Libraries and Labor Unions: a Panel Discussion
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in @ Simmons, PLG Events, Uncategorized on November 18, 2011
November 18th, 7-9pm
MCB C101
Join PLG@Simmons as we examine the role of labor unions in the library & information science fields. How do unions operate in the library workplace? How do they affect our mission as information professionals? Can they be a vehicle for social justice librarianship? Joining us will be Colin Wilkins (Brookline Public Library), Ann Langone (Brookline Public Library), Emily Drabinski (Long Island University), and Geoff Carens (Lamont Library-Harvard University). We hope that you’ll be part of the discussion, too, as we tackle this important subject!
Boston Anarchist Bookfair
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in PLG Events, Uncategorized on November 9, 2011
The Boston Anarchist Bookfair is this weekend, November 11-13 in the Paresky Center at Simmons College.
The PLG will be tabling all weekend for your information needs! Please contact us if you’re interested in volunteering.
For more information on vendors and workshops, visit
http://bostonanarchistbookfair.org/
A-Z LIBRARY
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in Uncategorized on October 27, 2011
The Audre Lorde to Howard Zinn Library @ OCCUPY BOSTON
Faithful members of the Progressive Librarians Guild, the Boston Radical Reference Collective, and others have worked tirelessly to create a valuable resource at Dewey Square–a library!
For more information, or how to get involved checked out the wiki on the Occupy Boston site:
Just in!
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in @ Simmons, Events, PLG Events, Scrapbook on April 1, 2011
Whether you missed it or loved it, you can watch it here!
Video footage from “Social Justice Librarianship: Experiences from The Field” is now up on our Scrapbook page!!
Social Justice Librarianship was a panel discussion held by Progressive Librarians Guild and the Special Libraries Association on March 1st, 2011 at Simmons College. Click here to read about the program & participants (link will bring you to PLG wiki).
Cheers!
Massachusetts Library Legislative Day
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in Boston area, Events on March 24, 2011
March 28th, 9am-3pm
State House, Boston
Support Massachusetts libraries and library funding by letting your legislators know that you believe in the importance of libraries!
Check out the Massachusetts Library Association for more info! Hope to see you there!
PLG @ Simmons to host the Boston Skillshare!
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in @ Simmons, Events, PLG Events on March 23, 2011
***BOSTON SKILLSHARE 2011!***
Sat & Sun, April 16-17th, 2011
10 am – 7 pm
at Simmons College (300 Fenway, Boston, MA)
$3-10 sliding scale donation
It’s finally here! From pilates to storytelling, carpentry to hula hooping, bike repair to home brewing…
Come find your newest and most useful skill yet at Boston Skillshare 2011!
The Boston Skillshare is an annual weekend event seeking to create a temporary space for sharing practical skills to live more happy, creative, and sustainable lives. We believe learning is plentiful, everywhere, and need not come with price tags or expert degrees. The $3-10 donation covers entrance to all workshops both days, materials, breakfast and lunch.
Sign up to facilitate a workshop or to volunteer at:
http://bostonskillshare.org
Workshop submission deadline is Wednesday, March 30th!
Chewing the Facts, flagship discussion session
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in @ Simmons, for Students, PLG Events on March 14, 2011
This Wednesday (March 16th) the PLG@Simmons is hosting a lunchtime discussion, affectionately known as “Chewing the Facts”, in the GSLIS Lounge from 12:30-2:00pm. We’ll be discussing two articles offering different perspectives on language and accessibility in a library setting. Bring your own lunch, or enjoy sandwiches provided by the PLG!
The articles we will be discussing are:
Quesada, T. (2007). Spanish spoken here: Eliminating Spanish-language undermines the validity of the public library. American Libraries, 38(10).
Stephens, J (2007). English spoken here. American Libraries, 38(10).
Full text version can be found through Library Lit.
See you Wednesday!
TODAY: Social Justice Librarianship
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in @ Simmons, PLG Events on March 1, 2011
Social Justice Librarianship: Experiences from the Field
An event sponsored by the Simmons College Chapters of:
The Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) and Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
6:30-8:30pm
Kotzen Meeting Room
Lefavour Hall
Simmons College
300 The Fenway, Boston
Please join us for a panel discussion on social justice librarianship. This discussion seeks to define progressive librarianship, explore how social justice values fit in the library, and highlight potential career paths. The panel will be moderated by Susie Husted, Boston Radical Reference & CUNY-Queens College MLS ’02, and will work within a format that incorporates story telling as well as audience participation.
We are fortunate to welcome the following panelists:
Clayton Cheever – Metro Boston Library Network Administrator; Boston Public Library
Project Manager; Massachusetts Library Association Youth Services Section Chair; Boston Workmen’s Circle
Heather McCann – Urban Studies & Planning and GIS Librarian, MIT Libraries; Boston Radical Reference Collective; Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Tom Blake – Digital Projects Manager, Boston Public Library
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.
For questions regarding the event, contact the PLG at Simmons College via email at
PLG@simmons.edu or through our website: http://plgatsimmons.wordpress.com/
A map of the Simmons College campus can be found here: http://www.simmons.edu/
undergraduate/visit/maps/
We hope to see you there!
FWD: Prison Book Program
Posted by plgatsimmonsgslis in Prison Book Program, Volunteer on March 1, 2011
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PBP is a winner of Better World Books first annual LEAP award! The $5000 award will fund GED study guides and dictionaries for 220 prisoners. The funding for the LEAP Awards is part of BWB’s mission and promise to fund literacy and education from the sale of each and every book. Other winners of the LEAP Awards include Room To Read, Books for Africa and Feed the Children.
After 126 years, the East Milton (MA) library has closed its doors and generously donated its unwanted books to PBP. While the closing of any library saddens us, we are glad to give the books a second life.
Winter is our busiest time at PBP. We have legions of volunteers lined up to fill requests from our overflowing bookshelves. The only thing that limits the number of prisoners we can help is the cost of postage.It costs an average of $4 to send a package of books to a person in prison. Approximately $3 of that is postage. Please consider a donation of any size to help us reach more people.
“While incarcerated I received books from your program. This helped me to pass the time while incarcerated and to later publish a book of my own(Songs Within My Heart). Today I work two jobs and presently stay involved within the fight for informing the public about harsh sentencing and the need to rethink prison as to the solution to crime. Making it to freedom was a hard fight, but I’m not really free while so many that are still behind bars suffer injustices. I hope one day to form something like a program geared towards assisting those that truly seek employment find jobs.”
Prison Book Program | 1306 Hancock Street #100 | Quincy | MA | 02169
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