuses questions doivent être abordées si les bibliothécaires veulent avoir une pleine place à la table.
Mots-clés :
- associations de personnel universitaire,
- bibliothécaires universitaires,
- Canada,
- enseignement supérieur,
- négociation collective
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