Information Science Student Association
The School of Information Management Alumni Association would like to welcome this year’s incoming students! All current and past SIM students/faculty are welcome to attend.
The reception will take place on Wednesday, October 8, from 5:30 in Rowe 2068. Light refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to sim@dal.ca by October 1.
Quinn Dupont will be presenting a free lecture on Thursday, October 2, from 1:30 – 2:30, in Rowe 1014. The PhD student from the University of Toronto studies the intersections of code, new media, philosophy, and history, with particular attention to the role of cryptography in contemporary life. Using the approaches and methodologies of critical code studies, software studies, digital humanities, and new media studies, Quinn has published on a wide range of issues.
Thursday’s talk focuses on Bitcoin and its derivatives. Collectively known as “cryptocurrencies”, these powerful technologies rely on encrypted code systems. Since the 1990’s, cypherpunks have lauded the development of cryptography as a guard against snooping and overreaching governments. Activist organizations such as Wikileaks have benefited from unstoppable, uncrackable, and decentralized funding through Bitcoin.
For more information on this and other upcoming lectures, please visit the IM Public Lecture Series website.
SIMSA is pleased to welcome our new Executive Officers!
Hannah grew up in the Annapolis Valley, frolicking in apple orchards and rock hunting on the coast. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, then acquired her Bachelor of Education at St. Thomas University. She spent the next 2 years working in recruitment for UNB and as an autism support worker. She is very happy to be back in school and in NS, close to her family, the ocean, and academia. She has too many hobbies/interests to actually excel at any of them, but among them are fitness, music, Netflix, vodka, and food. Given that her interests are so broad, please strike up a conversation – you’ll probably have something in common!
Tam Proulx is an outgoing year MLIS student from Ontario. She holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Toronto. When it comes to libraries, she is interested in censorship, special collections, cataloging and reader’s advisory. Outside of libraries, she is very fond of hanging out with friends, tea, music and food. She looks forward to representing her fellow outgoing years and working closely with SIMSA.
Jenna hails from Fredericton, NB, where she grew up and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from St. Thomas University. She spends her free time reading books of all kinds and scribbling poems on whatever bits of paper are within reach. She enjoys spending lots and lots of time outside, even if that just means reading on a bench somewhere. She is always down for a game of Settlers of Catan.
Finding Resources with Dalhousie’s Library Catalogue and Databases is an Academic Support session presented by Information Management subject specialist Lindsay MacNiff. There are two sessions to choose from: one at 1:00 and one at 2:30. Both will take place in Rowe 4001.
This Academic Support session is highly recommended. It will continue from the introductory demonstration provided during Orientation, offering a more hands-on introduction to some of the resources you will be using as an MLIS student. You will learn how to:
You will also have time to ask questions about any difficulties you have had so far with the libraries’ resources.
Little Libraries are popping up around Halifax, thanks to a grassroots group of SIM students and community volunteers calling themselves FYI Halifax. The group began informally through discussions of how libraries and information professionals can be agents of social change, both locally and globally.
Little Free Libraries are an international movement. Neighborhood book exchanges are built and installed by and for communities.
Ideally, they can be art pieces that promote neighborhood pride, and the exchange of books can encourage connections among neighbors.
The first Little Library in Halifax was installed during Open Street Sunday at the Open Mic House (2539 Agricola Street).
If you are interested in getting involved with the Little Libraries project, you can find FYI on Facebook , follow @FYIHalifax or e-mail fyihalifax@gmail.com.
Need a little help learning to code your multi-page website in HTML and CSS?
National Learn to Code Day: Intro to HTML & CSS Building a Multi-Page Website is happening on Saturday, September 27 from 10:00 – 4:00.
Tickets are $50 for this 6-hour crash course. Register here!