It’s been talked about offline for a few weeks now, but I haven’t seen much on this sad news: CISTI has taken on some big cuts, and I’m told that about 40-50 CISTI librarian staff – from locations across the country – were given the pink slip.
The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) is Canada’s national science library and is internationally recognized for its support to science, technology, engineering and medicine, mainly through National Research Council (NRC) programs and partnerships.
It comes down to this: Strategic Review process + Budget 2009 = program review cuts.
This is not good. Sign of the times?
Footnote: NRC (National Research Council) not to be mistaken for NRCan (or Natural Resources Canada).
Tags: CISTI, gc.ca, government