Fall Recap and Best Wishes for a New Semester

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There’s nothing like a new beginning to celebrate previous accomplishments. As the start of the spring semester approaches, we’d like to highlight ASIS&T’s work this past fall.

Virtual Meet and Greet

For our first event of the school year, we invited the SLIS community to learn more about the ASIS&T student chapter and what we do at Simmons. Attendees also learned about Knowledge Management from guest speaker Glynys Thomas (’89). It was lovely to gather together and introduce what ASIS&T is all about.

15 attendees, including ASIS&T board members, speakers Glynys Thomas and Naresh Agarwal, and 5 other student attendees

Attendees of the ASIS&T Fall Meet and Greet

Our Mission: To support SLIS students interested in information science and technology through: networking, workshops, panels, site visits, other IS&T-related events

Co-chair Jennifer explains the mission of the ASIS&T Simmons student chapter

Rong Tang, Ph.D. ASIS&T Simmons Co-Advisor. Kyong Eun Oh, Ph.D. ASIS&T Simmons Co-Advisor

Faculty advisors Prof. Rong Tang and Prof. Kyong Eun Oh introduced themselves

Board: Jennifer Sunoo, Co-chair; Andrew Schofield, Co-chair; Ashley Fishbein, Treasurer; Katherine Leonard, Communications; Nick Bodanza, NE-ASIS&T Liaison, Jossel Franco, Webmaster/Blogger

ASIS&T student board members introduced themselves and described their roles on the board.

What is ASIS&T? The Association for Information Science and Technology is the only professional association that bridges the gap between information science practice and research. Annual meeting. Career development. Networking Opportunities.

Prof. Naresh Agarwal, president-elect of ASIS&T, spoke about ASIS&T as a national organization and the benefits of getting involved.

Glynys Thomas ('89), Director of Knowledge Management, EY-Parthenon; President, SLIS Alumnae Association; Questions for Glynys? Ask in the chat or click the Raise Hand feature in Zoom

Simmons Alum Glynys Thomas (’89) spoke about her work and responsibilities as Director of Knowledge Management at EY- Parthenon

Virtual Pet Parade

Both human and furry friends joined us at the end of the semester for the ASIS&T Virtual Pet Parade. It was a light-hearted way to relax, check-in, and have a good time with beloved pets. What a wonderful way to wrap up the semester!

Students and faculty showing off their pets, highlighting dogs belonging to students and prof. Rong Tang

Students and faculty showing off their pets, highlighting dogs and cats belonging to attendees

There’s nothing like some cute animals to brighten up your day! Even if they’re sleeping.

Students and faculty showing off their pets, highlighting an attendee'svornament with an image of her golden retriever on it.

Honoring beloved pets that are no longer with us

Highlight: Innovation Fund Grant for IS&T Lab

Finally, we want to congratulate the Information Science and Technology faculty, including ASIS&T president-elect Prof. Agarwal and Simmons ASIS&T faculty board members Prof. Tang and Prof. Oh, for receiving a COCIS Innovation Fund award for the project “Creating an Infrastructure for Innovative Research and Collaboration: Information Science & Technology Lab”. The project will develop an IS&T lab that will support IS&T research by promoting faculty and student research activities and serving as a hub for collaboration. Kudos to our amazing IS&T faculty!

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