[Asis-l] Allen Smith Scholar Events at Simmons SLIS

[Alisa Libby]

Simmons College School of Library and Information Science is happy to
welcome Frederick S. Lane <http://www.fredericklane.com/> as the 2018 Allen
Smith Scholar. As a part of his visit, he will be moderating two panel
events.

*Free Speech, Civil Discourse, and Libraries*

*Tuesday, March 13th*

*6 – 8 PM*



*Simmons School of Management Building, Rooms 501/502, Fifth Floor*

This event will look at issues of civil discourse and libraries, especially
focusing on challenges to online discourse including cyber-bullying and
trolling along with the related issues of misygony, racism, etc. The event
will consist of a panel, followed by a response and presentation by our
visiting scholar.

The panelists include Simmons faculty members *Colin Rhinesmith* and *Saher
Selod*, as well as SLIS alums *Gianna Gifford*, now Chief of Adult Services
at the Boston Public Library, and *Kate van Sleet,* Rights Manager at WGBH,
as well as *Anita Cellucci*, a school librarian in Westborough.

*Cybertraps for Librarians*

*Friday, March 16th*

*2 – 5 PM*

*Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, Main College Building, Third Floor*

*RSVP at: https://cybertrapsforlibrarians.eventbrite.com
<https://cybertrapsforlibrarians.eventbrite.com/>*



This session will examine the topic of privacy, surveillance, and
cybersecurity. What are the biggest threats to online and data safety for
libraries and their communities? What can librarians do to keep their own
and their patrons’ data safe, and how can we help our communities to learn
more?  An expert panel session will be followed by a longer address and Q&A
with Fred.



Panelists for the Friday session include *Kade Crockford* of the ACLU;
*Jessamyn
West*, a noted technologist and librarian; SLIS alum and Director of
Technology at Brookline Public Library *Callan Bignoli*; and SLIS Alum and
Reference Librarian at Bentley University *Matthew van Sleet*.



Email slis_events at simmons.edu if you have any questions.



*Light refreshments will be served at each event.

*Each event will also be recorded and made available online.


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Alisa M. Libby
Communications Assistant
Simmons College, SLIS
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