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FLO Annual Meeting at Simmons University
On November 2nd, members of the FLO Community gathered at Simmons University for the FLO 2023 Annual Meeting. The first annual meeting held after four years, an interruption largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the day included updates from the FLO Board of Directors, a keynote address by Elliott of UMass Boston, lightning talks about projects at…
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FLO Annual Picnic
On Wednesday, October 11th, staff from FLO libraries gathered to share some ice cream and connect with colleagues at Evans Way Park for the FLO Annual Picnic. After our first date for the picnic in September was rained out, we were treated to beautiful weather and colorful leaves this time. We look forward to seeing…
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FLO Hosts 2023 Information Literacy and Online Learning Symposium
On May 3rd, FLO hosted the 2023 Information Literacy and Online Learning Symposium at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Traditionally, FLO has hosted an information literacy event each year, and this event marked the return of the tradition since 2019. At Wentworth, library staff from the FLO community and beyond gathered in Watson Hall to learn…
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FLO Publishes New Accessibility Toolkit for Evaluating Websites
The FLO Accessibility working group produced the FLO Accessibility Toolkit earlier this year as a tool for evaluating website accessibility. Available on the FLO website under Resources, the LibGuide offers key resources for the FLO community related to accessibility requirements, best practices, and tools for digital access and website evaluation. We welcome our member institutions to use the toolkit in their…
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Annual FLO Picnic
On Wednesday, August 17th, the FLO annual picnic made its long-awaited, post-pandemic return! Library staff from the FLO community gathered on the terrace of the Douglas D. Schumann library at WIT for watermelon and ice cream. Attendees brought their own lunch and enjoyed reconnecting with their colleagues in-person after spending so much time on Zoom.…
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FLO Anti-Racism Statement
The Fenway Library Organization is in solidarity with all libraries and protesters condemning the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. We condemn systemic racism in all forms and in particular police violence against black and brown people and their mistreatment within the criminal justice system. We acknowledge that libraries…
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FLO Commits to Changing the Subject
One week ago today, FLO attended a Simmons University hosted screening of the documentary “Change the Subject.” The film tells the story of a group of students at Dartmouth College, whose singular effort at confronting anti-immigrant sentiment in their library catalog took them all the way from Baker-Berry Library to the halls of Congress. The screening was…
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Full FLO Members Gain Access to Preservica
After much deliberation with our members over the pros and cons of different software, the Fenway Library Organization selected Preservica’s Cloud Edition for consortia to preserve and safeguard content for our members. They needed a way to preserve, store, and provide access to important digital objects such as archival materials, special collections, theses and dissertations, institutional materials (such…
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Annual FLO Picnic – 2019
On Wednesday, August 21st, FLO’s Annual, Members’ picnic was held at Simmons University’s Lefavour hall, rooftop patio. All members were invited to bring their own lunch and spend some time casually chatting with their colleagues. It was a perfect, sunny day and we had enough attendance to fill out the whole space. Cake was served to…
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Simmons University Library becomes Full Member of FLO
At the FLO Board of Directors meeting on June 27, 2019, Simmons University Library was approved as a full member of FLO. Vivienne Piroli, Library Director at Simmons comments: The Simmons University Library is delighted to formally partner with the dynamic and collaborative members of the Fenway Library Organization. We look forward to working with…