The Special Interest Group in International Information Issues
Founded in 1982, the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG/III) is an interest group focusing on international information issues — in other words the global flow of information, and how people from different countries and cultural backgrounds think about and use information differently. The SIG applies the Mission and Vision of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T, our parent organization) to an international context — you can find the SIG's mission and goals here. In furthering these goals, the SIG has fostered a diverse community of scholars around the world examining different aspects of global information access and use.
The links in the left sidebar offer a flavor of the different activities in which we engage. In particular we hold the International Paper Contest to encourage scholarship in the field of information science from the developing world, and also maintain the InfoShare program to offer ASIS&T memberships to scholars from the developing world who would not otherwise be able to afford membership. We also maintain the SIG/III Blog as a means of disseminating news and ideas about international information and about the SIG and of communicating with each other, and we publish the SIG/III Newsletter as the formal record of the interest group.
We encourage you to join us! We would love to have your thoughts on international information, and encourage you to read the following message to prospective members if you would like to join.
Aaron Bowen
Chair, SIG/III
April, 2009
