{"id":36,"date":"2021-03-05T18:13:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T18:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:18:46","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SLIS_horiz_white_PMS-e1766111514584.jpg\" alt=\"Simmons University School of Library and Information Science\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome to the IS&amp;T Lab!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Let&#8217;s Innovate, Collaborate, Design, Explore, <\/strong><strong>and Learn together!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From left to right. GSAs &#8211;&nbsp; Jeongyeon Choi, Fiona Coughlin, Teah Dempsey-Tkachenko. Faculty &#8211; Don Simmons, Naresh Agarwal, Kyong Eun Oh, and Shengang Wang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/academics\/departments\/slis\/faculty-and-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Library and Information Science faculty<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simmons University<\/a>&nbsp;were awarded<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a grant to create a community dedicated to research in the field of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/graduate\/academic-programs\/graduate-and-certificate-programs\/library-and-information-science-information-science-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">information science and technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of the lab is to create synergy, provide structure, establish a hub for information science students,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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