Catie Sahadath

Black dog with cute face sitting in front of a Rona hardware store

Happy Friday from this absolute babe

A post by Dr. McMillan Cottom that says "I buy my little sisters all their very first diamons, fancy dinner, & vacation because if all a man can show you is an entry level good tiem predicated on power assympetries then you will have bad sex & you're more likely to be abused. No sir and no ma'am. Not the McMillan girls"

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.

To be determined 😬
They just started turning black/blue late yesterday. A rite of passage!

Once I regain feeling in my toes, I will assess whether this is “first marathon” or “first and last”

Sure did! 😁

**special mention: they printed off a picture of my dog wearing a medal for one of the signs. This is art, folks. 🥹

Group of 10 friend holding up signs and cheering at a marathon

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!

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

Don’t blame you for missing him, he wasn’t on 100% of the time

He’s there, they’ve got a rotating cast in the libero seat

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!

My dream for consortial print services becomes less nutty with every passing day

Oh I should edit for clarity, thanks for this. I was looking at cases where shelf ready processing for European items happens in the US, which is a fun lil gray area

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...

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 :-)

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.

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.

Technically, CDN books won't be subject to tariffs in the US, we don't need a counter tariff on these items.

But I have good news!

The GoC is accepting feedback on the counter tariffs!

Please! Go now! Submit your feedback to the Gov! Tell them in grand numbers so they can't ignore it.

Canada's proposed counter measures include printed books (HS Code 4901). I think this may have been an oversight, as it is incredibly easy to miss the whole "books" thing from the US' Executive Order.

There is a section of the Executive Order placing 25% tariffs on Canada that excludes "information or informational materials...including publications..." (Section 1702B)

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!

Always amazed at authors who fill in our "suggest a purchase" form with their works. Like, is this the business development strategy? F'real?

Somewhere in my feed I saw the commentary "My brother in Christ, you are the suits."

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...

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.

When I was a little nugget, my mom would put a spoon of chocolate pudding powder into plain yogurt to trick me into believing I was eating dessert. A genius, she is.

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]

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"

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

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.