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  1. Student in the stacks
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Library and Information Science Alum Appointed to Association of Research Libraries

    SLIS alum Marcel LaFlamme ’08MS has been appointed Director of Research Policy and Scholarship of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

  2. A row of books in the Simmons University library
    Student Story

    Simmons Students Receive American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship

    Five students in Simmons School of Library and Information Science were selected among the American Library Association’s 2024-2025 Spectrum Scholars.

  3. Three shelves full of books in the Simmons University library
    Student Story

    SLIS Student and Alumni Win Law Library Internship

    School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) alum Mary Hogan l’85MS and SLIS student Hannah Gershone have been selected for the Summer 2024 Creative Digital Projects Internship at the Law Library of Congress.

  4. Archivist Derek Mosley
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS Alumni Appointed President-Elect of Society of American Archivists

    This month, Derek Mosley ’11MS was elected Vice President/President-Elect of the Society of American Archivists (SAA). His term as vice president will begin this August; his term as SAA’s 80th president will begin next year. Mosley has been featured in...

  5. Morgan Library and Museum, New York. Photograph by Mike Peel, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Creative Commons.
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Library and Information Science Alumnus Named Curator of Morgan Library and Museum

    The Morgan Library and Museum in New York City recently announced three new curatorial appointments. Among them, Dale Stinchcomb ’16MS has been named the Drue Heinz Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

  6. Megan Phifer-Davis ’18MS and Derek Mosley ’11MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    SLIS alumni named Movers & Shakers by Library Journal

    Simmons School of Library and Information Science alumni Megan Phifer-Davis ’18MS and Derek Mosley ’11MS have been selected by Library Journal for the 2024 Movers & Shakers.

  7. Anna Kelly ’23MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Protecting the Freedom to Read: Anna Kelly ’23MS Reflects on the Importance of Indigenous Perspectives in Literature

    “As an Indigenous woman, it is hard for me to not take personally the challenging and banning of books by Indigenous authors and about the Indigenous experience,” says Anna Kelly ’23MS an enrolled member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe.

  8. Jason Homer ’11MS, ’26PhD, Executive Director of the Worcester Library
    Student Story

    Simmons School of Library and Information Science Student Empowers LGBTQIA+ Community

    Jason Homer ’11MS, ’26PhD, Executive Director of the Worcester Library, works with his community to promote inclusivity, challenge pre-existing assumptions, and empower library patrons. Homer spoke with MassLive about his journey.

  9. Molly Riportella holding a book amoung shelves of library books
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Molly Riportella ’12MS is helping victims of domestic violence

    Molly Riportella ’12MS, a librarian in Westwood, Massachusetts, found a way to discreetly supply resources to people in violent relationships.

  10. Three shelves full of books in the Simmons University library
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Protecting the Freedom to Read: Sadina Shawver ’17MS on Book Sanctuaries, Handling Criticism, and Rising to the Challenge

    Sadina Shawver ’17MS is Assistant Branch Manager in Youth Services at the Harris County Public Library in Texas, which was designated a book sanctuary in September of 2023. Shawver shares how she handles challenges to library materials, and protects the freedom to read.