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  1. Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Lecturer Researches Women Who Collected Medieval Art

    In a talk she delivered at the 2024 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, School of Library and Information Science faculty member Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis discussed the history of women creating, reading, and owning medieval European manuscripts. To honor Women’s History Month 2025, we spoke with her about this research and its connection to her Simmons courses.

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    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Adjunct Interviewed in The Atlantic as a “prominent medievalist”

    School of Library and Information Science Adjunct Lisa Fagin Davis was interviewed in The Atlantic for her work interpreting the 500-year-old Voynich Manuscript.

  3. Tomb effigy for Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204) at Fontrevaud Abbey, France. Wikimedia Commons.
    Student Story

    Diana Myers ’24MS Aspires to Increase Access to Medieval Archives

    Graduate student Diana Myers is pursuing a Master’s in Library Science and Information Science with a concentration in Archives Management. She plans to combine her archival experience with her research on medieval Europe to facilitate the public’s access to rare, premodern materials.

  4. Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis
    Faculty Spotlight

    SLIS Lecturer Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis Discusses the Value of Medieval Manuscripts and Fragments

    Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis, who teaches for SLIS, is passionate about medieval manuscripts. She directs the Medieval Academy of America and was recently featured on the Medievalists.net Podcast. Here Davis shares with us how a study of medieval artifacts can help train future librarians.