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

[Alisa Libby]

*Recent News from Simmons SLIS, September 2016*



*Faculty*


   - Assistant Professor *Laura Saunders* ’01LS co-authored “Librarian
   Copyright Literacy: Self-reported Copyright Knowledge Among Librarians in
   the United States.”
<http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228959.2016.1184997> *Public
   Services Quarterly, 12*(3), 214-227.  She also wrote “Teaching the
   Reference Interview through Practice-based Assignments.”
   <http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/RSR-04-2016-0025> *Reference Services Review*,
   44(3), 390-410.


*Adjunct Faculty*


   - *Abigail Baines* ’10LS had a book review in the *Journal **of Access
   Services*: "Wordpress for Libraries"
   <http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.simmons.edu:2048/10.1080/15367967.2016.1208021>
   published by Taylor and Francis.

   - *Cynthia Correia* ’96LS presented “Smashing Silos: Boost Your Impact
   by Breaking Barriers > Driving Collaboration > Expanding Your Reach” at the
   SLA New England Fall Conference, September 30, 2016 in Southbridge,
   Massachusetts.

   - *Lisa Fagin Davis* was featured in the SLIS InfoLink for
co-curating "Beyond
   Words, Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections."
   <http://www.simmons.edu/news/school-of-library-and-information-science/2016/september/slis-adjunct-curates-illuminated-manuscripts>

   - *Anna Staniszewski*’s ’06GS novel for young readers, *Once Upon a
   Cruise*, was published by Scholastic on September 27, 2016.


*Students*


   - Computer Science students spent an entire night programming at
   SharkHack
   <http://www.simmons.edu/news/school-of-library-and-information-science/2016/september/sharkhack>,
   a Simmons Hackathon.


*Alumni*


   - Dr. *Lisa Nathan* ’03LS, of the University of British Columbia
   iSchool, was awarded the Thomson-Reuters Information Science Teacher of the
   Year Award.

   - *Megan Potterbusch* ’16LS was chosen as one of five members to the
   2016-2017 class of the National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR)
   program, which offers valuable opportunities in digital preservation.
   According to the IMLS press release
   <https://www.imls.gov/news-events/news-releases/2016-2017-class-national-digital-stewardship-residents-selected>,
   “Potterbusch will serve as a resident at the Association of Research
   Libraries working in partnership with the George Washington University
   Libraries and the Center for Open Science to prototype the process of
   linking the output from a university research unit to a library digital
   repository through the Open Science Framework, an open source tool that
   integrates and supports research workflow.” The residency was
   established by the Library of Congress in conjunction with the Institute of
   Museum and Library Services.

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Alisa M. Libby
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