The 2nd Annual Graduate Symposium took place on Saturday, March 30, 2013, as the result of collaborative work of the diverse Simmons GSLIS student organizations including: SCoSAA, PLG, ASA-SC, Panopticon, LISSA, ASIS&T, UXPA@Simmons, SLA, and support from GSLIS. The Symposium …
LISSA Party 4/26!
When: Friday, April 26th, 6pm-9pm
Where: SoM 501
Food, drinks, trivia, prizes, cotton candy, and a well-earned celebration of the end of the semester! The party will be well-attended by GSLIS students AND faculty–you don’t want to miss it!…
LEADS Luncheon
When:?Monday, April 29th, 2013, 11:30-1pm
Where:?P206
Join SCoSAA in celebrating the LEADS Project as it closes out Phase I and its first year. The LEADS Project is?a collaborative effort between GSLIS and the Simmons College Archives to give …
Brown Bag Lunch: Kathy Wisser and the SmallWorld Project
When: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 12-1pm
Where:?P206
It?is?a small world, after all… Now what?: Archivists’ perceptions on connections
This presentation will discuss the findings of a recent survey solicited by the IMLS-funded SmallWorld project that asked archivists to think …
SCoSAA Reads: Quiet
Please join us on Thursday, April 18, from 4:30-6pm in P206?for a discussion of the book?Quiet: The Power of?Introverts in a World That Can?t Stop Talking?by Susan Cain. The entire book?Quiet?is?highly recommended, but for the purposes
… Meet Claudia
[important]Claudia Willett is in her 4th semester of the dual-degree archives management and history program. She confesses to knowing in high school that she wanted to work in archives. She also admits that she participated in ‘Take Your Daughter to…
Real Talk: Incorporating Archivists without Borders U.S. Chapter Pt. II
The Incorporation Committee (AwB U.S. – IC) met on March 12 via Google Hangout, as the committee is spread across the Eastern seaboard–Boston to North Carolina! We congregated to commence the work and operations slated for …
2nd Annual Graduate Symposium Feedback
Did you attend the 2nd Annual Graduate Symposium either in person or via livestream? If you did, we want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes and let us know what you thought of the keynote speaker, the
… Four Open SCoSAA Positions: Get Involved!
Four SCoSAA officers are graduating in May, and we need you to take our spots! Serving as a SCoSAA officer is a fantastic way to make connections within the archives community both within and outside of GSLIS, further develop your …
In the Same Room: The Ethics and Politics of Space
When it came time for the last talk of the last panel of the Simmons GSLIS 2nd Annual Graduate Symposium, presenter Eva Rios-Alvarado took a moment to acknowledge her presence: “It’s hard to be a …