John Quincy Adams Tweets
According to GSLIS Alum Jeremy Dibbell, a mystery GSLIS
student who recently visited the Massachusetts Historical Society
suggested "tweeting" the journal entries of John Quincy Adams
on Twitter. Starting in August, Dibbell created Adams' own Twitter account. The short, direct sentences from
Adams' early entries work well within the Twitter 140-character
limit, giving us a glimpse into his life. To follow the tweets, visit
http://twitter.com/JQAdams_MHS.
(See The Boston Globe article at:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2009/07/
john_quincy_adams.html).
New Simmons GSLIS Website
The new Simmons GSLIS website, www.simmons.edu/gslis,
went live in May. A 17-member team of students, staff, and
faculty came together to create the information architecture (IA)
of the site, based on feedback from students, staff, faculty, and
prospective students about how the site should work. Members
of the group also researched the websites of other graduate
schools to determine what worked effectively and what did not.
The result is a website that is visually stimulating, full of
enticing information for prospective students, and user-friendly
for our current students, staff, and faculty.
Please give us your feedback by filling out our survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=p_2biHdIAtgYW7x0vaNz_2bCYg_3d_3d.
