{"id":722,"date":"2016-02-10T10:22:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=722"},"modified":"2016-02-10T10:22:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T14:22:43","slug":"this-week-slis-28-to-212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"This Week @ SLIS 2\/8 to 2\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Monday, February 8th:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul><b>*UXPA@Simmons &#8211; GUILD Launch<\/b><br \/>\n4:00 pm &#8211; 5:30 pm &#8211;  Collaboratory (P-314)<br \/>\nA collaboration between the Simmons Usability Lab and SLIS Technology, the Global User Interaction Lab Directory (GUILD) is a directory of usability labs around the world. The launch event will include a brief history of the project, demo of the site, and subsequent Q&amp;A session, as well as a preview of our spring 2016 events&#8230;and snacks! Please RSVP at: <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/UXPA-GUILD\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/UXPA-GUILD<\/a>.\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Tuesday, February 9th:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul><b>*Amy Ryan Office Hours<\/b><br \/>\n10:00am &#8211; 12:30pm &#8211; Dean&#8217;s Conference Room (P-111)<br \/>\nSLIS Advisor-in-Residence, chair of the Digital Public Library of America, and former President of Boston Public Library Amy Ryan is holding open office hours. Please take advantage of this opportunity to chat about your future career plans or request a review of your resume or to hold an information interview. Time slots are available for 30 minutes, so please email sliscareerfair@simmons.edu if you want to meet with her.\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Wednesday, February 10th:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul><b>*SCIRRT Open House<\/b><br \/>\n4:30pm &#8211; 5:30pm  &#8211; Dean&#8217;s Conference Room (P-111)<br \/>\nAre you interested in study abroad opportunities? Want to collaborate with information professionals in other countries? The Student Chapter of ALA\u2019s International Relations Round Table (SCIRRT) cordially invites you to an Open House. Come meet your internationally-minded peers and learn more about SCIRRT! Light snacks and warm beverages will be served, so drop in any time.\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Thursday, February 11th:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>*ASIS&amp;T Valentine&#8217;s Party: Love Bytes<br \/>\n11:30am &#8211; 1:00pm  &#8211; The Earl Center for Learning and Innovation (Wheelock College) 180 Riverway, Boston, MA 02215<br \/>\n&#x1f494;Make your own LED Valentine&#8217;s Day cards<br \/>\n&#x1f494;Learn more about makerspaces<br \/>\n&#x1f494; LEARN MORE ABOUT ASIS&amp;T!<br \/>\n&#x1f494;Thematic refreshments will be served (honestly, when was the last time you had Crush?)<\/p>\n<p><b>*Lunch Conversation with Amy Ryan<\/b><br \/>\n12:00pm &#8211; 1:00pm  &#8211; Dean&#8217;s Conference Room (P-310E)<br \/>\nSLIS Advisor-in-Residence Amy Ryan will talk careers, interviews, and resumes. No appointment required!\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><b>Register Now!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul><b>*DERAIL Forum <\/b><br \/>\nMarch 26, 2016 &#8211; SOM 501\/502<br \/>\nThe 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/lisedforum.wordpress.com\/registration\/\">Registration is now live<\/a> and DERAIL is accepting <a href=\"https:\/\/lisedforum.wordpress.com\/proposals\/\">proposals<\/a> through February 21, 2016.\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, February 8th: *UXPA@Simmons &#8211; GUILD Launch 4:00 pm &#8211; 5:30 pm &#8211; Collaboratory (P-314) A collaboration between the Simmons Usability Lab and SLIS Technology, the Global User Interaction Lab Directory (GUILD) is a directory of usability labs around the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=722\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":723,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}