LIS Careers

GSLIS Alumni Career Panel

April 1, 2012
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On April 1st, 2012, the GSLIS Alumni Executive Board hosted an Alumni Career Panel at Mount Holyoke College. The panel featured five GSLIS West alumni Nancy Little, Patrick Hartsfeld, Barbara Goldin, Jeff Monseau, and Laura Luker, who talk about their job search and share strategies and advice from the field. Simmons GSLIS Graduate School…

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MSLA-SIG Spring 2012 Conference: Reading as a Window to the World: Why Multicultural Literature is Important and How to Move It Off the Shelf and Into the Hands of the Reader

March 31, 2012
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On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the last of four, features Chris Swerling, Patricia Karam, and Rachael Lundquist talking about �Reading as a Window to the World: Why Multicultural Literature is Important and How to Move It Off the…

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MSLA-SIG Spring 2012 Conference: Working in a Middle School Library

March 31, 2012
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On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the third of four, is a panel titled “Working in a Middle School Library”. Those on the panel include: Amy Blume, Diane Montville, Lynn Weeks, Elizabeth Vaccaro, and Sharon Hamer. Simmons GSLIS Graduate…

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MSLA-SIG Spring 2012 Conference: Collaboration by the Numbers

March 31, 2012
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On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the second of four, features Erin Broderick and Jennifer Reed from Newton Public Schools to talk about how to increase collaboration between library teachers, classroom teachers, and instructional technology specialists. Simmons GSLIS Graduate…

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MSLA-SIG Spring 2012 Conference: “Stories and Survival Tips From Year One”

March 31, 2012
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On March 31st, 2012, the Massachusetts School Library Association Student Interest Group held its annual spring conference at Simmons College. This podcast, the first of four, is a panel discussion titled “Stories and Survival Tips From Year One”. People on the panel included: Amy Fiske, Emily Sypole, Michelle McGarry, Margaret Schoen, and Deanna Caron. Simmons…

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Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program: The Future of Reference (Part 2)

March 30, 2012
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On March 30th, 2012, Simmons GSLIS hosted an event titled �The Future of Reference�. This was sponsored by the Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program, which honors the memory of distinguished teacher and scholar Allen Smith. The second part of this two-part podcast features a keynote from Joe Janes, Chair of the MLIS Program of the…

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Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program: The Future of Reference (Part 1)

March 30, 2012
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On March 30th, 2012, Simmons GSLIS hosted an event titled “The Future of Reference”. This was sponsored by the Allen Smith Visiting Scholars Program, which honors the memory of distinguished teacher and scholar Allen Smith. The first of this two-part podcast features an series of speakers including Marie Radford, Associate Professor of Library and Information…

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