This Week at SLIS – April 9

Get Involved at SLIS!
Student Leadership Nominations
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Submit your nomination from April 15th to April 29th

While this year is winding down, LISSA is getting ready for our spring student leadership elections. If you would like to get involved in one of our student associations, submit your nomination Saturday, April 15th. Nominations will be open for two weeks until April 29th. We have a lot of great opportunities open this semester.

Stay tuned for the official open positions list, or send LISSA an email at [email protected] for more information.

Friday April 7th:

SoCS Professional Development Mixer:
Brought to you by SoCS (Students of Color at SLIS)

 

7:00pm, Kotzen Room
Students of Color at SLIS are invited to mingle with LIS professionals of color. During this event students can network with professionals and learn about their experience.For professionals, this event provides an opportunity to build relationships with newcomers to Library and Information Science.Allies: While we appreciate you, please respect this space, and reserve your attendance for our next social event.

Saturday, April 8th:
Prison Book Program:
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild)

 

10:30am – 4:00pm, 1306 Handcock Street, Suite 100, Quincy, MA 02169

It’s our last Prison Book program volunteering event of the semester! We are working with the Prison Book program to provide books and educational materials to incarcerated people in need. Find out more about the program here: prisonbookprogram.org

Volunteer hours are from 10 am to 4 pm. Meet us at the Palace Road building lobby at 10:30 and we will commute to the site in Quincy together!
Or, feel free to meet us there! 1306 Hancock Street, Suite 100 Quincy, MA 02169 Volunteer as much as you would like, as best fits your schedule. We strongly recommend packing snacks or a lunch.

April 9th- April 15th

National Library Week:
Brought to you by PLG and ALA-SC (Progressive Librarians Guild and American Library Association- Student Chapter)

All Week:

  • Grab a postcard from Beatley Library to write to your representatives and tell them to #SaveIMLS, the Institute of Museums and Library Science and its grant program.
  • Guess how many books are in Beatley Library! The most accurate guess will win you a prize.
  • Donate books to the Maranyundo Initiative
Tuesday, April 11th:
National Library Workers Day:

Make sure you tell your favorite Library worker that you appreciate them, and will fight for them and funding for their institutions.

Tuesday, April 11th:
Toolkits for Change: A Research-a-thon:
Brought to you by PLG & SCIRRT
(Progressive Librarians Guild, Student Chapter International Relations Round Table)

 

5:00pm, SLIS Tech Lab (P-213)
Join PLG and SCIRRT for our first collaborative resource building research-a-thon! Using feedback from local community organizations to focus our research, we’ll crowd source the creation of a suite of resource toolkits to support different communities. Our focus will be on supporting immigrant and refugee communities in the Boston area. Come put your LIS skills to good use for a few hours on Tuesday — we’ll feed you!
Wednesday, April 12th:
SLIS Career and Networking Fair:
Brought to you by SLIS

 

4:00pm, Paresky Conference Center
The Library and Information Science Career and Networking Fair is exclusively for SLIS master’s degree candidates and recent graduates of the program. It will bring together hiring employers from the Greater Boston area, the New England region, and beyond to meet with students and alumni. We have employers from a range of fields including public, school, and academic libraries, government agencies, corporate libraries, museums and archives, information and knowledge management firms, digital publishers and information services, and more.For more information, visit simmons.edu/sliscareerfair.
Friday, April 14th:

SLIS Prom Committee Meeting:
Brought to you by LISSA (Library and Information Science Student Association)

 

9:00am – 10:00am, Collaboratory (P-314)
Want to help make this year’s SLIS Prom the best yet? Join the SLIS Prom Committee! We need volunteers to help with decorations ahead of time and the night of the event, and volunteers get a special thank-you treat from us! We’ll be having our first meeting Friday, April 14thfrom 9-10 AM in the Collaboratory. Those interested in volunteering, please fill out this form whether you can or can’t make Friday’s meeting.

 

Friday, April 14th:
WGBH Library & Archives Tour:
Brought to you by UXPA@Simmons (User Experience Professionals Association)
11:00am, WGBH (1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135)

Join UXPA@Simmons for a valuable opportunity to tour the WGBH vault, learn how games, apps, and websites are built for WGBH and the public broadcasting system at large, and participate in usability testing of their crowdsourcing game!

Tickets limited to 15! Sign up and see details here.

Friday, April 14th:

Library Trivia:
Brought to you by PLG (Progressive Librarians Guild)

 

7:00 – 9:00pm, Lansdowne Pub
Join us at Lansdowne Pub for Library Trivia from 7pm-9pm in the room behind the stage! Test your Library Popculture, Library history, and SLIS knowledge and win Simmons Swag!Donate a book on this night to be entered into a raffle for more prizes! Enjoy appetizers sponsored by PLG.