{"id":919,"date":"2016-11-25T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T00:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=919"},"modified":"2016-11-25T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T00:56:10","slug":"this-week-at-slis-week-of-1125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=919","title":{"rendered":"This Week at SLIS – week of 11\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, November 28th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/i>Accessibility, Usability & UX: Towards an Inclusive Design<\/i><\/span>
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3:00pm-4:00pm<\/span><\/span>, Tech Lab Classroom P-213<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
UXPA@Simmons invites you to a talk on web accessibility and inclusive design by Christopher LaRoche and Katherine Wahl, Consultants at the MIT Accessibility and Usability Group. Sign up here:\u00a0https:\/\/uxpa-accessibility.eventbrite.com<\/a>\u00a0 Light snacks will be provided.<\/div>\n
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Tuesday, November 29th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/i>Prison Books Program GLBTQIA Book Drive and Dinner<\/i><\/span>
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6:00pm<\/span><\/span>, SLIS Student Lounge
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Support the Prison Book Program with a book drive. Drop off book from Monday, Nov. 28 through Friday, Dec. 2<\/span><\/span> <\/b>in the SLIS Student Lounge. Join Spectra in the SLIS Lounge Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 6pm<\/span><\/span> for dinner and donations! Bring an LGBTQIA book to donate as a \u201cticket\u201d to dinner, and we\u2019ll discuss why prisoners\u2019 rights are an LGBTQIA issue. Then join PLG for their last Prison Book Program volunteer day of the semester on Saturday, Dec. 3<\/span><\/span>!<\/div>\n
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Wednesday, November 30th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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*SCoSAA Federal Jobs Panel<\/span><\/i>
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2:00pm-3:00pm<\/span><\/span>, Collaboratory<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Have you ever considered applying for a federal job? On\u00a0November 30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>, from 2-3 in the Collaboratory\u00a0<\/b>we will be hosting a federal jobs panel with all the tips and tricks of navigating the federal job application process.\u00a0 This is ideal for people graduating in December or May who are in or about to begin the job search process, as well as anyone who is considering an internship at NARA, Library of Congress, or other federal repositories this summer.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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*<\/span><\/i>Resume X<\/i><\/span>
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5:00pm-7:00pm<\/span><\/span>, Kotzen Room (<\/b><\/span>LeFavour Library Building, L001-L002)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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ResumeX is a semi-annual event hosted by SLA@Simmons. It is a speed dating style event where special library professionals review the resumes of attendees.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Saturday, December 3rd<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

*Prison<\/span>\u00a0Book<\/span>\u00a0Program<\/span>
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10:30am<\/span><\/span>, 1306 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169, Suite 100<\/b><\/div>\n

Come volunteer with PLG and the\u00a0Prison<\/span>\u00a0Book<\/span>\u00a0Program<\/span>. Read letters sent by incarcerated individuals and match them with donated\u00a0books<\/span>. The event runs from 10am-4pm<\/span><\/span> at 1306 Hancock Street Suite 100, Quincy, MA 02169, and volunteers can come and go as they please. Meet us there, or meet in the Palace Road building at 10:30<\/span><\/span>. We can take the train together. We recommend bring a lunch or snack. Please contact\u00a0pride@simmons.edu<\/a>\u00a0with questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday, November 28th: *Accessibility, Usability & UX: Towards an Inclusive Design 3:00pm-4:00pm, Tech Lab Classroom P-213 UXPA@Simmons invites you to a talk on web accessibility and inclusive design by Christopher LaRoche and Katherine Wahl, Consultants at the MIT Accessibility and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"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-919","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\/919","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\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}