We are very excited to announce that our Simmons GSLIS chapter has been named as ASIS&T 2011 Student Chapter of the Year for the second year running!
Richard Hill, the ASIS&T Executive Director, wrote:
…Simmons had a very successful year,
Spring ASIS&T Events
We’ve had a busy spring here so far, with the New England ASIS&T conference last month and a number of workshops on topics such as Content Management Systems, Drupal, and Git. There are a number of other events coming up …
Digital Public Library of America
It’s a pretty exciting time to be a library student here in the Boston area. With the recent rejection of the Google Books settlement and the building of momentum behind the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) initiative, in incubation …
Simmons ASIS&T Mission
The Simmons ASIS&T officers have adopted a new mission for the chapter, as part of our planning process for the 2011-2012 school year. The mission statement we adopted reads:
…The mission of the Simmons Chapter of the American Society for
Simmons ASIS&T and NEASIS&T CMS Conference, Tomorrow! (March 9th)
Tomorrow March 9th, Simmons ASIS&T is sponsoring a regional conference with the New England Chapter of ASIS&T to discuss Content Management Systems (Drupal, WordPress, etc.).
The following speakers are going to be in attendance:
Theresa Maturevich-Head of Reference, Bedford Free …
2010 World Usability Day Celebration with the Harvard Library Innovation Lab
Our student chapter is sponsoring the event described below. Register here!: http://simmonswud2010.eventbrite.com/
The Simmons Usability Lab will be holding a World Usability Day Celebration with a team from the Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory. An informal usability test will be …
BU Libraries: 2010 Fall Lecture on Open Access
Boston University Libraries are pleased to announce that Kathleen Fitzpatrick is the speaker for the 2010 Fall Lecture on Open Access to be presented at 3:00 pm on October 29, 2010.
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Speaker:
Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Professor in the Department …
Peter Suber At Simmons for Open Access Week
Wednesday, October 20th
6:00 – 7:30 p.m
School of Management, M501
On Wednesday, October 20th from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Open Access advocate Peter Suber will be speaking in room M501 of the School of Management building.? Currently a Berkman …
NEASIS&T Student Travel Award Available
Deadline: Friday, April 30, 2010
The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of two awards of up to $750 each to reimburse expenses for attendance at the …
Weekly Bytes for 3/2
The stories in this week’s edition of Weekly Bytes were featured in ResourceShelf and LISNews.
Library groups support net neutrality
“Just how much does it actually cost to produce a printed book versus a digital one?”