Category: Events
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2025 FLO Information Literacy Symposium
Earlier this month on May 8, FLO hosted its annual Information Literacy Symposium at Emerson College. This year’s theme was “In the Face of Adversity,” centered around the topics of promoting library activism, combating mis/disinformation, building diverse and inclusive collections and library spaces, supporting community outreach and faculty engagement, and more. Keynote speakers Vivienne Piroli and Laura Saunders of Simmons…
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FLO Annual Meeting at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
On November 7, FLO hosted the Annual Meeting at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. The day started with a warm welcome and year-in-review by Hee Jung Lee (MFA Library Director) and Joe Sikowitz (FLO Executive Director). Kristi Mukk, User Support Coordinator at the Harvard Library Innovation Lab gave the keynote presentation on “Librarianship of…
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FLO Information Literacy and AI Workshop
On May 3rd, FLO hosted the annual Information Literacy meeting at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. This year’s topic was Information Literacy and Artificial Intelligence. Keynote speaker Jessica Condlin of Lesley University presented about generative AI and Large Language Models, exploring bias awareness, misinformation, and the many opportunities and challenges that these emerging…
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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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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 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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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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Wheelock Goodbye Reception
Today a casual going-away reception was held for the Wheelock library staff in the Fenway Room at Emmanuel College. The Wheelock College library joined FLO as one of the original seven founding libraries in 1987 and its staff have been valued members of the consortium since. During the reception, attendees spoke of how the Wheelock library was…