On Monday, July 23, 2007 Dr. Harvey Varnet spoke at Simmons College about his work as a library director in Kuwait. Dr. Varnet is twice an alum of Simmons GSLIS, has taught at the school, and is past director of the Simmons Library. He is currently the library director at the American University in Kuwait.…
On Tuesday, July 17, five practicing art librarians were invited to Simmons College to speak about their experiences in the field and the future of their profession. The participants included Deborah Barlow Smedstad, the head librarian at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Rachel Beckwith, who currently works with Simmons GSLIS west program in South Hadley,…
