Monday, February 22nd:

*Coffee with Wayne Wiegand
12:00pm – 1:30pm – SLIS Student Lounge

*Weekly Guided Meditation and Relaxation Sessions in Palace Road
1:30pm – 2:00pm – Counseling Center Conference Room (P-312)
This will be a short meditation session, about 20 minutes max. Learn techniques to better manage stress. Sessions are appropriate for all individuals, especially those new to meditation. Email questions to [email protected]

*Thinking Differently About Libraries: Part of Our Lives as Test Case
4:30pm – 6:30pm (Lecture 5:00pm – 6:00pm) – Special Functions Room, 1st floor MCB
Dr. Wiegand presents the research for his latest—and highly-regarded—book, Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library, to show major functions of public libraries that have been overlooked and undervalued, for centuries, for their contributions to the daily lives of public library users. The lecture will last from 5 PM – 6 PM. Please RSVP to ensure seating: bit.ly/1Lq4hSI. (please note that the original name of this event has changed). Refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, February 23rd:

*Bagels and Discussion with Wayne Wiegand
12:00pm – 1:30pm – SLIS Student Lounge
Dr. Wiegand wants SLIS students to tell him where he’s wrong! Specifically, where one of his articles is wrong. Grab a bagel and join an informal discussion on Dr. Wiegand’s article, “Tunnel Vision and Blind Spots Reconsidered: Part of Our Lives as a Test Case,” and pick it apart at Dr. Wiegand’s request. Where do you disagree with him on this revisit of his seminal article? The article is available online via Simmons library and physical copies are available in the SLIS student lounge.

*PLG – How Can I Honor Both My Personal and Professional Identities?
4:30pm – 6:00pm – Faculty and Staff Dining Room
Join us for a facilitated conversation about race! We will explore racial identity and racism in a learning environment. New to this? Learn some terminology to help you begin talking about race. Old pro? Come join in! Everyone will learn and share and together we can begin changing the LIS profession. This event is sponsored by PLG, ALA-SC, and LISSA. Attendees should arrive promptly. No late entries please.

Wednesday, February 24th:

*SLIS Course Evaluation Open Meetings
1:00pm – 2:00pm – Lefavour Hall 007
At the February faculty meeting, the assessment committee introduced a proposal for a revised course evaluation form. Our intention is to collect feedback from the community (faculty, staff, and students) over the next month and have a final draft to vote on at the March faculty meeting. This is the second of open sessions for collecting feedback. Email [email protected] with any feedback or questions.

*LISSA – Meet Your LISSA Faculty Reps!
4:00pm – 5:30pm – SLIS Student Lounge
Have questions or concerns about Simmons? Drop in for a casual chat with your LISSA Faculty Reps Megan Mizuta and Kate Bennett. Eat snacks and find out how they can help.

*Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Schnapp and Wayne Wiegand: Panel Discussion
6:30pm – 8:30pm – Paresky Center, 3rd floor MCB
SLIS is honored to host a panel discussion featuring Dr. Wiegand AND two other leading LIS minds on the subject: “Reading / Place / Makerspace: The Future of the American Public Library.”
Wayne Wiegand is joined onstage by: Amy Ryan – Chair, Digital Public Library of America, former director of the BPL and Jeffrey Schnapp – Director, metaLAB@Harvard; Author, The Library Beyond the Book. Refreshments will be served.

Thursday, February 25th:

*Pizza Hour with Wayne Wiegand
5:00pm – 6:30pm – P-207
Join Dr. Wiegand for his last event! Discussion will center around his letter to the editor of Library Journal, which will be published in the next issue. The essay was emailed to SLIS Info on February 17 and physical copies are available now in the SLIS student lounge. *(Please do not share this essay as it has not yet been published)*

Saturday, February 27th:

*AMIA – Audiovisual Archiving in a University Setting
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Lefavour 008
Join the Association of Moving Image Archivists Student Chapter @ Simmons for an afternoon panel on AV preservation and workflows with Laurel Gildersleeve, Associate Film Conservator at Harvard Libraries; Elizabeth Walters, Preservation Librarian for Audiovisual Materials at Harvard Libraries; Joey Heinen, Digital Project Coordinator at Northeastern University Library; and Janet Ceja, Assistant Professor at Simmons SLIS. RSVP on Eventbrite or by emailing [email protected]

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*Alternative Spring Break Service Opportunity
March 7 – March 10, 2016 – Charlestown Boys and Girls Club, 15 Green Street, Boston, MA
Join SLIS during spring break as we work with the Boys and Girls Club of Boston to organize and process a library of print material at the organization’s club in Charlestown. Interested volunteers may join us any time during the week. To ensure we are prepared with enough supplies, please email Amy Pattee to sign up for one or more shifts.

*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. Registration is live and DERAIL has extended its deadline for proposals through March 6, 2016.