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  1. Shelves full of books in a rural library
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS West Director on Funding Cuts in Rural Libraries

    Director of the Simmons School of Library and Information Science SLIS West program Eric Poulin published an editorial in The Shoestring warning that funding cuts to social services will result in a lack of access to electronic resources that will disproportionately hurt small, rural communities and their schools.

  2. An aerial view of Greenfield Community College
    Announcement

    Simmons University Brings Graduate Program to Greenfield Community College

    Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has relocated the SLIS West program — a part-time master of science in Library and Information Science degree program in Western Massachusetts — from Mount Holyoke College to the campus of Greenfield Community College (GCC), as of Fall 2024.

  3. Assistant Professor Eric Poulin's great-grandfather Lester "Buster" Brown, bartending at Luchessi's Cafe in the 1940s.
    Faculty Spotlight

    Discovering the History of the “Classic Neighborhood Corner Bar” with Assistant Professor Eric Poulin

    After working at a neighborhood bar for nearly 20 years, Assistant Professor Eric Poulin is combining his current professional work with local barroom culture. In his latest research project, Poulin gives voice to the history made in these integral spaces.