Events

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Sign-up to participate in SLA NE Day on the Job as a Student!

Day on the Job (DOTJ) is a popular program enabling students to meet with practicing LIS professionals and to learn more about working in a special library environment. The program has proven to be highly valuable to students in the past as they explore different types of work situations and possibilities and, in some cases, it has had a direct impact on students' careers.

DOTJ does not consist of a particular day or format; rather, date and time can be negotiated between the student and host. The format could be a day-long job shadow, an interview, a library tour, or in-depth conversation.

This year we are limiting the number of students to 10 on a first come first served basis, so be sure to sign up early!

To sign up please email SLA NE Student Relations Co-Chairs Jill Aberdale ([email protected]) and/or Katie Glasoe ([email protected]) by Friday, October 12, 2018.

Once students have been matched with hosts, an email introduction will be sent by Tuesday, October 16, 2018

 

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Join SLA@Simmons for a tour of the library and kitchens of America’s Test Kitchen! The tour will be held Friday, October 5, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM. Learn about this organization from three information professionals.

Check out their website at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/ to learn about America’s Test Kitchen, Cook’s Illustrated, Cook’s Country, ATK Kids, and their Cooking School.

We will meet inside 21 Drydock by the elevators. The closest T stop is 23 Drydock on the SL2 Silver Line. There is limited meter parking and a parking garage nearby. Please check rates before you drive. Students are responsible for their own travel costs.

Space is limited! Click Here to sign up through Eventbrite.

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Join SLA@Simmons 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.

We will meet in the lobby of the Palace Road building at 2:45pm and travel together via the T to the firm for a 3:30 pm tour. Students are responsible for their own transportation costs.

Sign up now, spots are limited!

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

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We hope to see you tomorrow at Sweet Caroline's at 6 for a dine-around we are co-hosting with SLA NE!

But if you can't make that, SLA NE will be having another dine around next week on 4/26. See the details below!

Opportunity for networking - Join SLA NE Chapter Boston Dine-Around

SLA-NE Chapter would like to extend an invitation to Simmons students & faculty to join fellow information professionals in the Boston area at Chilli Duck Thai restaurant for dinner, friendly conversation, and networking.  Membership in SLA is not required.

If you walk by the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, make sure you take a look at WGBH’s satellite studio inside the library, along with a news desk and production room.  The studio as well as a café were incorporated into BPL as part of its campaign to be more of a community space.  We will start with a discussion of how libraries, whether private or public, are rebranding themselves.  We will cover what we have done in our own libraries or report on what other libraries have done to appear less stuffy and more relevant.

Host: Nuchine Nobari ([email protected]).

Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Location: 829 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 (Between Fairfield St & Gloucester St)

Menu: http://www.chilliduckthai.info/location.aspx

Directions: Take Green Line, B, C, or D to Copley Square.  Walk 10 minutes westbound on Boylston, across from the Prudential Building.  Should you be taking the E train, get off at the Prudential stop, walk through the building, cross the street, Boylston.  If you plan to drive, parking is available at in the Prudential building entering on Huntington Avenue.

Carpooling information: https://www.carpoolworld.com/carpooling.html?c=newengland_sla

Cost: The cost of the event is free but registration is required. Attendees will pay for their own dinner and drinks.

RSVP by Friday, April 21, 2017 at: https://slanedinearound04262017.eventbrite.com