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  1. Tomb effigy for Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204) at Fontrevaud Abbey, France. Wikimedia Commons.

    Graduate student Diana Myers is pursuing a Master’s in Library Science and Information Science with a concentration in Archives Management. She plans to combine her archival experience with her research on medieval Europe to facilitate the public’s access to rare, premodern materials.

  2. A row of books in the Simmons University library

    When Stacie Parillo ’11MS was unhappy with her career, she began investigating her childhood dream of being a librarian. Now she is the Director of the Naval Historical Collection Archives at the U.S. Naval War College.

  3. Emily Pastore Galgano with an Alaskan mountain in the background

    Emily Pastore Galgano ’18MS moved to Juneau, Alaska for the role of Archives and Collections Director at Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI). In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Galgano shares what she has learned from the Indigenous culture she helps to preserve.

  4. Archivist Derek Mosley

    Derek Mosley '11MS has received the highest honor bestowed by the Society of American Archivists. Mosley will be inducted as a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) during an awards ceremony at Archives * Records 2023 in Washington...

  5. Photo of Alum Brooke Lake

    Brooke Lake founded Monocurate , a personal archiving company, in 2021. We checked in with Lake about the company, what kind of materials they preserve, and how she created this unique archival niche business. What led you to Simmons School...

  6. Headshot of Anna Kijas by Gerry Szymanski

    Living in a war-torn country poses acute danger to civilians. In addition, an invasion places architectural sites, art objects, and archives under threat of being looted or destroyed. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, SLIS alumna Anna Kijas...

  7. Molly Foye ’23MS poses with sheep outdoors at a farm

    SLIS graduate student Molly Foye developed an interest in material culture during her undergraduate education. Currently, Foye holds a position on a farm in New Hampshire that enables her to expand the possibilities of archival work and librarianship. Why did...

  8. Joy Rodowicz ’14MS

    My title is Digital Assets and Records Manager at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which is a fire and life safety organization that has been around for 125 years.

  9. Headshot of Brittany Contratto ’19MS

    "Throughout my childhood, I loved history and natural history. I visited museums with my dad, and my mom was a high school science teacher," says Brittany Contratto ’19MS, Senior Archivist at the Museum of Science, Boston. "My goal was to...

  10. Rae Enzie, student in the archives management degree program

    For their fellowship, Rae collected information on the authors and presenters of the 2021 National Book Festival. We caught up with Rae about what they learned from this experience and their passion for the preservation of digital records.