On March 29th, 2013 UXPA and ASIS&T sponsored a discussion with L Hood, Sr Manager of UXD and Information Design at ACI Worldwide. Discussion topics included how to plan and carry out user research, and a variety of field methods, such as: ethnographic studies, contextual inquiry,collaging, and roundtable usability testing. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science UXPA @ Simmons…
On April 23rd, 2013 as part of the SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists) Brown Bag Lunch series, Simmons Professor and Archivist Kathy Wisser discussed the findings of a recent survey solicited by the IMLS-funded Small World project. The Small World project asked archivists to think about leveraging connections between people, corporate…
On April 11, 2013 UXPA, the User Experience Professional Association @ Simmons, hosted a Usability Student Panel that featured the usability research Simmons students have been conducting over the past year. For more information on the specific research listen to the podcast and read the excerpt from the UXPA Listserv. Make sure to visit the…
On March 15th & 16th 2013 the Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science was proud to present “DH: The Next Generation!” This two-day digital humanities symposium was sponsored by the Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program and focused on the work of younger digital humanities scholars in New England including graduate students, postdocs, and…
On March 5, 2013, interim dean Maureen Sullivan gave a lecture on salary negotiation for LIS students. This talk was a part of the Lunchtime Lectures series, and was sponsored by the Dean’s Office. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science Maureen Sullivan Maureen Sullivan’s Faculty Bio Deep Blue by Antony Raijekov Music…
On March 28th, 2013 Professors Mary Wilkins Jordan and Lisa Hussey gave a talk entitled “Pop Culture and the Socialization of LIS Students”. This talk was a part of the Research Colloquium series. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM Information about this lecture series I’M GONNA GO Music used in…
On Thursday February 14th, 2013 the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivist held their second Brown Bag Lunch lecture for the semester. In this presentation Donna Webber discusses the topic of Archives for Librarians in the Age of Convergence. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science Donna Webber Click here to…
