It has been more than three months since my last post. You could imagine how hectic it has been since the labour disruption ended and classes resumed at my university. The academic year has been extended into June and the natural rhythm of my work life has gone topsy turvy! It is the end of March and normally teaching information literacy classes wind down around this time. However, it appears we are in the swing of things for teaching. March is the new January! Despite the academic year being shifted, other timelines relevant to my position have not. Take for instance, the fiscal year. The end of April is still the deadline for expending your collections fund. The problem is that my colleagues and I will be preoccupied with teaching and reference services during the time that we usually devote to purchasing books and other materials for our respective subject areas. I like to call it hyper shopping. You have one month to spend $5-$8000 on books that you should have been selecting throughout the fiscal year. As a result, I feel more and more out of balance at work. It is a casuality of the strike.
Or maybe it could be that I’m pregnant again!
As for my file…I received the gists of the references that my T&P committee consulted, late December. Reading the summaries of the comments from solicited referees and my own recommended referees. Although anonymous some of the referees were easily identifiable. I was happy with the comments. Now to wait for the final verdict.
