The GSLIS Alumni Executive Board cordially invites you to attend the Annual Career Panel on Sunday March 27, 2011. 

In addition to the panel, this is a great chance to mingle with current and former GSLIS West students. 

Following the Career Panel, we will host a resume/cover letter workshop in the GSLIS West Admin Office, from 3 - 4:30pm.  Whether or not you attend the Alumni program, you can participate in the resume workshop. Bring a copy of your resume and a sample of your cover letter to the workshop for constructive (and supportive) critique.
 

Location: 

Willits-Hallowell Conference Center
The Executive Board Room
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 01075 
 

Agenda:

1 - 1:15 p.m. -- Welcome & Introductions

1:15 - 2:15 p.m. -- Panel Discussion & Q&A

2:15 - 2:45 p.m. -- Reception

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. -- Resume and Cover Letter Workshop @ GSLIS West Office

Directions:

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/about/directions.html

Campus Map:

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/about/docs/about/campus_map_small.pdf

Panel:

Academic Libraries

Laura Robinson Hanlan, Research & Instruction Librarian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Laura has held several positions at Gordon Library since 2005 and currently oversees undergraduate research education.  She serves as Library Liaison to the Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mathematical Sciences and Mechanical Engineering departments and is the personal librarian to WPI students studying in Melbourne, Australia and Venice, Italy. Prior to coming to WPI, Laura served as Reference & Instructional Services Librarian at Nichols College.  She received her MS from Simmons GSLIS in 2002.

Archives

Meghan Petersen, Librarian and Archivist for the Currier Museum of Art Library in Manchester, NH.

Meghan has been working in libraries and archives for over 9 years most recently as Librarian/Archivist at Historic New England in Boston, MA and Assistant Archivist of Technical Services at the American Institute of Physics in College Park, MD.   Meghan also serves as the list coordinator of the Archives and Archivists List-serv administered by the Society of American Archivists and is the current Secretary of the Simmons GSLIS Alumni Board.   She received her B.A. in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts in 2005, a Master’s Certificate in Medieval Latin from the University of Toronto, and her M.L.I.S. with an archives concentration from Simmons in 2007.  Meghan spends her free time chasing after her two kids and attempting to bake bread. 

Public Libraries

Amanda Chiplock, Director, Watervliet (NY) Public Library

Amanda is a graduate of GSLIS West '08 and has been Director since June, 2009. Her library is about 5 minutes from Albany.  Although it is a mid-sized suburban public library serving 2 counties, there is a very small budget and small staff. Which means that Amanda gets to do a lot of everything including: reference, circulation, cataloging, adult services, youth services, marketing & community outreach, programming, IT, grant writing, and daily operations.  She says she's never bored!