{"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":"2026-04-09T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:40:00","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" 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\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Welcome to the IS&amp;T Lab!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Let&#8217;s Innovate, Collaborate, Design, Explore, <\/strong><strong>and Learn together!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/istlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KakaoTalk_20251115_193654404-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>From left to right. GSAs &#8211;\u00a0 Jeongyeon Choi, Fiona Coughlin, Teah Dempsey-Tkachenko. Faculty &#8211; Don Simmons, Naresh Agarwal, Kyong Eun Oh, and Shengang Wang.<\/p>\n<p>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>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simmons University<\/a>\u00a0were awarded<\/p>\n<p>a grant to create a community dedicated to research in the field of\u00a0<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<p>The mission of the lab is to create synergy, provide structure, establish a hub for information science students,<\/p>\n<p>and to encourage collaboration with doctoral students and masters students.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Check Out the Latest 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