Simmons in San Francisco: The GSLIS Archives Management Concentration Goes...
Maria Gould (@microform) Being an archivist means being equally comfortable in solitude as among a community. The navigation of these two realms takes on a different meaning online. As a member of the...
View ArticleMastering the Science of Online Library School
Maria Gould (@microform) Last week, I kicked off this series by putting the GSLIS online archives cohort on the map-virtually and geographically. Now that I’ve discussed where and who we are, I want to...
View ArticleAdventure Bound: Confessions of a Future Ninja Archivist
Heather Szafran I never know where I’m gonna wind up when I get up in the morning; that’s half the fun of waking up, for sure. Sometimes that very phenomenon stretches over days, months years–forever,...
View ArticleThe Next “Academic Spring” Is Here
Maria Gould (@microform) Spring is coming, and it is going to be an exciting one. Last year, the scholarly publishing world witnessed the “Academic Spring,” during which scientists boycotted...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning: On Maintaining Our Personal Archives
Maria Gould (@microform) In my last post, I wrote about the changes unfolding this spring in the realm of research funding and access to scholarly output. Todays post is also spring-themed, although...
View ArticleReal Talk: Incorporating Archivists without Borders U.S. Chapter Pt. I
Claudia Willett (@_cfwillett) On December 7, 2012, the Library and Information Science Student Association hosted the end-of-semester celebration GSLIS Talks. As a full-time worker and part-time...
View ArticleIn the Same Room: The Ethics and Politics of Space
Maria Gould (@microform) When it came time for the last talk of the last panel of the Simmons GSLIS 2nd Annual Graduate Symposium, presenter Eva Rios-Alvarado took a moment to acknowledge her presence:...
View ArticleReal Talk: Incorporating Archivists without Borders U.S. Chapter Pt. II
Claudia Willett (@_cfwillett) The Incorporation Committee (AwB U.S. – IC) met on March 12 via Google Hangout, as the committee is spread across the Eastern seaboard–Boston to North Carolina! We...
View ArticleBehind the Wall: An Online Student Comes to Campus
Maria Gould (@microform) The first weekend in April, I had the opportunity to visit the Simmons campus while I was in Boston for the weekend. When I stumbled off the plane after a red-eyed night in the...
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