Thinking about what to do on Friday the 24th???…

Posted on April 15, 2015 by urquizo

April 24 5pm – SOM 5th floor

Join Simmons ASIS&T for a Free dinner, speakers, networking, and dessert!

Learn more and Register:

bit.ly/bravenewlibrary

Simmons ASIS&T invites you to Brave New Library: Year End ASIS&T Dinner, …

Meetup with Dr. Xinru Page – Discussion around privacy and human-computer interaction

Posted on April 9, 2015 by urquizo

and NEASIST present: Meetup with Dr. Xinru Page!

This Monday, April 13, 6:00 – 7:30 PM

Drop-ins welcome!

Room P-316 (the Collaboratory)

Join us to meet up next week with Dr. Xinru Page, an expert in location-based services and

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Dublin Core Webinar – Wed 8th – How to make dynamic Data citable

Posted on April 6, 2015 by urquizo

This Wednesday, ASIS&T is presenting another DCMI webinar about a concern for many of us trying to keep up with data sets that change over time.

DCMI Webinar: Approaches to Making Dynamic Data Citable:

Recommendations of the RDA Working Group

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Save the Dates for April

Posted on April 1, 2015 by urquizo

Three dates to pin on your calendar

April 11th, Saturday afternoon ⇒NEASIS&T meetup in Worcester, MA after the NETSL Conference

April 13th, Monday, 6pm⇒NEASIS&T meet-up at “Common Ground” Cafe on Simmons campus with Dr. Xinru Page about …

Show and Tell Time!

Posted on March 20, 2015 by urquizo

It’s Show and Tell time at Wheelock’s EARL Center

Join NEASIS&T and Simmons Student Chapter for our March Meet Up.

Mare Parker O’Toole, Assistant Director of Earl Center for Learning & Innovation, will be showing us their new and …

National Digital Stewardship Residency Program

Posted on March 8, 2015 by urquizo

The National Digital Stewardship Residency Programs in Boston and New York, with generous funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, are working to develop the next generation of digital stewardship professionals by funding:

9 month hands-on residencies
For

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Lunch Bytes Webinar – by Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

Posted on February 27, 2015 by urquizo

Come join Simmons ASIS&T Student Chapter to learn about VocBench which is an open source software for users and institutions.

“VocBench 2.0: A Web Application for Collaborative Development of Multilingual Thesauri” ~DCMI Webinar

Wednesday, March 4th from 10-11am in the

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FCC votes on Net Neutrality

Posted on February 26, 2015 by urquizo

3 to 2 – FCC voted today for Net Neutrality

“In Net Neutrality Victory, F.C.C. Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public Utility” (New York Times Feb 26, 2015)

Quick Overview of New York Times article

Regulate broadband Internet service

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The Internet’s Own Boy

Posted on February 22, 2015 by urquizo

Join Simmons ASIS&T for a showing of the documentary

The Internet’s Own Boy: The story of Aaron Swartz

Thursday, February 26th at 5pm in the Collabortory-P314.

Pizza will be served and time after the movie to chat.

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New England Chapter meetup – Learn and Network

Posted on February 19, 2015 by urquizo

NEASIS&T February Meetup on the Role of Post-Graduate Library Fellowships

February 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Champions Sports Bar, Kendall Square, Cambridge. Where? Here!

Helen Bailey and Mark Clemente, the inaugural fellows in MIT Libraries’ post-graduate fellowship …

Simmons Student Chapter of ASIS&T

Association for Information Science & Technology