Salem State professors, librarians to be furloughed By Nick Stoico and Jeremy C. Fox Globe Correspondent,Updated March 13, 2021, 9:15 p.m. Email to a Friend The library on the campus of Salem State University.Jim Davis Professors and librarians at Salem State University will be furloughed this week, the first of two unpaid weeks off during which they will not be able to perform any work related to their duties at the school, officials confirmed Saturday. The move follows a lengthy labor dispute between the union representing faculty members as the public university struggles with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and declining enrollment that has forced steep cutbacks and furloughs of other university employees.