Tuesday, April 17 :

Study Buddy & Chill

• Need some motivation to do research, readings, or to make some real progress on an essay? Want a positive space to practice self care and recharge? Need a snack in the late afternoon or evening? Want some free stuff just for showing up? Looking for some welcoming company in a low-stress environment? Come join LISSA in the library!

Wednesday, April 18:

SLIS Career & Networking Fair

• This is a unique opportunity for you to meet with employers and organizations seeking Simmons MLS graduate candidates or recipients for full-time and part-time employment as well as internships and networking opportunities. We are also excited to announce a photographer will be taking free professional head shots at the event. Pre-register for the event here. Pre-registering will provide you with a speedy check-in the day of the event.

OCR – Optical Character Recognition

• Want to make digital copies of documents? I don’t mean just snapshots, I mean real honest duplicates, with text that can be selected, copied, and read by your computer. OCR (Optical character recognition) software is the fastest and most effective way to generate machine actionable documents from their paper counterparts! Our workshop will help orient you in the world of OCR so you will be able to take this great tool and use it for your own archive, digital library, or even your own personal collection. Bring your own documents to scan! We would be happy to help get you started on your own project. Registration is not required, but an Eventbrite sign-up is appreciated for a headcount

Thursday, April 19:

Designing Pac-Man with Javascript

• Remember Pac-Man? Yes THE Pac-Man.If you’ve ever played Pac-Man, come recreate the game using an animation program in the P213 Tech Lab!Perfect for non-programmers! JavaScript’s Processing.js provides a foundation for learning computer programming.Come learn a new, fun tool for animation and drawing!Registration is not required, but an Eventbrite sign-up is appreciated for a headcount

Friday, April 20:

SoCS Networking Event

• Join library, archives, and museums professionals and students of color to mingle and talk. We seek to create a welcoming space to create bonds, share ideas, and engage with peers and mentors. Food will be provided. Vegan and gluten-free options are available. We are excited to provide this space for colleagues of color in the LIS schools and professions! We hope to see you there! Registration is not required, but an Eventbrite sign-up is appreciated for a headcount

Saturday, April 21:

Prison Book Program

• Join PLG for our final volunteer session of the semester! We will be volunteering with the Prison Book Program to provide books and informational materials to incarcerated people in need. Volunteer hours are from 10AM-4PM, but we will be meeting in the lobby of Palace Road Building at 10AM to travel to the site together. You can also meet us there at any time during the volunteer hours. You do not need to stay the entire time! Prison Book Program’s address is 1306 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169, which is just steps away from the Quincy Center stop on the Red Line. There are usually some snacks shared with volunteers, but we encourage everyone to bring a lunch or snacks and water when volunteering.

Massachusetts Feminist Zine Fest

Zine Librarian Skill Share

• Join LISSA, Panopticon, ALA-SC and Beatley Library for a day of Zine Librarian lectures! Karina Hagelin: #RadicalVulnerability: Zines as Community Engagement Tools in a Digital EraRhonda Kauffman: Writing a zine library collection proposal: Tip and TricksAndrew Clark: Cataloging the Beatley Library zine collection: the evolutionMilo Miller: Teenage Wasteland – 15 years of the Queer Zine Archive Project Lunch Provided! RSVP here!

Our Stories Matter: A Zine Reading

• Join us for zine readings, conversations and friendship! This event is free and open to the public. Snacks Provided.

MA Feminist Zine Fest

• Buy, Sell, and Trade Zines! Meet Zinesters from all over MA. This event is free and open to the public.

Coming Soon!

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!

SLA Tour: Suffolk County House of Corrections

• Come tour the South Bay House of Corrections library with SLA@Simmons! We will meet at noon in the lobby of the Palace Road building and head over to the SCHC together for a tour beginning at 1pm. Please RSVP on the Eventbrite as space on this tour is limited and attendees must fill out a form (accessible on the Eventbrite) in order to attend!

SLIS Prom

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