[Asis-l] News from Simmons SLIS, July 2016

[Alisa Libby]

*Recent News from Simmons SLIS, July 2016*

*Faculty*
SLIS Associate Professor Lisa Hussey offered a free webinar on Mentoring
and Gender Issues in LIS in July 2016, cohosted by ALISE's Gender Issues SIG
and Special Libraries Association's Education Division.
http://education.sla.org/mentoring-in-lis-webinar/

SLIS Instructor Colin Rhinesmith was selected as faculty associate at
Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
Rhinesmith will collaborate on projects "that promote digital inclusion and
broadband adoption in U.S. communities and beyond." https://cyber.law.har
vard.edu/newsroom/2016_2017_community


*Students*
LIS Student Desiree Alaniz published a post on the Hack Library School
blog, “Why We Should All Be Excited About Dr. Carla Hayden."
https://hacklibraryschool.com/2016/07/18/why-we-sho
uld-all-be-excited-about-dr-carla-hayden/

PhD Candidate Maria Taesil Hudson McCauley was named director of Cambridge
libraries in June 2016.http://cambridge.wickedlo
cal.com/news/20160628/cambridge-names-new-director-of-libraries

PhD Candidate Anastasia Weigle presented a poster, "User Experience with
Physical Objects and Their Digital Surrogates" at the Archival Education
and Research Institute (AERI) 2016 at Kent State in Ohio, July 2016.
https://du1ux2871uqvu.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/file/Weigle_ALISE%202016%20Poster.pdf


*Alumni*
Dhyana Berry '16LS is featured in the Improper Bostonian music issue as one
of "10 Local Bands Making Waves." Her band, Radclyffe Hall, released their
full-length debut, *Ghosts*, in June. http://www.improper.com/
features/striking-a-chord/P9/

Boston Public Library Children's Librarian Laura Koenig '07LS offered
summer reading recommendations in the Improper Bostonian.
http://www.improper.com/columns/beach-tote-tomes/

Eliot Wilczek '02LS presented "Thick Description at Scale: Seeing Wicked
Problems as a Recordkeeping Challenge" at the AERI 2016 at Kent State in
Ohio, July 2016.
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Alisa M. Libby
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