Upcoming Webinars and Events
ASIS&T Webinars, your source for online live and on-demand content created by the Association for Information Science & Technology, are free to ASIS&T members. Our webinars connect you with experts and global thought leaders in information science, management, and business on relevant professional issues.
SIG III and SIG-EduLearn - Fireside Chat - Humans of the Library: Engage and Explore
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM) (EDT)
Presenter: Dr. Naresh Agarwal
"Humans of the Library: Engage and Explore" is an interactive, in-conversation series that delves into the personal and professional journeys of leading figures in Information Science. Hosted by the ASIS&T Special Interest Groups SIG-III (International Information Issues) and SIG-EduLearn (Education for Information Science Learning), this event is part of an ongoing series that highlights influential voices and stories within the Information Science community.
This session will feature a fireside chat with Dr. Naresh Agarwal, offering attendees a chance to explore his career path, the challenges he has faced, and the strategies that have shaped his success. The conversation will also touch on his interests beyond academia—his hobbies, passions, and personal pursuits—providing a well-rounded view of life in the field of Information Science.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (6:00 PM - 7:00 PM) (EDT)
Come learn about ASIS&T and how to access your many benefits and services. If you are not yet a member of ASIS&T and wish to learn more about the organization, please contact info@asist.org.
Webinar: Granting Journeys: Applying for Funding with Canada’s Tri-Council Agencies
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM) (EDT)
Are you interested in applying for grants from Canada’s Tri-Council research funding agencies? Are you unsure which agency is the best fit for your research? Does your research sit at the intersection of different disciplines? The Canadian Chapter of ASIS&T is hosting a webinar to introduce participants to the Canadian Tri-council research funding agencies: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). We will outline considerations for applying to each of the funding agencies, discuss different funding opportunities for each, and provide examples of successful applications. Panelists will discuss their experiences applying for and managing Tri-Council funds. The panel will feature break out sessions for each of the three funding agencies to enable participants to ask questions and discuss specific funding opportunities. This webinar is for everyone. Early career scholars will benefit from learning more about selecting funding opportunities and grant writing; experienced scholars are welcome to join and share their expertise. If you are unsure if you are eligible to apply for a Tri-Council research grant, please see the eligibility requirements for the three funding agencies here.
Europe Chapter: Information Science Trends (IST) 2025: Creativity, Transformation, Empowerment
Thursday, June 12, 2025 (5:00 AM - 11:00 AM) (EDT)
The European Chapter (EC) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) seeks participation in this year’s IST conference on Creativity, Transformation, and Empowerment in Information Science. The conference will be held in Manchester, UK, and presentations will also be viewable on Zoom.
The event is part of the series on Information Science Trends (IST). The events focus on current research topics, including invited speakers from research and industry. Our first event in Hamburg (April, 2019) focused on the topic Search Engines and Information Retrieval. Our second, online, event focused on Health Information Behaviour (June, 2020) and our third on Information Science Research During COVID-19 and Post-Pandemic Opportunities (June, 2021), and our fourth on Untold Stories (June, 2022). Our fifth event was hybrid and focused on Information Science Perspectives on Documenting Processes and Practices (June, 2023), whereas the sixth was online and explored Living Online and Offline in Darkness and Light (July, 2024). The IST conferences have been awarded the ASIS&T Chapter Event of the Year multiple times. Our events provide an opportunity to network and share ideas and interests from the different fields of information science and related disciplines.
Read more here.
Thursday, June 12, 2025 (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM) (EDT)
Scholarly publishing remains dominated by institutions and practices that often marginalize voices from developing regions. This webinar, organized by ASIS&T South Asia Chapter, will bring together academicians and researchers from South Asia to discuss structural changes needed to ensure equitable knowledge dissemination. Experts from academia, practitioners, and policymakers will explore challenges, opportunities, and actionable solutions for enhancing representation and access in scholarly publishing.
Webinar: Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces
Thursday, June 19, 2025 (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM) (EDT)
This webinar, Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces, will feature Rhys Dreeszen Bowman and Leah Dudak, co-authors of Cripping Conferences: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Disability in Academia. Drawing from their personal and scholarly insights as disabled scholars, they will critically examine how academic conferences often fail to meet accessibility needs and how these experiences illuminate broader inclusion issues within academia. Attendees will learn about the nuanced challenges disabled academics face in conference spaces and engage in a dialogue around actionable strategies to make conference participation more equitable. This session supports SIG-HLTH’s ongoing advocacy for hybrid access and aligns with broader ASIS&T initiatives to foster inclusion.
Webinar: To Know Is to Compare: Studying Social Media across Nations, Media, and Platforms
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM) (EDT)
Social media research has often been limited by siloed approaches that focus on single countries, single media, or single platforms. In To Know Is to Compare: Studying Social Media across Nations, Media, and Platforms, Mora Matassi and Pablo J. Boczkowski propose a novel epistemological framework that expands the way we study and understand social media. Drawing on real-life cases, they explore how comparison across nations, media, and platforms—alongside historical and linguistic dimensions—can provide a global, de-westernized, transmedia, and multiplatform perspective on social media. In this webinar, the authors will discuss the importance of holding comparative epistemologies, illustrating their approach with concrete examples that connect multiple media forms, diverse platforms, and cultural contexts. They will also outline key opportunities brought by comparative epistemologies when it comes to dealing with the continued fragmentation of the field of media and communication.
Webinar: Data Cartels: The Companies that Control and Monopolize Our Information
Thursday, July 10, 2025 (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM) (EDT)
In her book, Sarah Lamdan explains how information companies have coalesced to form sprawling data analytics and “business solutions” enterprises that act as data brokers, personal risk assessment services, and surveillance services for the government and other institutions that make decisions about our lives. Lamdan contends that privatization and tech exceptionalism have prevented us from creating effective legal regulation. This in turn has allowed oversized information oligopolies to coalesce. In addition to specific legal and market-based solutions, Lamdan calls for treating information like a public good and creating digital infrastructure that supports our democratic ideals.
Webinar: Lived Experience Centered AI in Mental Health
Thursday, July 24, 2025 (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM) (EDT)
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential in mental health, offering solutions to critical challenges such as resource scarcity and lack of awareness. However, the rapid advancements and hype surrounding AI often marginalize the voices of those most impacted—people with lived experiences of mental health concerns. This talk examines how individuals with lived experience perceive mental health AI technologies and explores how to design solutions centered around their values and needs. First, I studied a federally funded mental health AI research project, examining how individuals with lived experiences were treated primarily as data contributors rather than as research partners. Building on these insights, I explore how meaningful collaborations with these individuals can inform the design of a schizophrenia relapse management tool. I also investigate the potential of large language models (LLMs) in supporting self-management of depression, focusing on the unique perspectives and priorities of those with lived experience. By centering these voices, this work highlights the need for inclusive innovation and reimagines the role of AI in the future of mental health.
IDEA Institute 2025 - Virtual Certificate Course on AI
Monday, August 25, 2025 9:00 AM - Friday, August 29, 2025 5:00 AM (EDT)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disruptive but transformative technology that can bring value to libraries by enabling increased library use, optimizing collection analysis, and enhancing the user experience. Library and information professionals must keep abreast of advances in AI technologies in order to provide innovative and value-added services, access, and collection development. Issues about inequality, discrimination, data privacy, and bias, combined with the costs and evolving nature of AI, influence the adoption of AI in academic, research, and other libraries and information environments.
October 22, 2025 - October 25, 2025
DCMI 2025, the twenty-third International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, will bring together experts, researchers, and practitioners to explore the theme 'Meta(data) at the Core: Bridging Human Knowledge and AI Innovation'. This premier event in the metadata community focuses on advancing our understanding of metadata's crucial role in connecting human knowledge systems with emerging AI technologies. The conference will be hosted at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media, of the University of Barcelona, Spain, from Wednesday, October 22 to Saturday, October 25, 2025. Two important collocated events precede the main conference: The Document Society Conference (Sunday, October 19 - Monday, October 20) The Open Metadata Clinic (Tuesday, October 21)
November 14, 2025 - November 18, 2025
Hyatt Regency Crystal City - Arlington, VA
Information scientists and practitioners have critical roles to play in “leading reflection, debate, and respectful balance” as we consider the global future of AI. Information science should play a greater role in creating policy, theories of ethical information use, and insightful models of information use that can be part of a better solution for Human-AI interaction in these turbulent and complex times.
2025 Annual Meeting - Virtual Satellite
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 8:00 AM - Thursday, December 11, 2025 2:00 PM (EST)
Information scientists and practitioners have critical roles to play in “leading reflection, debate, and respectful balance” as we consider the global future of AI. Information science should play a greater role in creating policy, theories of ethical information use, and insightful models of information use that can be part of a better solution for Human-AI interaction in these turbulent and complex times.
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