Lots of events are taking place this week! We hope you can join us at some of them.
Also, student leader nominations are being accepted until October 17th at 11:59 pm. Please check the LISSA Blog to view a list of available positions, then nominate yourself!
A voting form will be made available the next morning for one week. Please contact groups if you have questions about being a student leader!
Sunday, October 15:
AMIA Field Trip: Frederick Wiseman’s “Ex Libris”
Brought to you by AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
Brought to you by AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
Join AMIA in attending the MFA’s screening of Frederick Wiseman’s “”Ex Libris”” on Sunday, October 15th.
We’ll meet in front of the main college building at 300 Fenway at 12:30pm and walk over together for the 1:30pm showing.
Tickets are $5 for students with Simmons ID.
Monday, October 16:
Cyber Security for Activists: Smart Phone & Protest Safety
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild)
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild)
6pm-8pm, Collaboratory P-314
Cyber Security for Activists are a series of hands-on workshops. Bring your tech, learn the best practices of security, then implement them. The goal is leaving the workshop with your device more secure than how it entered.
We’ll cover staying safe and keeping your private information secure from both the state and independent white nationalist groups.
*Smart Phone & Protest Safety*
MON 10-16-2017 6-8PM
Collaboratory
Bring your phone.
*Email & Web Safety*
MON 10-23-2017 6-8PM
Collaboratory
Bring your laptop.
*Organizational Safety*
WED 11-08-2017 6-8PM
Collaboratory
Bring both.
Tuesday, October 17:
SCIRRT Welcome Lunch
Brought to you by SCIRRT (Student Chapter International Relations Round Table)
Brought to you by SCIRRT (Student Chapter International Relations Round Table)
12pm-1:30 pm, SLIS Student Lounge
Come learn about SCIRRT and enjoy lunch with us!
Using the Media Lab
Brought to you by SLIS Media Lab and LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Brought to you by SLIS Media Lab and LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
2:30 pm-4 pm, SLIS Tech Lab P-213
Learn how to utilize the SLIS Media Lab and equipment!
Rick Prelinger lecture
Brought to you by AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
Brought to you by AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)
Join AMIA in attending a lecture by archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger, “”Effacements in the Repository: Do Physical Objects Have the Right To Exist?”” at the Lamont Library on Tuesday, October 17th.
We’ll meet at the Harvard Square T stop at 4:45pm
and walk over together for the 5:30pm event.
This event is free.
Sarah Prager Author Talk on “Queer, There and Everywhere”
Brought to you by Spectra (LGBTQ+ Affinity group), Panopticon (Art and cultural heritage student interest group), LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association), PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild), ALA-SC (American Library Association – Student Chapter), SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists)
Brought to you by Spectra (LGBTQ+ Affinity group), Panopticon (Art and cultural heritage student interest group), LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association), PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild), ALA-SC (American Library Association – Student Chapter), SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists)
6pm-8pm, SOM 222
Sarah Prager, activist and author of “”Queer, There, And Everywhere”” will be giving a talk and answering your questions about queer history, writing, research, and literature for young adults. Her book explores LGBT+ history from the perspective of 23 individuals who changed the world:
“This first-ever LGBTQ history book of its kind for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books like Rad American Women A-Z and Notorious RBG. World history has been made by countless lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals—and you’ve never heard of many of them.”
“Sarah Prager is an activist, public speaker, and writer with a B.A. from Boston University and a Certificate of Communications from Emerson College. She is the founder and director of Quist, a free mobile app that aims to bring queer history to the world in an interesting and interactive way. Sarah came out as a lesbian at the age of fourteen and taught herself LGBTQ history as a means of gaining a sense of community. She has been an activist since that time, working for marriage equality, bisexual visibility, HIV prevention, sexual assault prevention, and basic LGBTQ human rights abroad. She has written about LGBTQ history for the Huffington Post, The Advocate, the It Gets Better Project’s blog, and QED: A Journal of LGBTQ Worldmaking.”
Wednesday, October 18:
SLIS Town Hall
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
6pm, Faculty and Staff Dining Room
Join the SLIS community for the Fall Town Hall event. This event will provide opportunities for students to have their questions answered by Em Claire Knowles and Dean Abels. Please submit your questions in advance here. All questions will be held anonymously. Food will be provided.
LAST DAY OF STUDENT LEADER NOMINATIONS
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
nominations close at 11:59pm
Nominate yourself to run for an open student association leadership position.
Friday, October 20:
LISSA Study Hall
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
11am-7pm, Collaboratory P-314
Tired of studying alone? Join LISSA’s first ever “Study Hall”!
LISSA will be hosting “Study Hall” once every month.
For the month of October, it will be held on Oct 20th, from 11AM to 7PM, in the Collaboratory.
Stay for the whole time or just pop in!
Don’t have a portable device to do your work on? The Collaboratory has Macs, printer, scanner etc! Or you can rent one from the SLIS Tech lab!
Brain food will be provided!
Questions? Please reach out to the LISSA officers! We love to hear from you 🙂
Saturday, October 21:
Prison Book Program
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild)
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild)
Come volunteer with PLG and the Prison Book Program. Read letters sent by incarcerated individuals and match them with donated books.
The event runs from 10am-4pm at 1306 Hancock Street Suite 100, Quincy, MA 02169. Meet us there, or meet in the Palace Road building at 10:00. We can take the train together.
We recommend bring a lunch or snack.
Can’t make this event? We will do it again in the spring!
Boston Asian Film Festival
Brought to you by SoCS (Students of Color at SLIS)
Brought to you by SoCS (Students of Color at SLIS)
SoCS will be going to the Boston Asian American Film Festival!
A group will meet in the downstairs area of the Palace Road Building between 9:00 and 9:15 AM Saturday 10/21 to go together to the free panel: Beyond Orientalism: The Boston Forum.
The panel will be held at Emerson College’s Bright Family Center Screening Room in Paramount Center. There is a breakfast at 10:00 and the panel begins at 10:30. The panel will explore topics of misrepresentation onstage and in the media, diversity and inclusivity in the performing arts as it relates specifically to API (Asian Pacific Islander) issues, and practical steps to advance racial equality. After this panel, we will gather in the Commons to have a casual chat breakdown of the panel and discuss how it applies to libraries.
If you’d like to join the group, either at Simmons College or meeting the group at Emerson College, please email [email protected] by Friday, 10/20.
Sunday, October 22:
Bystander Intervention Training
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
1pm-5pm, Special Functions Room (1st floor MCB)
Join LISSA to learn about safe ways to intervene and de-escalate potentially dangerous situations.
Training will last from 1pm-3pm. Please wear sneakers, and workout attire.
Personal reflection and self care time immediately following training from 3pm-5pm
RSVP is mandatory with a $10 cash reservation fee. Fee will be refunded during the training. Please sign up in the SLIS Student Service Center by Friday 10/20.