On November 19th, 2009 the Modern Languages department at Simmons College sponsored a bilingual (English-Spanish) talk with Luis Cháves, founder of La Casa de Colibrà in Chirimoto, Perú; and Caitlin Rolston, international literacy activist. Together they recounted their experiences working on the Hummingbird House library in Chirimoto. Caitlin also shared her experiences working in libraries…
On November 17th, 2009 the 19th Annual Samuel Lazerow Memorial Lecture at Simmons College was given by Dr. Toby Pearlstein, retired Director of Global Information Services for Bain & Company. Dr. Pearlstein is a frequent lecturer in the field and has contributed to the professional development of her colleagues, most notably in the areas of…
On November 12th a World Usability Day event was hosted at Simmons College. The event was co-sponsored by the student chapters of ASIST and SLA and the GSLIS Technology Group. Tom Tullis, Vice President of Usability at Fidelity Investments gave the keynote address. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science Slide PresentationPDF Format…
On November 5th, 2009 Lisa Woronzoff spoke about the classification and language of gender as part of the GSLIS Lunchtime Research Colloquium Series. The purpose of the talk was to unravel the varying terms applied to gender; male, female, neutral, intersex, trans, to examine the discriminatory factors created in society by separating individuals based on…
On November 5th, 2009 the Simmons Chapter of the Society of American Archivists sponsored a panel on Disaster Prevention and Awareness in Libraries and Archives. The panelists were Gregor Trinkaus-Randall, the Massachusetts Library Board’s Disaster and Emergency Assistance director, Susan Pyzynski, Associate Librarian for Technical Services at Harvard’s Houghton Library, Carie McGinnis, Houghton’s preservation librarian,…
On November 3rd, 2009 Panopticon, the Art Libraries and Visual Resources Interest Group at Simmons College, co-sponsored with Simmons SLA, a panel of artists. The panel featured six current art students: Lisa Gross, Stephanie Cardon, Gregory Vershbow, Courtney Lockemer, Kirk Amaral Snow, and Jack W. Schneider. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science…
