Welcome back everyone! We hope you are refreshed after a few days off and ready to tackle these final weeks of the semester.
There are still a few spots available to meet with former BPL President Amy Ryan for career prep and resume review! Don’t miss this valuable chance to get direct and personalized advisement from an LIS professional. View open signup times here.
If you can’t make any of these times, check out SLA’s ResumeX, details below.
SoCS Open Meeting
Tuesday, November 27
11:00-12:00 pm
SLIS Student Lounge
The SoCS (Students of Color at SLIS) team wants to hear from you! Come meet the officers, talk about programming and events you’d be interested in, design cool buttons, and snack with us!
Tech Workshop: Build a Text Adventure with Python!
Tuesday, November 27
3:00-4:00 pm
Tech Lab Classroom (P-213)
Use your left and right brain to code your very own interactive choose your own adventure game! We’ll use Python to take in user input and direct the story through Python conditionals, which you’ll write and code yourself. No Python experience necessary!
Fall ResumeX
Tuesday, November 27
5:00-7:00 pm
Collaboratory (P-314)
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 LIS professionals from a variety of industries. Online students or those who can’t make it during the two hours of the event are welcome to submit their resumes and cover letters to [email protected] to be distributed for review. We hope to see you there! Catering will be provided. For more information, go to the Eventbrite page.
Design for Diversity Panel
Wednesday, November 28
2:00-3:30 pm
MCB W-201
Join Simmons ASIS&T for a panel on Design for Diversity – an IMLS grant funded project based in the Northeastern University Libraries. One of the major outcomes of the grant is a prototype toolkit exploring the resources and strategies needed to help cultural heritage practitioners advocate for and create more inclusive information systems. Design for Diversity covers topics including algorithmic bias, digital curation, knowledge organization systems, and user experience as they pertain to libraries, archives, and cultural heritage institutions. In this panel discussion we will get a chance to look at the toolkit website and discuss how the theory and practice of “designing for diversity” can inform our LIS education.
Coming Soon!
Longwood/Simmons SLA Mixer
Monday, December 3
3:00-4:00 pm, 10 Shattuck St. Boston, MA 02115
Join SLA@Simmons and special librarians throughout the Longwood Medical Area for a mixer at the Countway Medical Library!
Winter Bookswap & Hot Cocoa Party
Thursday, December 6
5:00-8:00 pm, Faculty/Staff Dining Room
Join LISSA for some end-of-the-year festivities: Bring us those well-read or unread books taking up space on your shelf… Share good cheer and good reads with others by re-gifting the books you love, and spruce up your own collection by taking new books home! We will have a full-spread hot cocoa bar (non-dairy too!), music, and board games!
Volunteering at The History Project – Last date of the semester!
Saturday, December 8
1:00-4:00 pm, 29 Stanhope St. Boston, MA 02116
Volunteer with PLG and The Boston History Project, a group that archives and showcases the Boston’s LGBT+ history. Meet in the SLIS lounge at 12:15 to travel together, or at 29 Stanhope at 1:00 pm.
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].