"Harvard has the second largest endowment in the world, second only to the funds held by the Vatican."

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E Keathley

Guys, I am still trying to wrap my mind around this.  An institution that almost literally has more money than god declaring it can no longer afford it’s librarians.

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  6. othemts said: It’s not about money. It’s about them wanting to run the library like a “business.” Which somehow involves all of us filling out something called “employee profiles” to reapply for our jobs. It’s incompetent and cruel.
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  10. yolaleah said: I think there’s actually a bit more to what is going on here. As far as I can tell, they didn’t just lay off their entire staff. They are reorganizing their “shared services.” One thing is for sure: Harvard has a SERIOUS PR issue.
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    Well… As much of a clusterfuck as Stony Brook tends to be, at least Sam Stan hasn’t fired our librarians yet.
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  15. thelibrarianontherun said: Sorry, but something like that happening in an academic library? Typical academic bullcrap! And the librarians paid for it. Sad, but true!
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