TOR Foundations

From the time you first stop into a GSLIS classroom, you will be building a toolkit that you will use for the rest of your academic and professional careers. The Beatley Library Staff at Simmons College is offering you a great opportunity to get a jump start on your own toolkit.

Please join us in South Hadley on Sunday, September 19 for a series of workshops covering the basic skills you will need to get the most out of the resources of the Simmons Library. If you cannot join us on September 19 or if you need some extra help before the TOR is due on October 8, the Dean's Fellow for GSLIS West will be in South Hadley again on October 2 for one-on-one help.

What to bring: Your laptop (if you have one) and plenty of ideas for you wiki and webpage!

Schedule for the day:

9:30-10:00 Meet & Greet:

10:00-10:45 OPAC & Beyond: In this session, we'll take an in-depth look at the OPAC (online public access catalog) and the tricks to finding the information and resources that you need using this tool.

11:00-12:00 Who is LISA, Anyway?: In this session, we'll take a close look at how to navigate three of the library databases: LISA, LISTA, and Library Literature.

12:00-1:00 Break for lunch

1:00-2:30 Basic HTML for the TOR: This session will be a hands-on workshop discussing the HTML needed to complete the Technology Orientation Requirement.

2:45-3:30 Wicked Wikis: This will be another hands-on session, this time taking a look at the basics of Wikis.

3:30-4:00 Questions & Evaluation

Take a look at the event flyer.