Catie Sahadath
@metacate.bsky.social
just out here trying to improve the human condition.
marathon OC paddler | dragon boat coach | associate university librarian
marathon OC paddler | dragon boat coach | associate university librarian
Happy Friday from this absolute babe
July 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Happy Friday from this absolute babe
Reposted by Catie Sahadath
I think about this post from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social a lot. It has subtly changed how I approach gifts for the young people in my life -- especially the girls and young women. As auntie or cool professor, I love getting to do "First Fancy" with them.
May 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think about this post from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social a lot. It has subtly changed how I approach gifts for the young people in my life -- especially the girls and young women. As auntie or cool professor, I love getting to do "First Fancy" with them.
I ran my first marathon yesterday, and the absolute best part was my friends’ surprise cheering section.
If you know someone doing A Thing, even (especially) if you don’t understand it, come out for them. Support is such a game changer!
If you know someone doing A Thing, even (especially) if you don’t understand it, come out for them. Support is such a game changer!
May 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I ran my first marathon yesterday, and the absolute best part was my friends’ surprise cheering section.
If you know someone doing A Thing, even (especially) if you don’t understand it, come out for them. Support is such a game changer!
If you know someone doing A Thing, even (especially) if you don’t understand it, come out for them. Support is such a game changer!
My coworker is retiring, so I immortalized her with cross stitch.
April 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My coworker is retiring, so I immortalized her with cross stitch.
Y’all refreshing the Carleton results, meanwhile my eyes are glued to the close races
April 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Y’all refreshing the Carleton results, meanwhile my eyes are glued to the close races
Thankful for 21 Celsius + sunshine on election day today.
So much easier to vote when you don’t need to traverse a blizzard to get to the polling station!
So much easier to vote when you don’t need to traverse a blizzard to get to the polling station!
April 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Thankful for 21 Celsius + sunshine on election day today.
So much easier to vote when you don’t need to traverse a blizzard to get to the polling station!
So much easier to vote when you don’t need to traverse a blizzard to get to the polling station!
I am writing a backgrounder for Canadian academic librarians trying to navigate through a trade war.
I'm still working on it, and I'm about to TGIF, but there's enough in there to be useful for now! Enjoy :-)
I'm still working on it, and I'm about to TGIF, but there's enough in there to be useful for now! Enjoy :-)
Backgrounder-Tariffs and Academic Libraries.docx
Backgrounder: Tariffs on Print Books for Academic Librarians Prepared by Catie Sahadath, Associate University Librarian, Scholarly Resources 28 March 2025 Purpose The purpose of this report is to prov...
docs.google.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I am writing a backgrounder for Canadian academic librarians trying to navigate through a trade war.
I'm still working on it, and I'm about to TGIF, but there's enough in there to be useful for now! Enjoy :-)
I'm still working on it, and I'm about to TGIF, but there's enough in there to be useful for now! Enjoy :-)
Hello, the World Trade Organization has a moratorium on member nations placing tariffs on electronic transmissions. This agreement is renewed every 2 years, and the current iteration is good until March 2026. This agreement is why we don't have tariffs on library e-resources.
WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions
Rashid S. Kaukab explores developing countries' views on the WTO's decision not to renew the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions.
www.iisd.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hello, the World Trade Organization has a moratorium on member nations placing tariffs on electronic transmissions. This agreement is renewed every 2 years, and the current iteration is good until March 2026. This agreement is why we don't have tariffs on library e-resources.
As of today, I have read every single US executive order and Canadian response / order-in-council that pertains to tariffs on print books and BOY ARE MY FEET TIRED.
BUT I learned some facts that are of paramount importance to Canadian libraries, so listen up!
BUT I learned some facts that are of paramount importance to Canadian libraries, so listen up!
March 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
As of today, I have read every single US executive order and Canadian response / order-in-council that pertains to tariffs on print books and BOY ARE MY FEET TIRED.
BUT I learned some facts that are of paramount importance to Canadian libraries, so listen up!
BUT I learned some facts that are of paramount importance to Canadian libraries, so listen up!
Always amazed at authors who fill in our "suggest a purchase" form with their works. Like, is this the business development strategy? F'real?
March 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Always amazed at authors who fill in our "suggest a purchase" form with their works. Like, is this the business development strategy? F'real?
The Government of Canada is collecting feedback on tariffs, until April 2.
The newly proposed tariffs include printed books (codes 4901.10-4901.99).
If you happen to be affected by this, this is your chance to have your say.
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
The newly proposed tariffs include printed books (codes 4901.10-4901.99).
If you happen to be affected by this, this is your chance to have your say.
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
Consultations on Canada’s Response to United States Tariffs on Canadian Goods: Comment Submission Form
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca
March 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Government of Canada is collecting feedback on tariffs, until April 2.
The newly proposed tariffs include printed books (codes 4901.10-4901.99).
If you happen to be affected by this, this is your chance to have your say.
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
The newly proposed tariffs include printed books (codes 4901.10-4901.99).
If you happen to be affected by this, this is your chance to have your say.
forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cm7upm...
My life's goal has been to win the Loveliest Bonnet contest in my (very small) town's Easter Bonnet Contest.
Now accepting suggestions for rad bonnet themes.
Now accepting suggestions for rad bonnet themes.
March 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My life's goal has been to win the Loveliest Bonnet contest in my (very small) town's Easter Bonnet Contest.
Now accepting suggestions for rad bonnet themes.
Now accepting suggestions for rad bonnet themes.
Reposted by Catie Sahadath
Trump: I’m going to kill your loved ones.
Democrats: [wave placard]
Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones
Democrats: [strenuously wave placards]
Democrats: [wave placard]
Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones
Democrats: [strenuously wave placards]
March 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump: I’m going to kill your loved ones.
Democrats: [wave placard]
Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones
Democrats: [strenuously wave placards]
Democrats: [wave placard]
Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones
Democrats: [strenuously wave placards]
Inter-provincial trade is back in the news. Which means this is a great time to remind ourselves that the term "border" applies between countries, and "boundary" applies between provinces.
"The border between Canada and the US"
"The boundary between Ontario and Manitoba"
"The border between Canada and the US"
"The boundary between Ontario and Manitoba"
March 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Inter-provincial trade is back in the news. Which means this is a great time to remind ourselves that the term "border" applies between countries, and "boundary" applies between provinces.
"The border between Canada and the US"
"The boundary between Ontario and Manitoba"
"The border between Canada and the US"
"The boundary between Ontario and Manitoba"
Reposted by Catie Sahadath
everyone: wow being a librarian is so cool you just get to read books all day
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
March 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
everyone: wow being a librarian is so cool you just get to read books all day
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
your local librarian: today I had to break up a knife fight in the encyclopedia section
While we're pulling US booze from LCBO shelves, maybe we could also do the same with products from Wayne Gretzky Estates
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
While we're pulling US booze from LCBO shelves, maybe we could also do the same with products from Wayne Gretzky Estates
Because this came up in a library listserv today:
Tariffs apply to goods that cross a border, not to services and information. Canadian library database subscription pricing should not be impacted by All This Nonsense.
Tariffs apply to goods that cross a border, not to services and information. Canadian library database subscription pricing should not be impacted by All This Nonsense.
March 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Because this came up in a library listserv today:
Tariffs apply to goods that cross a border, not to services and information. Canadian library database subscription pricing should not be impacted by All This Nonsense.
Tariffs apply to goods that cross a border, not to services and information. Canadian library database subscription pricing should not be impacted by All This Nonsense.
A couple of years ago I tweeted a list of my favourite #buyCanadian online boutiques to get cute, sometimes quirky, outfits to wear to work, specifically at a #library. The tweet is long gone, so here is a revised and updated version of that list. Let me know what I may have overlooked!
March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A couple of years ago I tweeted a list of my favourite #buyCanadian online boutiques to get cute, sometimes quirky, outfits to wear to work, specifically at a #library. The tweet is long gone, so here is a revised and updated version of that list. Let me know what I may have overlooked!
In case you didn't know, there's a handy dandy tool for searching current tariffs on imported and exported goods to/from Canada, thanks to BDC, EDC, and the Trade Commissioner Service
www.tariffinder.ca/en/
www.tariffinder.ca/en/
Customs & duty calculator for your business | Canada Tariff Finder
Free calculator - Quickly find out the tariffs applicable for goods you are exporting to a foreign market or importing into Canada.
www.tariffinder.ca
February 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you didn't know, there's a handy dandy tool for searching current tariffs on imported and exported goods to/from Canada, thanks to BDC, EDC, and the Trade Commissioner Service
www.tariffinder.ca/en/
www.tariffinder.ca/en/
Please, if you are applying for a library job and your MLIS is accredited by the ALA, please write ALA-Accredited on your resume. Somewhere. So that the HR bots pick up on it. Please.
Yours truly, a caring hiring manager who is now manually reading a trillion CVs just to be sure.
Yours truly, a caring hiring manager who is now manually reading a trillion CVs just to be sure.
February 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Please, if you are applying for a library job and your MLIS is accredited by the ALA, please write ALA-Accredited on your resume. Somewhere. So that the HR bots pick up on it. Please.
Yours truly, a caring hiring manager who is now manually reading a trillion CVs just to be sure.
Yours truly, a caring hiring manager who is now manually reading a trillion CVs just to be sure.
Today's Good News Story:
Our library received a lil grant from the Township of Whitby so that we can distribute planters, soil, and small gardening kits to folks who use our seed library!
guides.library.durhamcollege.ca/seedexchange
Our library received a lil grant from the Township of Whitby so that we can distribute planters, soil, and small gardening kits to folks who use our seed library!
guides.library.durhamcollege.ca/seedexchange
Guides: Seed Exchange: Seed Exchange
Information about seed exchange program.
guides.library.durhamcollege.ca
February 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today's Good News Story:
Our library received a lil grant from the Township of Whitby so that we can distribute planters, soil, and small gardening kits to folks who use our seed library!
guides.library.durhamcollege.ca/seedexchange
Our library received a lil grant from the Township of Whitby so that we can distribute planters, soil, and small gardening kits to folks who use our seed library!
guides.library.durhamcollege.ca/seedexchange
Clarivate has monopolized what would have otherwise been a productive work week.
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Clarivate has monopolized what would have otherwise been a productive work week.
Advanced polls open today for the Ontario provincial election, and election day is Feb. 27th.
If you're looking at voting strategically, visit votewell.ca to find out which candidate in your riding has the best chances to oust the PCs.
If you're looking at voting strategically, visit votewell.ca to find out which candidate in your riding has the best chances to oust the PCs.
VoteWell
A strategic voting tool for the 2025 ON provincial election
votewell.ca
February 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Advanced polls open today for the Ontario provincial election, and election day is Feb. 27th.
If you're looking at voting strategically, visit votewell.ca to find out which candidate in your riding has the best chances to oust the PCs.
If you're looking at voting strategically, visit votewell.ca to find out which candidate in your riding has the best chances to oust the PCs.
Yesterday I had to run a half-marathon on the treadmill bc of the weather and it wasn't my favourite and I thought "well at least the rest of the week can only get better from here!" and then ProQuest proved me wrong.
February 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yesterday I had to run a half-marathon on the treadmill bc of the weather and it wasn't my favourite and I thought "well at least the rest of the week can only get better from here!" and then ProQuest proved me wrong.
If anyone is in the mood to establish an academic cataloguing and processing operation in central or eastern Canada, it would be convenient for me if you could do that immediately kthx!
February 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If anyone is in the mood to establish an academic cataloguing and processing operation in central or eastern Canada, it would be convenient for me if you could do that immediately kthx!