[Asis-l] Simmons SLIS at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 22-27, 2017

[Alisa Libby]

Simmons SLIS at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 22-27, 2017

Stop by booth #4740 in the exhibit hall for info about Simmons SLIS. Alumni
and students are invited to a free reception
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/simmons-college-alumni-reception-at-ala-chicago-2017-tickets-33892810308>
on Saturday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. at Tapas Valencia. Simmons SLIS is also
represented in the following conference sessions:

*Dean Eileen Abels* will co-present, *Library and Information Experts
Succeeding in the 21st Century: A Town Hall Dialogue on Competencies,
Careers, and Successful Practice*. Facilitated by ALA President Julie
Todoro, attendees will participate in a conversation on what skills,
knowledge, traits, and expectations will support successful libraries of
the future--all types and sizes of libraries. Saturday, June 24 1:00 PM -
2:30 PM Location: McCormick Place, W470.

*Associate Professor Laura Saunders* will co-present *Going with (and
Growing with) the Framework: Teaching Information Literacy with a Social
Justice Lens*. The transition from the Standards to the Framework and the
shift away from measurable skills-based outcomes has been challenging for
many librarians, who still must meet the typical needs and requests of
faculty with whom they work. Participants in this pre-conference will learn
approaches for transitioning to and teaching the Framework for Information
Literacy for Higher Education with a social justice lens. Friday, June 23,
9 AM - 4 PM Location: McCormick Place, W178a.

*Associate Professor Laura Saunders* presents *Re-Framing Information
Literacy for Social Justice*. The new ACRL Framework for information
literacy provides scope for addressing social justice, but stops short of
explicitly addressing the topic. This presentation examines how instruction
librarians can promote social justice using the Framework as a lens. It
will identify ways for addressing social justice within each frame, offer
practical ideas developing a social justice IL pedagogy, and make a case
for expanding the framework to include a new frame focused on social
justice. Saturday, June 24 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Location: McCormick Place,
W187c.

*Senior Lecturer Megan Dowd Lambert* presents a panel discussion, *Words
and Pictures: Picture Book Author/Illustrators Discuss the Whole Book*,
with picture book illustrators David Hyde Costello, Don Tate, and Duncan
Tonatiuh. Lambert is the creator of the Whole Book Approach, a dynamic new
model focused on the picture book as a visual art form. Saturday, June 24
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Location: McCormick Place, W183c.

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Alisa M. Libby
Communications Assistant
Simmons College, SLIS
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
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Author, *The King's Rose* and *The Blood Confession*
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