Monday November 16th:

*College-Wide Critical Conversation
3:00 pm – Paresky Conference Center
Join members of the Simmons community and Assistant Provost for Diversity & Inclusion Lisa Smith-McQueenie for a critical conversation to reflect on the issues that impact the respect, empathy, and inclusion on Simmons campus.

*SCIRRT – Opportunities and Challenges in Providing Global Health Information
4:30 pm to 5:00 pm – P-207
Please join SCIRRT this Monday, November 16th, at 4:30pm in P207 for a talk with Dr. Elaine Martin, Director of the UMass Medical Library and leader of the Liberia Libraries Project, on the challenges faced by project participants during the Ebola outbreak. Light refreshments will be provided.

*ASIS&T – Coders Without Borders
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Collaboratory
Bi-weekly event where LIS (and CS) students can get together to work on non-school related projects.

Tuesday November 17th:

*Public Lecture Series: Martha Mahard – POSTPONED
Lessons of the Boston Public Library
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm – Kotzen Meeting Room

*MSLA-SIG – Fall Career Panel
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Special Functions Room (C124)
Please join MSLA-SIG for our annual Fall Career Panel, in which we bring recent School Library Teacher Program graduates back to campus to discuss their experiences during the job search process and first year working as a school library teacher. The event will be held on Tuesday, November 17th, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Special Functions Room of the Main Campus Building (room C124).This year we will be hosting Jill Leibowitz, Leah Maroni-Wagner, and Erin Piazza, as well as Amy Smart, the Cambridge Public Schools Library Director, who will discuss the hiring process from the school district’s perspective. The Fall Career Panel is a free event that includes a free meal, and we hope to see you there! Please RSVP at our Eventbrite page by following this link: MSLA-SIG Fall Career Panel, or contacting MSLA-SIG Co-chair, Rachel Holden ([email protected]).

Wednesday November 18th:

*LISSA – Third Annual SLIS Thanksgiving Potluck/Townhall Meeting
5:00 pm to 7:30 pm – Faculty/Staff Dining Room
Join us for a delicious meal and an opportunity for Dean Eileen M. Abels to answer your questions. To send questions in advance, and/or if you cannot make the event, submit them here, or tweet @SimmonsSLIS #SLISTownhall. Bring your favorite dish to share, or just bring yourself!

Thursday November 19th:

*Yonsei Study Abroad Info Session
4:15pm – 5:15pm – Collaboratory
Find out more about a fantastic opportunity to study abroad in Yonsei through SLIS.

Friday November 20th:

*SLA Visits Harvard Law School
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Harvard Law School recently announced its “Free the Law” digitization project. Join SLA@Simmons on Friday, November 20th at 2:30pm for a tour of the digitization process and an opportunity to speak with the librarians in charge of this project. Please RSVP on Eventbrite. Tour is capped at 20 students. Want to learn more about the Free the Law Project? Here are a few links to check out! Project: Free the Law, Harvard Law Today, NYT: Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age , and Bloomberg BNA: Harvard Law School Turns the Page — Big Time

Saturday November 21st:

*PLG – Prison Book Program
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
PLG will be heading back out to Quincy for another shift of our reoccurring Prison Book Program volunteer hours. A perfect initiative for Simmons Social Justice Month! Join us from 2-4pm on Saturday, November 21st to beef up your reader’s advisory and classification skills while doing kickass volunteer work! Please contact [email protected] with any questions.