{"id":943,"date":"2012-05-17T15:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T15:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boo.simmons.edu\/wpress\/?page_id=943"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:21:13","slug":"service-to-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/service\/service-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"service to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/index.php\/service\/\">service<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/index.php\/service\/service-to-school\/\">to school<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/index.php\/service\/service-to-college\/\">to college<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/index.php\/service\/service-to-profession\/\">to profession<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/index.php\/service\/past-service\/\">past service \/ other accomplishments<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/naresh\/index.php\/service\/service-to-humanity\/\">to humanity<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>SERVICE TO THE SCHOOL (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simmons.edu\/gslis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GSLIS &#8211; The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College<\/a>)<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spring 2012 &#8211; present As member of the Technology core implementation group, contributed to the process of coming up with a menu of technology options for students<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fall 2011, Spring 2012 Member of Faculty Search Committee for Information Design and Technology position (conducted 8-hours of interviews during ASIS&amp;T 2011 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA, Oct 9-13, 2011; identified potential candidates during iConference 2012, Toronto, Canada, Feb 7-10, 2012; reviewed resumes, conducted skype interviews and reference checks)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sep 2011 &#8211; May 2012 Contributed 4 paintings to the\u00a0Tech Lab Art Exhibition 2011-2012\u00a0organized by the GSLIS Tech Lab and Panopticon\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/bibliotecha\/come-to-the-opening-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paintings on Tech Lab website<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">June 2011 Reader for Ph.D. qualifying examination (1 paper)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nov 2010 &#8211; present Member of the faculty group teaching &#8216;LIS 488 Technology for Information Professionals&#8217; that worked towards a common template for all sections of the course; revised course description approved by faculty in May 2011; proposed an Opt-out form for evidence gathering when students choose to replace LIS 488 with any other Technology class (Fall 2011)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oct 2010 &#8211; Summer 2011 Member of the Faculty Policy Manual Implementation Guidelines Working Group (revised version approved by faculty in June 2011)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oct 2010 Helped interview two job candidates at the ASIS&amp;T 2010 conference.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sep 2010 &#8211; Spring 2012 Member, revised Curriculum committee (Member, committee on Curriculum meeting reconfiguration from Mar-Sep 2010).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feb 2010 Member, committee on area of excellence &#8216;Users and Information Design&#8217;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feb-Oct 2010 Member, Planning Committee &#8211; International Open Access Week at Simmons College, Oct 18-24, 2010; participated in lunchtime talk panel\n<ul>\n<li>Helped organize &#8220;Opening Access to Health Information for Patients and Providers&#8221;, a 2-hour Panel Discussion at Simmons College on Oct 19, 2010 as part of the International Open Access Week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/nareshagarwal\/files\/2012\/07\/oa_invitation_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invitation PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oct 2009 &#8211; Sep 2010 Member, Student Outcomes and Assessment of Learning Committee; group proposed 3 learning outcomes (adopted Dec 2009) and grid (discussed core courses LIS403 and LIS488 in Fall 2010\/Spring 2011)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spring 2010 &#8211; present Helping GSLIS Admissions with interviewing prospective students<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fall 2009 &#8211; present Advising students and helping them register on Advising Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presentations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">How to be\u00a0different\u00a0similar?\u00a0<em>GSLIS Talks: Ideas Worth Spreading<\/em>, TED-style talk, LISSA end-of-semester party, Simmons College, Boston, MA, April 27, 2012\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/medialab\/2012\/04\/27\/lissa-gslis-talks-ideas-worth-spreading-naresh-agarwal-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vodcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Verifying survey items for Construct Validity: A two-stage Sorting Procedure for Questionnaire Design in Information Behavior Research.\u00a0<em>Research Colloquia Lunchtime Lecture<\/em>, Simmons College GSLIS, Oct 6, 2011\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/medialab\/2011\/10\/06\/919\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">My 7 commandments in life: Towards a Theoretical Model of Happiness,\u00a0<em>GSLIS Lunchtime Lectures<\/em>,<em>Research Colloquium<\/em>, Simmons College, March 15, 2011\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/medialab\/2011\/03\/15\/my-7-commandments-toward-a-theoretical-model-of-happiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delineating the boundary of &#8216;Context&#8217; in Information Behavior: Towards a Contextual Identity Framework,\u00a0<em>GSLIS Lunchtime Lectures, Research Colloquium<\/em>, Simmons College, Oct 15, 2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/nareshagarwal\/files\/2012\/07\/LunchtimeTalk-15oct09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lecture webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Panels<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Part of GSLIS faculty panel that discussed ways to help students succeed in poster presentations in conferences, Simmons College GSLIS, April 15, 2011.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issues in Open Access,\u00a0<em>GSLIS Lunchtime Colloquium: A Panel Discussion\u00a0<\/em>with Nancy Pontika and Elaine Martin (moderated by Robin Peek), Simmons College, Oct 18, 2010\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/nareshagarwal\/files\/2012\/07\/LunchtimeTalk-18oct10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invitation email<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/medialab\/2010\/10\/18\/panel-discussion-of-issues-in-open-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information Visualization and Visual Information Management,\u00a0<em>GSLIS Lunchtime Colloquium: A Panel Discussion<\/em>\u00a0with Martha Mahard and Gerry Benoit, Simmons College, Feb 23, 2010\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/nareshagarwal\/files\/2012\/07\/LunchtimeTalk-23feb10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invitation email<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/medialab\/2010\/02\/23\/information-visualization-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>service &#8211; 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