On February 28th, ALASC (ALA Student Chapter) hosted an over-the-phone interview with Maureen Sullivan, ALA president-elect, who joined us from her home in Maryland. Brita Zitin, Chapter Coordinator of ALASC at Simmons GSLIS serves as interviewer. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science ALASC ALA Student Chapter, Simmons College “Sunshine, ver. II” by…
On February 24th, 2012, the Student Chapter International Relations Round Table or SCIRRT along with the Progressive Librarians Guild, hosted a talk with Shelley Quezada and Elaine Martin who discuss their experiences working in Liberia. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science Presentation Slides PDF format “C86″ by Kevin MacLeod Music used in…
On February 23rd, 2012, SCoSAA hosted a lunchtime talk with Heather Cole and Andrew Elder from University Archives & Special Collections at UMass Boston. Cole and Elder will talk about their work for the Mass. Memories Road Show, which is a community-based digital history project that documents the people, places, and events in Massachusetts history…
On February 23rd, 2012, Simmons GSLIS hosted an Information Session for Prospective Students. Starting things off, Michele Cloonan, Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science gave a talk on the state of the profession and fielded questions from prospective students. After a brief break, Sarah Petrakos, Assistant Dean of Admission and Recruitment…
On February 16th, 2012, Simmons GSLIS hosted a talk by Russian Fulbright scholar Olga Kulikova, who gave a presentation on Henrietta Derman, a Simmons College LS alumna (class of 1917), who was important revolutionary leader in Soviet-era Russia, and who was consigned to a Soviet gulag due to her “modern library practices”. Simmons GSLIS Graduate…
