On March 29th, 2013 UXPA and ASIS&T sponsored a discussion with L Hood, Sr Manager of UXD and Information Design at ACI Worldwide. Discussion topics included how to plan and carry out user research, and a variety of field methods, such as: ethnographic studies, contextual inquiry,collaging, and roundtable usability testing. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science UXPA @ Simmons…
On April 23rd, 2013 as part of the SCoSAA (Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists) Brown Bag Lunch series, Simmons Professor and Archivist Kathy Wisser discussed the findings of a recent survey solicited by the IMLS-funded Small World project. The Small World project…
On April 11, 2013 UXPA, the User Experience Professional Association @ Simmons, hosted a Usability Student Panel that featured the usability research Simmons students have been conducting over the past year. For more information on the specific research listen to the podcast and read the…
On March 15th & 16th 2013 the Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science was proud to present “DH: The Next Generation!” This two-day digital humanities symposium was sponsored…
On March 5, 2013, interim dean Maureen Sullivan gave a lecture on salary negotiation for LIS students. This talk was a part of the Lunchtime Lectures series, and was sponsored…
On March 28th, 2013 Professors Mary Wilkins Jordan and Lisa Hussey gave a talk entitled “Pop Culture and the Socialization of LIS Students”. This talk was a part of the…
On Thursday February 14th, 2013 the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivist held their second Brown Bag Lunch lecture for the semester. In this presentation Donna Webber discusses…
On January 30th, 2013 the Student Chapter of American Archivists hosted guest speaker, and former SAA President, Gregor Trinkaus-Randall. Gregor spoke about disaster planning in the archives; his work with…
On December 4th, 2012 the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists hosted a presentation by Professor Donna Webber on the creation and submission of a resume and cover…
On November 15th, 2012 the Massachusetts School Library Association – Student Interest Group hosted their yearly career panel. The panel covered topics such as how to write a resume, creating…
On November 14, 2012 Alex Berman, 2011 GSLIS graduate, has traveled all the way from New York City to share what he has learned about real-life career opportunities for LIS…
