{"id":998,"date":"2017-04-24T08:32:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T12:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=998"},"modified":"2017-04-24T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T12:32:08","slug":"this-week-at-slis-april-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/lissa\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"This Week at SLIS – April 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Student Leadership Nominations<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/i>
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Submit your nomination HERE!<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Nominations will be open for two weeks<\/span> until April 29th<\/span><\/span>. We have a lot of great opportunities open this semester. Get involved TODAY!
\nYou can find the official open positions list here<\/a><\/b>
\nFor general questions, send LISSA an email at lissapres@simmons.edu<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you say… PROM COMMITTEE?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Interested in helping out with SLIS Prom on May 13th<\/span><\/span><\/b>? We’re still looking for volunteers to assist us the night of the event. More information and sign up available here.<\/a> If you’re interested in helping craft decorations for Prom, we’ll be having drop-in craft time in the SLIS Student Lounge<\/div>\n
Sunday, 4\/23, 11:00am-2:00pm<\/span><\/span>
\nMonday, 4\/24, 11:00am-2:00pm<\/span><\/span>
\nWednesday, 4\/26, 3:30pm-6:30pm<\/span><\/span>.
\nEmail gayle.schechter@simmons.edu<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Tickets to Prom are FREE. Sign up HERE!<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/div>\n

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Friday, April 21st:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Community Poetry Open Mic<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Brought to you by Beatley Library<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
5:00pm-7:00pm<\/span><\/span>, Beatley Library<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Take part in the community open mic night by reading poetry by your favorite poet or your own work! Feeling shy? Submit a line of poetry to the Beatley Exquisite Corps poem to create a community poem, or contribute to the poetry web experiment.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Friday, April 21st:<\/span>
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2nd Annual Metadatathon<\/u><\/span><\/span>
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Brought to you by Simmons Metadata Inquiry Lab<\/span><\/i>
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12:00 – 6:00pm<\/span><\/span>, SOM-222 (School of Management Building)
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In this team-based event, create classification systems for different types of games. Prizes for the team with the clearest and most comprehensive system!
\nKeynote speaker: Candy Schwartz
\nClick here to RSVP and learn more.<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 22nd:<\/span>
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School Library Trends<\/u><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span>Brought to you by <\/span><\/i>MSLA-SIG (Massachusetts School Library Association – Student Interest Group)<\/i><\/div>\n
11:00am<\/span><\/span>, SOM-222 (School of Management Building) <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Learn about current school library trends and hot topics at an event brought to you by MSLA-SIG. Hear from a panel of school librarians and current Simmons SLTP students on their experiences with one-to-one technology, implementing e-books and teaching students to be more critical consumers of information in this age of fake news. Snacks and refreshments will be served! We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Saturday, April 22nd:<\/span>
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Look at Me Now<\/u><\/span><\/span>
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Brought to you by <\/span><\/i>PLG & Panopticon (<\/span><\/i>Progressive Librarians Guild & SLIS’s Art and cultural heritage student interest group)<\/i><\/div>\n
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1:00pm<\/span><\/span>, SOM-513 (School of Management Building)
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Join PLG and Panopticon for a panel discussion with Jennifer Ferretti, Si\u00e2n Evans,Stephanie H Grimm, and Dawn Stahura about what it means to engage in critical librarianship and becoming visually literate. After, join us in crafting a zine of your own!<\/p>\n

~We will be providing nifty crafting supplies~<\/p>\n

Monday, April 24th:<\/span>
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A Talk with Che Gossett<\/span><\/span><\/u>
\n<\/span>Brought to you by Spectra and PLG (SLIS’s LGBTQ+ Affinity Group & Progressive Librarians Guild)<\/span><\/i>
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2:00pm<\/span><\/span>, SOM-223 (School of Management Building)<\/b><\/span>
\nFree and open to the public. Free refreshments will be provided.
\nIn this talk Che Gossett examines the legacies of Black queer solidarity with Palestinian struggle by excavating June Jordan and James Baldwin\u2019s archives for what Jose Mu\u00f1oz called the performative force of the past and its import for current prison abolitionist, Palestinian solidarity and anti-pinkwashing movements. Looking as well at the archives of George Jackson, they discuss what his archive and the original manuscript of Soledad Brother (rather than the widely available published version) reveals about Palestinian poetics, black radicalism, prison abolition and the afterlife of slavery.<\/p>\n

Che Gossett is a Black genderqueer archivist and activist who works to excavate queer of color AIDS activist and trans archives. They are the recipient of the 2014 Gloria E. Anzald\u00faa Award from the American Studies Association Women\u2019s Committee, a Radcliffe research grant from Harvard University and the 2014 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at the City University of New York. Che was a member of the 2013 Archivists and Librarians Delegation to Palestine and recently presented about legacies of black queer solidarity with Palestinian struggle at the Bodies in Public conference at the American University of Beirut. Che also was a presenter at the Black liberation workshop at the 2014 National Students for Justice in Palestine conference.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Monday, April 24th:<\/span>
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IS&T Faculty Talk & Mixer<\/u><\/span><\/span>
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Brought to you by <\/span><\/i>ASIS&T (Association for Information Science & Technology)<\/i><\/div>\n
4:40pm – 6:00pm<\/span><\/span>, SLIS Lounge <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Interested in learning more about Information Science & Technology? Have questions or concerns about the IS&T concentration at SLIS? Join ASIS&T for a short talk and mixer with IS&T faculty. Snacks and light refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tuesday, April 25th<\/span><\/span>:<\/span>
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Law Library Tour<\/u><\/span><\/span>
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Brought to you by SLA@Simmons (Special Libraries Association<\/span><\/i>)
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2:45pm<\/span><\/span>, Meet in the Palace Road Lobby<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Join SLA for a tour of the library of local law firm, WilmerHale. Librarian Karen Rutherford will share with students the WilmerHale facilities and the resources, challenges and unique practice of librarianship in a law office. For more information about the firm, please visit their website.<\/p>\n

We will meet in the lobby of the Palace Road building at 2:45pm<\/span><\/span> and travel together via the T to the firm for a 3:30 pm<\/span><\/span> tour. Students are responsible for their own transportation costs. The firm is located at 60 State St, Boston, MA.<\/p>\n

Sign up now using our Eventbrite here<\/a>, spots are limited!
\nPlease email sla@simmons.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Tuesday, April 25th<\/span><\/span>:<\/span>
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16<\/span><\/span>mm Film Screening Night
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Brought to you by AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists)<\/span><\/i>
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5:00pm – 8:00pm<\/span><\/span>, SOM-101 (School of Management Building)
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Please join us for pizza, snacks and a 16mm Film Screening Night, featuring films from the Simmons Archive Collection<\/b>! We will be projecting a number of early silent films from pioneers such as:<\/p>\n

George Melies (“A Trip to the Moon” 1902)
\nLumiere Brothers (including the first motion picture from 1895)
\nThomas Edison (“The Great Train Robbery” 1903)<\/p>\n

as well as some classic silent comedy shorts from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton! The film program will be curated by Adam Schutzman, Vice President of the AMIA student chapter! A Splendid time is Guaranteed for All!<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, April 25th<\/span><\/span>:<\/span>
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Comprehensive Archiving in Politically Fraught Times <\/span><\/span><\/u>
\n<\/span>Brought to you by SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists)<\/span><\/i>
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6:00pm – 7:00pm<\/span><\/span>, Collaboratory (P-314)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Given recent events, we are bringing together a panel to speak about activism and archives, comprehensive collection policies, and creating a sense of trust for donors from all places on the political spectrum in order to create an unbiased historical record even in a tense political atmosphere. We will hear from archival professionals on how they personally define and strive for professionalism and activism within archives as it relates to politically charged topics.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 26th<\/span><\/span>:<\/span>
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing: SCoSAA Panel for Archive Interviews<\/u><\/span><\/span>
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Brought to you by SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists)<\/span><\/i>
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2:00pm<\/span><\/span>, Palace Road Building 415
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Come join SCoSAA during our guest lecturer panel. Professionals from a variety of archive backgrounds will be speaking about what they look for in candidates during interviews. Refreshments will be served.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Friday, April 28th<\/span><\/span>:<\/span>
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Cambridge Public Library Behind-the-Scenes Tour<\/u><\/span><\/span>
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Brought to you by ALA-SC (American Library Association – Student Chapter)<\/span><\/i>
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3:00pm – 5:00<\/span><\/span>, Cambridge Public Library (449 Broadway, Cambridge)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Join ALA-SC for our upcoming library tour! This behind-the-scenes tour of the Cambridge Public Library will include: -Overview of the Laptop Kiosk with the Head of Research Dep’t -Book processing & circulation with the Head of Borrower Services -Overview of the Cambridge Room with the CPL Archivist -Q&A Session with CPL Deputy Director<\/p>\n

Please RSVP here<\/a>. The tour will last from 3:00 to 5:00 pm<\/span><\/span>. After the tour, join ALA-SC at John Harvard’s! We will be providing appetizers and snacks there.<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/b> The Main Library is accessible by both bus and subway. The 47 bus from Simmons is a good option, or you can take the T to the Harvard Square stop. More information on parking at the library can be found here.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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