Library staff affected by redundancies and years of underpayment In the same week that mass underpayment of library staff was exposed, 22 librarians have accepted redundancies. February 19, 2021 It is expected that 22 University of Sydney library staff across site and academic services divisions will lose their jobs, in the same week that mass underpayment of library staff was exposed. This follows staff expressions of interest in some of the 252 voluntary redundancies proposed at the end of 2020. A University spokesperson told Honi that technological advancements would streamline the work of the remaining librarians as online resources and self-service increasingly replace in-person support. Students’ Representative Council President Swapnik Sanagavarapu told