My name is Jason Homer and I am a graduate of Simmons GSLIS. I graduated in May 2011 and with in the general track.
My coursework at GSLIS included: Reference and Information Services
Technology for Information Professionals
Information Organization
Evaluation of Information Services
Principles of Management
United States Government as Publisher
Social Informatics
Rare books and Special Collections
Information Services for Diverse Users
Digital Publishing
Medical Librarianship
Competitive Intelligence
January 18, 2012 – 7:35 am
Wikipedia will be taking down its English language site Wednesday 1/18/12 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act. Read more about Wikipedia’s decision on PCWorld. Wikipedia joins Reddit and BoingBoing, who will also shut down on Wednesday in protest of the proposed legislation. The webmasters and founders of opponents to SOPA and PIPA agree [...]
November 20, 2011 – 10:00 am
Public v. Academic Libraries Right now I have two library jobs. One as a Research & Instruction Librarian in an academic library, and the other as a Adult Services Library Technician in a public library. I love them both and have yet to choose what kind of Librarian I want to be when I grow [...]
November 16, 2011 – 7:34 pm
A few months ago I posted about my favorite book trilogy The Hunger Games. (See the post here) They just released the trailer for the movie coming out March 23rd, 2012. I have never been so excited for a movie. (watch the trailer here) I plan on seeing this movie about 30 million times. I [...]
November 16, 2011 – 6:54 pm
Part 2: Library Chat At my library we have a library chat function. (This is present at many academic libraries – even Simmons Library!) I love library chat. As I mentioned in my previous post, Notes from the Field #1, I try to keep the chat window unobstructed throughout the day because I like to [...]
September 18, 2011 – 11:04 am
Part One: Reference Desk: Now that I talked about my job search – I figured I would talk a bit about my job as a “Research and Instruction Librarian” I spend a significant amount of time at the Reference Desk, either as a direct contact or a “backup”. As the direct contact I sit at [...]
September 13, 2011 – 12:38 pm
Of course you do! No? Well – I’m Jason and I used to be the Graduate Student Ambassador for Simmons GSLIS. I graduated this past May and I wanted to tell you about what I have been up to since graduation. Job Searching While I was an immensely busy individual during school it was my [...]
Where will I start? I guess I should start by letting all the readers know why I have neglected blogging this semester. I took over the responsibilities of the “Fellow for Dean’s Initiatives” while they hunt for the new fellow. (The past Fellow got a ‘big kid’ archives job in RI.) So I have been [...]
While I am not a children’s or young adult literature person, I am obsessed with the Hunger Games trilogy. They are getting closer to casting Katniss for the live action movies (I am very okay with the current top choice of Jennifer Lawrence – see Winter’s Bone) but I thought I would describe the time [...]
February 16, 2011 – 1:58 pm
The semester is in full swing and I thought I would write about some of the classes I am taking. I have already finished my requirements and now I get to pick some electives! This is my last semester here at GSLIS (and I am devastated) and I am taking three (3) classes to close [...]
February 7, 2011 – 9:25 am
On Friday LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association) had a GSLIS Mixer and Trivia night at the Bell in Hand Tavern here in Boston. LISSA is a student group you are automatically entered in once you start here at Simmons GSLIS and they plan different types of events, everything from Guest Speakers to Trivia [...]
