Tuesday, November 28:
Brought to you by SLA (Special Libraries Association)
Are you stressed out over how to write the perfect resume or cover letter? Well, never fear, ResumeX is here! Stop by to have your materials reviewed by a LIS professionals from a variety of industries. Online students are welcome to submit their resumes and cover letters to [email protected] to be distributed for review. We hope to see you there!
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)
Bring craft projects, or your pleasure reading and hang out with LISSA in the library! Need a project to work on? Help LISSA make Snow Ball decorations by cutting snowflakes! We will be sipping on hot coco and tea, while munching on popcorn and cookies. All Simmons community members are welcome to drop in to take a study break.
Brought to you by ALA-SC (American Library Association – Student Chapter)
Join ALA-SC and a panel of information professionals as we talk about how to present at professional conferences including the submitting process, costs, past experience, and much more. light refreshments will be served.
Brought to you by DERAIL
The deadline for submissions to the End of Semester SLIS Art Show has been extended! Are you still thinking about putting something together to be exhibited, but haven’t had a chance to work on it? Thanksgiving break is the perfect time to get creative! Accepting submissions of all media by FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, before the Art Show on DECEMBER 8.
Join the SLIS student community in celebrating the end of the fall semester! Refreshments and beer/wine will be available. Please RSVP with Eventbrite.
If you are interested in also helping out as part of the decorating committee, please fill out the form here and LISSA VP of Events Des will follow up with you!
The Diversity, Equity, Race, Accessibility, and Identity in LIS (DERAIL) Forum upholds the essential role of combating white supremacy and oppressive power structures in LIS institutions and pedagogy. We seek to create a productive and mindful space to explore the impacts of social justice frameworks in guiding our work as students and practitioners.
We recognize that our LIS institutions, including our graduate programs, are embedded within racist, ableist and heteropatriarchal power structures and perpetuate these same inequalities. We also recognize that this is not inevitable and that we must amplify our own voices to be heard by administrations and institutions that uncritically support the privileging of white supremacist perspectives in information environments, including but not limited to archives, libraries and museums. We acknowledge that we have vested power as practitioners in upholding or challenging oppressive power structures in our interactions with the public and within our institutions.
DERAIL stands in solidarity with students in higher education across the country who are organizing to combat oppressive curriculum and treatment. We believe in the radical potential of library and information science to facilitate meaningful discussions of the interlocking roles of race, sexuality, ability, gender and class in the maintenance of oppressive conditions in LIS.