This Week @ SLIS 1/25 to 1/29

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Monday, January 25th:

    *ASIS&T – Coders Without Borders
    6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Collaboratory (P-314)
    Bi-weekly event where LIS (and CS) students can get together to work on non-school related projects.

Tuesday, January 26th:

    *SCoSAA – Town Hall Meeting and Open House
    4:30pm – 6:00pm – Kotzen Room, LeFavour Library Building
    The Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists (SCoSAA) will be hosting a Town Hall meeting and Open House with pizza, fun, and conversation about the program. This event is open to everyone and includes a discussion with the SLIS archives faculty members. If you’d like to submit a question prior to the event, please do so at this link. There will be opportunities for both anonymous online and in-person question submissions, as well as a live discussion of questions. To enhance inclusion, the Town Hall will be live-streamed! To be a part of the conversation online, please register here. If you have any questions, please reach out to the SCoSAA officers at [email protected].

Wednesday, January 27th:

    *Simmons College Community Meeting
    4:30pm – 5:30pm – Paresky Center
    Join members of the Simmons community for ongoing, college-wide dialogues to facilitate community building and create and sustain a more diverse and inclusive Simmons.

Thursday, January 28th:

    *PLG – Open House
    4:30pm – 6:00pm – SLIS Student Lounge
    Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) is having our first meeting of the semester this Thursday, January 28, from 4:30pm-6pm in the student lounge. Come talk to us about radical stuff, eat pizza, and tell us your ideas, so we can steal them (AKA crowdsource them).

Coming Soon!

    *DERAIL Forum
    March 26, 2016 – SOM 501/502
    The Diversity, Equity, Race, Accessibility, and Identity in LIS (DERAIL) Forum is a student-organized event to bring SLIS students together to discuss how systemic forms of oppression operate within LIS, and how social justice frameworks can guide our work as students and practitioners. DERAIL is now accepting submissions for presentations, proposals, and other works, please visit the proposals page for more information! Deadline for proposals is February 21, 2016.