[Asis-l] Recent News from Simmons SLIS, November 2016

[Alisa Libby]

*Recent News from Simmons SLIS, November 2016*


*Faculty*


   - Assistant Professor Colin Rhinesmith participated in a book discussion
   <https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/2016/11/Civic%20Media> about “Civic
   Media: Technology, Design, Practice” at Harvard University on November 16,
   2016 (). The book, published by MIT Press in Spring 2016, features
   “contributions from leading international scholars exploring the
   intersection of media and civic life,” (excerpted from the Civic Media
   Project
   <http://civicmediaproject.org/works/civic-media-project/the-civic-media-reader>
website).
   Rhinesmith contributed to the Community + Action section.

   - Associate Professor Rong Tang has been elected the ALISE Director of
   External Relations for the next three years. This role includes serving as
   Board liaison to the ALISE Publications Committee, the editorial board of
   the *Journal for Education in Library and Information Science*, the
   Annual Conference Awards Committee, and to serve ALISE’s related
   associations, among other responsibilities. Read Prof. Tang’s nomination
   statement <http://www.alise.org/alise-election-2017---tang>.



*Adjuncts*


   - *Abigail Baines* ’10LS, SLIS Adjunct and Hampshire College Systems &
   Discovery Librarian, gave a presentation, “Collaboration & Cooperation”
   about the digital library collaboration project between Hampshire
   College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College at SLIS West on November
   12.



*Students*


   - *Dane Groves* ’04, ’09 and a current student in the IS&T program,
   became SLIS Technology Coordinator in Fall 2016. Dane came to Simmons as
   a Computer Science undergrad and has been a fixture in the Communications
   Department since 2004.  He has held a number of roles which include
   oversight of the Communications Computer Labs and as adjunct instructor for
   courses in web design, visual communications and a core technology course.

   - CS Student *Katherine Sittig-Boyd* gave a presentation on
   undergraduate research at the Computing Research Association for Women’s
   (CRA-W) Virtual Undergraduate Town Hall event on December 1, 2016.
>From the CRA-W
   website
   <http://cra.org/cra-w/events/virtual-undergraduate-town-hall-getting-involved-undergraduate-research/?utm_source=Undergrad+Program+Updates&utm_campaign=354ababa19-CRA_W_Dec_Undergrad_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_16c9c974d8-354ababa19-82509341>:
   “Katherine is a three-time Collaborative Research Experience for
   Undergraduates (CREU) program participant and one-time Distributed Research
   Experience for Undergraduates (DREU) program participant. During her
   undergraduate career at Simmons College, Katherine’s research focused on
   topics ranging from computational linguistics to human gesture analysis. As
   a senior, Katherine participated in the DREU program at the University of
   Southern California, where she researched turn length in human
   conversations and applied it to a social robotics solution. Katherine’s
   presentation will focus on effective ways to become involved in
   undergraduate research, how to identify research topics that will make for
   engrossing and fulfilling projects, and some examples of projects she was
   able to work on during her undergraduate career. Additionally she will
   address how her research experiences have impacted her own career in
   industry in a positive way.”



*Alums*


   - *Tom Blake* ’06LS, Content Discovery Manager at the Boston Public
   Library, was interviewed for the latest episode of Beyond the Stacks
   <http://beyondthestacks.info/index.php/2016/12/01/episode-12-tom-blake-boston-public-library/>
   .

   - *Robert Gibbons* ’88LS had his most recent book of poetry, *Animated
   Landscape*, reviewed by Peter Anastas in dispatches
   <http://dispatchespoetry.com/articles/dispatches/2016/11/847> in
   November 2016.

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Alisa M. Libby
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