Laura Kiely
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Hello! My name is Laura Kiely and I’m in my second year of the master’s program here at SLIS. I moved from Iowa to Boston to study library science and archives management, a move inspired both by the school itself and by my desire to uproot my life and try living somewhere new. I grew up and went to school in Iowa, so living in Boston is a brave new world for me! I will be writing about my classes, the process of moving to Boston, and the variety of jobs I have found here to support myself in my day to day life. I may also toss in a book recommendation or two—I am a librarian, after all!
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My first and second semesters here at Simmons were dedicated largely to completing the required courses here at Simmons. I am attending Simmons full-time, meaning I am taking three classes per semester each Fall and Spring. There are three courses that everyone here at SLIS are required to take: 407, 415, and 488. In the archives concentration, there is a similarly prescriptive set of three classes, but these are to be taken in sequence: 438, 440, and 442. My first semester here at Simmons I took 407, 415, and 438, which I think was the best introductory set of classes for the archives concentration. For more context, I am taking classes in-person in Boston, so some of my class selections have been made based on course availability, as I find I learn best in person, but this selection of first semester classes would be equally effective online. LIS-407 is truly the most introductory class to the concept of libraries and library science, so I find it is most valuable in your first semester. The three…
