The School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University is pleased to announce the 2019 Allen Smith Symposium, honoring Professor Jeannette Bastian on her retirement.

Save the date for Friday, April 12, 2019 for “From Community to Curriculum: Translating Social Responsibility into Archival Education.”

Symposium & Panel Discussions: Friday, April 12, 2019, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Working Groups: Saturday, April 13, 9:00am – 1:00pm

All events will take place in the School of Management building, M501/502. Breakfast and lunch will be provided on Friday, April 12. Breakfast will be provided on Saturday, April 13.

About the symposium:
Over the past decade, archival concerns have increasingly focused on social issues as records professionals recognize and confront the responsibilities and challenges of documenting a complex global and digital society. Although such issues as social justice, community engagement, inclusive access and documenting marginalized populations have predominated in the archival literature, they have yet to be fully translated into archives education curriculum. Bringing together archival educators and practitioners, this symposium seeks to begin a discussion about creating an archival curriculum that addresses contemporary societal needs while at the same time honoring traditional archival theory and that explores theoretical frameworks, methodologies and best practices for teaching archives in a socially conscious environment.

Panelists and moderators include:
Peter Botticelli, Simmons SLIS
Michelle Caswell, University of California, Los Angeles
Janet Ceja, Simmons SLIS
Michele Cloonan, Simmons SLIS
Richard Cox, University of Pittsburgh
Jennifer Douglas, University of British Columbia
Andrew Flinn, University of London
Leisa Gibbons, Curtin University-Perth
Alex Poole, Drexel University
Ricardo Punzalan, University of Maryland
Rebecka Sheffield, University of Toronto
Tonia Sutherland, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Katherine Wisser, Simmons SLIS
Beth Yakel, University of Michigan
Jane Zhang, Catholic University

You can register at https://slis2019.eventbrite.com. 

Please direct any questions about the event to [email protected].