2013
Desk Set (starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
Saturday, April 27, 2013
2:00 – 4:00 pm
P-207, Palace Road Building, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
R.S.V.P.
Design for Group Ideation and Deliberation Activities
Thursday, April 18, 2013
2:00 – 3:00 pm
P-111, Palace Road Building, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Free Registration
Usability Student Panel
Thursday, April 11, 2013
4:15 – 5:45 pm
P-207, Palace Road Building, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Free Registration
Simmons College 2nd Annual Graduate Symposium
Saturday, March 30, 2013
8:30 am – 5:30 pm
C-101, Main College Building, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
[more info]
The “U” in UXD: Conducting Field Research to Understand Users’ Needs, Goals, and Behavior
Thursday, March 28, 2013
4:30 – 5:30 pm
M-501/M-502, School of Management Bldg, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
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ASIS&T Webinar: Ready or not, you will teach, and here is how you can get ready!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Registration: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/Webinar-Curran-3-27-2013-register.html
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NEASIS&T Presents: So You Want to Publish an Ebook? Tools, Standards, & Metadata for Creation
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Registration: http://neasist-ebooks.eventbrite.com
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Evaluating the Usability of Simmons Alumnet
Thursday, February 21, 2013
4:30 – 5:30 pm
M-501/M-502, School of Management Bldg, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Greg Crane at MIT: February 20
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
5:15 pm
E14-633 (New Media Lab), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
DH After Hours II
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
5:30 – 7:00 pm
The Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant, 350 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA
2012
User experience (UX): More than just usability testing
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
P-213, Palace Road Building, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
GSLIS Lunchtime Lecture Series: Reporting back from ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
12:10 pm – 1:00 pm
P-208, Palace Road Building, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
NEASIST Fall Meet-up: “Hacking the Library: United States of America vs. Aaron Swartz.”
Thursday, November 8, 2012
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Champions Sports Bar, Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square plaza (next to the Red Line), 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142
World Usability Day at Simmons College
Thursday, November 8, 2012
8:30 – 11:30 am
Kotzen Room, Lefavour Hall (L-001), Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Register http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4745581161/efbnen
Tour of Google Cambridge
Monday, November 5, 2012
2:15 – 3:40 pm
5 Cambridge Center, 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA
Register http://googletour2012.eventbrite.com/
UXPA @ Simmons: Tour of MIT IS&T Usability Lab
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Unveiling the Mercedes Agulló y Cobo Digital Library, an Open Access Week event at UMass Boston
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Center for Library Instruction (CLI), 4th floor, Joseph P. Healey Library, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA
GSLIS Lunchtime Lecture Series: “Working in Open Access–Ready to be an Advocate?” with Robin Peek
Tuesday, October 23,2012
12:10 – 1:00 pm
Palace Road Building P-207, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Peter Suber and Robin Peek: A Conversation With Students
Monday, October 22, 2012
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Kotzen Room, Lefavour Hall (L-001), Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Register http://simmonsopenaccess2012.eventbrite.com
2011
World Usability Day
November 9
8:30am-Noon
Linda J. Paresky Conference Center (Main College Building, 3rd Floor)
World Usability Day at Simmons College will feature presentations/demonstrations by two teams about their systems: (1) NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and (2) ShelfLife via DPLA from the Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory. Informal usability assessments will be performed, and feedback will be gathered with regard to the interface design and functionality. A light breakfast will be provided. Presentations will begin at 9.
Sponsored by the Simmons GSLIS Usability Lab and the SLA.
http://wud2011simmons.eventbrite.com
Webinar:�Public Library Funding & Technology Access
November 1
2-3pm
Tech Lab
Cohosted by ALASC and ASIS&T
http://webinarpubliclibrary.eventbrite.com
NEASIS&T TED Talks and Pizza
November 1
5:30-7:30pm
MIT Bush Room
222 Memorial Drive, Building 10
Gather with friends and colleagues for pizza, TED Talks, and a lively discussion.
http://neasist.org/2011/10/07/730
Open Access Week
October 24th-30th
Simmons College
http://gslis.simmons.edu/oaweek/2011
Open Access Pros & Cons Discussion
October 27th
5-6pm
GSLIS Student Lounge
We’ll watch a few video clips, discuss what Open Access is and its pros and cons. Hosted by Simmons ASIS&T and SLA.
Digital Public Library of America Plenary Meeting: Streaming Live
October 21st
9:30-5pm
Simmons School of Management M105
Program
Design Jam
Saturday, October 15th
8:30am-6pm
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, MCB
Sponsored by the GSLIS Usability Lab & Simmons ASIS&T
http://www.designjams.org/wiki/Design_Jam_Boston#1
Simmons ASIS&T Library Science Fair
September 20th
Simmons ASIS&T is organizing a Library Science Fair at Simmons College, featuring talks by Ben Florin, a web developer at Boston College Libraries (a GSLIS alum and former staff member) and by Mark Tomko, a current GSLIS student and a software engineer at the Broad Institute. In addition, we invite attendees to participate in lightning talks. And there will be pizza. Afterwards, wed like to invite you to join us at the Squealing Pig (http://g.co/maps/7v5nn) for food and drinks. Find out more.
Guest Speaker: Nicole Hennig
April 25, 2011
Nicole Hennig is Head of the User Experience Group for the MIT Libraries. Her field of expertise is user experience, including usable web design, usability testing, and ethnographic user studies, and she has spoken on these topics at conferences such as National Online and Internet Librarian. In 2001 she won the Infinite Mile Award for Innovation and Creativity given by her peers in the MIT Libraries, in 2006 she won the MIT Excellence Award for Innovation Solutions, and in 2009, ASIS&T Chapter Member of the Year. Before coming to MIT in January of 1999, she was the Systems Librarian for Bose Corporation in Framingham, MA, where she designed and managed the home page for the corporate Intranet. She has worked in academic, corporate, and non-profit libraries for over 15 years and was formerly a classical musician, playing pipe organ and harpsichord in the Boston area. She is @nic221 on Twitter.
New England ASIS&T Conference: Content Management Systems
March 9, 2011
The conference included expert speakers and a panel discussion comparing and contrasting different CMSs (WordPress, Expression Engine, Drupal, and Springshare’s LibGuides/CampusGuides), with presentations of actual projects to give a sense of what CMSs can do. The conference concluded with hands-on workshop for attendees who wish to get their feet wet using WordPress.
Co-sponsored by NEASIS&T. Hosted by Simmons College.
2010
2010 World Usability Day
November 10, 2010
The event featured a presentation/demonstration by a team from the Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory. An informal usability exercise/assessment was performed on one of the Laboratory’s products — ShelfLife.
Co-sponsored by the Simmons Usability Lab.
Webinar Viewing: Taxonomies Series
November 5-12, 2010
This webinar series focused on the design and management of business taxonomies for the storage of information within systems, as well as the overall findability through search and browse of the information end users seek. The webinar series was given by the ASIS&T and the Project Performance Corporation. Simmons viewing co-sponsored by the Tech Lab.
Free Workshop: Ubuntu Linux
November 3, 2010
Ubuntu is an open source operating system focused on community, freedom, and usability. Come learn about using Ubuntu as a viable alternative to Windows or OS X. Discover the benefits of free, open source software and learn about:The Ubuntu DesktopEssential software (web browsing, email, calendar, im)Working with photosWatching videos, listening to musicWorking with documents, spreadsheets, and presentationsTaking notesInstalling software
Co-sponsored by the Tech Lab
ASIS&T 2010 Student Chapter of the Year Award
ASIS&T 2010 Annual Conference: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem
Pittsburgh, PA
October 26, 2010
The Simmons GSLIS ASIST group wins the ASIS&T 2010 Student Chapter of the Year Award.
From the Program notes:
“The Student Chapter of the Year Award goes to Simmons College ASIS&T Student Chapter. This chapter engaged in a significant number of activities. Our committee member remarked on their good range and distribution (across the calendar) of the programs and selection of topics in various areas of interest to their members — from board games to World Usability Day.² The committee also commended their two placement events – Alumni Speed Networking and Online Career Fair – to help place their student members in such a harsh economy. The chapter is also noteworthy for their impressive work on member recruitment and retention through attractive publications and good use of social media, which led to a total of 279 chapter members.”
Open Access Week: Discussion with Peter Suber
October 20th, 2010
Peter Suber serves as the Open Access Project Director at Public Knowledge. In addition to his work on Open Access, Suber has taught philosophy, computer science, and law at Earlham College. His research focuses on how policy and technology can foster research, as well as the real and potential impact of the Internet on scholarly communication. His talk included a discussion of the Open Access Tracking Project as well as a Q&A session. The Open Access Tracking Project uses tagging to identify developments in the Open Access movement in real time.
Speed Networking Night
March 30, 2010
The Speed Networking Night was a light-hearted opportunity for GSLIS students to network with GSLIS alumni in various areas of librarianship and with representatives from librarian organizations to learn about career paths, specific industries, or a day in the life.
Co-sponsored by the GSLIS Alumni Board