ALL WEEK:

READ Poster Photobooth

• Beginning Sunday, April 8, and lasting throughout all of National Library Week, be part of your own READ poster in Beatley Library! Several poster templates will be available for you to take your own photobooth picture. Tag Simmons ALA-SC on any of our social media accounts (Facebook: Simmons ALASC, Instagram: @alascsimmons, Twitter: @ALASCSimmons) and use the hashtags #READ, #NationalLibraryWeek, and #SimmonsSLIS to enter the contest and win a prize! 4 participants will receive an ALA-SC mug filled with treats.

Sunday, April 8:

Intro to Python Bootcamp: Part 2

• Join ASIST for part 2 of our accessible, low-key primer on the programming language Python. Topics include: repetition structures, functions, and strings. Join through GoToMeeting.

Monday, April 9:

ResumeX

• 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. ResumeX can also help you prepare for the SLIS Career Fair which is the following week.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!

Tuesday, April 10:

Overdose Prevention Training

• One of the most prevalent threats to the lives of library patrons is that of overdose. To be prepared to respond in these emergency situations, librarians across the country are learning to administer Narcan. Narcan has been credited with reversing nearly 1,124 overdoses in Boston from October 2016 to May 2017. Boston Public Health Commission will be offering education and training to SLIS students. Participants learn about the importance of calling 9-1-1 in the event of an overdose, how to perform rescue breathing and administer nasal Narcan, and treatment options for opioid users. Registration required.

Equal Pay Day Talk

• A discussion with Stacie Williams on how pay inequity affects us as information professionals and what we can do about it.

A Fireside Chat with the Competitive Intelligence Fellows

• The Competitive Intelligence Division of SLA is hosting a discussion of the intelligence community’s interesting questions, including how strategic successes and failures are driving the fate of the intelligence industry (and our careers) today. More information here! We still have 3 free tickets available. Email [email protected] by April 8 to get your free ticket!

Thursday, April 12:

How to Build Diversity in Collections: A Panel

• Join SoCS and panelists Rebecca Davis, Christiana Urbano, and Nicole T. Cunha in discussing how to create diverse collections in libraries and archives. Food, vegan included, will be provided. This panel will be livestreamed then uploaded as a recording on the Simmons Media and Tech Lab Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmsHE1k0hF5YzDpJ36W-Rig For more information, please check our Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/205012813639045/ All welcome, we hope to see you there!

Friday, April 13:

Tour of the Congregational Library & Archives

• Join LISSA and SCoSAA during National Library Week for a tour of the Congregational Library and Archives! Meet archives manager Jessica Steytler who will talk to us about their collection development policy, current projects, skills needed to work in an institution like this, and will show off some of their more popular materials. Please RSVP on Eventbrite by April 10th, as space is limited! We will be meeting in the SLIS Student Lounge at 1pm to take the E-line together to the library and archive. If you don’t want to meet us at Simmons, meet us at the library and archive by 2pm.

Saturday, April 14:

Tour of Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995

• Join Panopticon and AMIA to check out this exhibit of video art and TV monitor-based sculpture at the MIT List Visual Arts Center! We’ll be visiting on Slow Art Day, an international event that aims to help people discover the joy of looking at art slowly. No tickets required, but RSVP-ing at the Eventbrite is encouraged by the host institution. More info can be found here!

Nerd’s Night Out- Dance

• Join LISSA and SCoSAA to wrap up National Library Week in style! Enjoy snacks, dancing, and an open beer/wine bar! Gather your favorite library nerds at the selfie wall to document the occasion.

COMMING SOON!

SLIS After Dark

• Join SLIS Alumni for their annual business meeting followed by a networking reception. The business meeting will be held from 5:30 – 6 PM in MCB C101, with a brief talk by this year’s SLIS Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. A networking reception will follow from 6 – 7:30 PM on the 2nd floor of the Beatley Library. You can attend one of both events. It is $10 per student. RSVP is required through this link: https://tinyurl.com/SLISAD Food and drink will be provided at the reception.

SoCS Networking Event

• SoCS invites students of color to bring their business cards and meet librarians and archivists of color from the Boston area! Free event, food provided! We hope to see you there.Registration is not required (please come even if you don’t register in advance!), but for a headcount of people, please register at our Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/socs-networking-event-tickets-44920951776

Massachusetts Feminist Zine Fest

• The first ever Massachusetts Feminist Zine Fest will be held on April 21-22! Over 30 zinesters will be tabling and workshops will be offered throughout the day, and WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! If you’re interested in helping out in any way, please submit your information to the form here and we’ll be in touch about what you can do to assist us at the Fest. April 21- 11:30am-3:30pm —Zine Librarian Skill Share April 21- 6:00pm-8:00pm — Our Stories Matter Zine Reading April 22- 11:00am-5:00pm — Zine Fest

Panopticon Art Show

• SLIS Panopticon is excited to announce our end of semester Art Show for Spring 2018 on Friday, April 27, 2018! We are accepting submissions for the show from all interested students, faculty and staff until April 13th. Our intent is to create a fun and casual event open to all members of our community. The night is also a way to come together and celebrate the coming of spring and the end of another semester. All are encouraged to participate, and no one will be turned away or judged for quality or content. We will accept ANY medium. Light refreshments will be served.
• How to submit: Please email the required metadata in bold below to [email protected] in a new thread with ART SHOW in the subject line. We’ll update with a physical drop off time and location prior to the show, but would like April 13th to be the (soft) deadline to submit your information. Here is the metadata we require from artists:
  • Title:
  • Medium:
  • Dimensions:
  • Artist name (optional! You can submit anonymously, too): Image (please attach 1 – 2):
  • If your work is a performance or requires other equipment to display, that will probably be fine, just get in touch with us to discuss it further.

We look forward to hearing from you!

SLIS Prom

• Theme: 1920’s Speakeasy. Don’t tell the Fuzz!