Check out all of the awesome events happening this week! Once again, all SLIS students are allowed to attend any of these events, regardless of membership status in our groups, or professional organizations. Come network, socialize, and build new skills!
In addition, if you are interested in becoming a student leader, nominations are open NOW! Check the LISSA Blog to see what positions are open for the spring and fall 2018 semester! Why are we holding fall 2018 elections now? It gives new student leaders the chance to learn how to do the job before current leaders graduate. We want everyone to be prepared and know how to do stuff.
Once you know which positions you are interested in running for, fill out the Student Leader Nomination Form to nominate yourself! This form will be available until 11:59 pm on March 10! That’s right, we extended the nomination period so folks can ask more questions about being student leaders.
Voting will open Sunday, March 11, and close at 11:59 pm on March 17th.
Reach out to current officers if you have questions about their group and the time commitment to be a student leader (it’s fun, and looks good on the resume, but it is work). Also, you do not need to be a current group member, or a member of national organizations to run for positions.
Monday, February 26:
Faculty Candidate Student Meet & Greet (Danielle Pollock)
Brought to you by School of Library and Information Science 3:30pm-4pm, SLIS Student Lounge Come learn about Danielle Pollock as they interview for an open faculty position.
Tuesday, February 27:
Swipe Right for Online Dating and Meetup Safety: Tabling Event
Brought to you by Betsy’s Friends Peer Education Program and the Wellness Ambassadors 10am-2pm, Student Activities Center Stop by our table for resources and tips for safer online dating and meetups!
Public Speaking Workshop
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild) 2pm-3pm, TBD Speaking with purpose and persuasiveness may not come easily, but it does get better with practice. Whether you are nervous about mid-term presentations, conference presentations, or public speaking for a cause you believe in, this workshop will help you begin to build the skills you need. Bring outlines or drafts of presentations you are working on if you have them, but you will still be able to participate regardless. Snacks will be provided.
Wednesday, February 28:
Letting Go of Challenging Situations
Brought to you by School of Social Work 1pm-2:30pm, MCB Special Functions Room For more information and to register: https://cofchallengingsituations.eventbrite.com
Ever experienced a challenging workplace situation? Dislike sets in and, next thing you know, you’re holding a grudge, which dramatically affects productivity and morale. This seminar will focus on how to take challenging workplace situations less personally, how to tap into empathy, how to forgive and, most importantly, how to move on.
- Facilitator: Kimberly Jones, LCSW, CADC and is a military veteran. As a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW), her experience includes providing therapeutic support to couples, families and children as well as serving adults with co-occurring disorders and substance use disorders. As an Employee Assistance Program Consultant with AllOne Health she provides dedicated care and response to critical incidents and crisis within the community, most recently providing a stress mitigation debriefing to first responders to the Las Vegas Mass Shooting. Kimberly, provides training support on topics related to personal and professional development for municipalities, towns, state agencies, universities and corporations across New England. She has developed and delivered a Diversity Awareness training to encourage civility and inclusion in the workplace. Additionally she works with municipality staff to deliver training and education on substance use disorders and reducing the stigma of seeking treatment. Kimberly is a graduate of Howard University and earned a master’s degree in Social Work from New York University, NY.Main College Building, Special Functions Room
LIS Travel Course Panel
Brought to you by SCIRRT (Student Chapter of the International Relations Round Table) 5pm-6pm, SOM 222 Description Needed
Sex Toy Savvy: An Inclusive Pleasure Workshop by Good Vibrations
Brought to you by Spectra (LGBTQ+ Affinity group), TaNC, SWAG, & Alliance 6pm-8pm, MCB Special Functions Room Alone or with companions, sex toys give folks the opportunity to enhance their sexual landscape. But where to start? This workshop will introduce you to the ins and outs of different toys for every body and all types of sex.
Thursday, March 1:
WGBH FIX IT Transcript-a-Thon
Brought to you by WGBH 8:30am-3pm, WGBH 1 Guest Street Boston, MA 02135Join us to help preserve WGBH’s public broadcasting history!
After a brief moment on the air, most public broadcasting programs are filed away to languish on shelves, sometimes for decades. For the past five years, The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a collaboration between Boston public broadcaster WGBH and the Library of Congress, has been hard at work digitizing thousands of broadcast hours from public media’s 70+ year legacy to provide free, public access to this rich and colorful history, and preserve it for future generations at the Library of Congress and at WGBH.
But how do we make this content accessible and searchable? One way is by creating transcripts that can be indexed by websites and search engines. With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the AAPB has launched a game called FIX IT. Using machine-generated transcripts, FIX IT audiences engage in a community effort to identify and correct errors in the transcripts. These transcripts then live on in the AAPB, providing value for scholars, researchers, students, teachers, lifelong learners and future generations.
On March 1st, we’re hosting a WGBH FIX IT Transcript-a-Thon to complete selected transcripts from WGBH’s radio and television programs. Players can rack up points in any of three challenge areas: error identification, error correction, or validation of other players’ corrections. Other event activities include a light breakfast, a show-and-tell with WGBH archivists and catered lunch, and a studio tour led by our amazing WGBH volunteer docents!
Join us to help preserve WGBH’s public broadcasting history on Thursday, March 1st. If you can’t be with us for the on-site event, feel free to play right now by visiting fixit.americanarchive.org!
*You will need your own laptop and headphones.
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the historic WGBH programs we’ll be transcribing:
- Press and The People (1958 – 1959) –a weekly television hosted by Louis Lyons Mr. Lyons, together with such guests as James Reston, Edward R. Murrow, Adlai E. Stevenson, Elmo Roper and Barry Bigham, examined the role of the press and how it was performing its function in America.
- Prospects of Mankind (1959) – a toundtable discussion of foreign and domestic affairs featuring leading political, academic, and journalistic experts. Series was hosted by Eleanor Roosevelt and was filmed on location at Brandies University.
- A Conversation with James Baldwin (1963) – Dr. Kenneth Clark interviews author James Baldwin shortly after Baldwin’s now famous 5/24/1963 meeting with United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy regarding the state of Civil Rights in the United States.
- Is School Desegregation Working? (1976) – Television debate on the success of school desegregation, moderated by Jim Lehrer.
- The First Amendment (1977 – 1980) – a weekly radio talk show hosted by Dr. Bernard Rubin, the director of the Institute for Democratic Communication at Boston University. Each episode featured a conversation that examined civil liberties in the media in the 1970s.
- WGBH Journal (1978 – 1979) – a radio magazine that featured segments on local news and current events.
Meet Simmons Grad and SCIRRT International Librarian, Bob Helmer
Brought to you by SCIRRT (Student Chapter of the International Relations Round Table) 12pm-1pm, SOM 105 Join SCIRRT for a hour long talk with Simmons grad and international school library teacher (SLT) Bob Helmer. Bob will share his experiences working in various countries as a SLT, along with where to look for these opportunities and the ups and downs of working aboard.
He is presently living and working in Singapore and will join us via GoToMeeting. All are invited to attend the session on the Boston campus and enjoy lunch or tune in via the GoToMeeting link (will be provided closer to the event).
Faculty Candidate Student Meet & Greet (Brenda Reyes Ayala)
Brought to you by School of Library and Information Science 3:30pm-4pm, SLIS Student Lounge Come learn about Brenda Reyes Ayala as they interview for an open faculty position.
Saturday & Sunday, March 3-4:
DERAIL 2018
Brought to you by DERAIL (Diversity, Equity, Race, Accessibility, and Identity in LIS) March 3 & 4, 8:30 am-4 pm Simmons College Main College Building, Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
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.
Register to Attend DERAIL 2018 here!– Form closes at 11:59pm February 24th
REGISTER NOW!
Alternative Spring Break with Papercut Zine Library
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association) March 5-9th 9am-4pm Papercut Zine Library needs your help! Join SLIS students for an alternative spring break, helping PZL catalog and inventory our collection of 16,000 zines! All levels of experience with cataloging will be welcome, and lunch will be provided each day. To participate in this alternative spring break, we ask that volunteers be able to commit to at least three shifts over the course of the week.
Fill out the interest form here.
Check out the PZL website, or contact PZL volunteer coordinator Des Alaniz ([email protected]) for more info!
Interested in future events? Check out the SLIS Events Calendar on the LISSA Blog to see what events are being planned!
Looking to plan an event? Use this form to put your event on the events calendar and avoid event conflicts. For questions regarding hosting an event, contact our LISSA Secretary, at [email protected] .