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SIG News, September 2025

NEW SIG Election Winners!

Here are the winners for the SIG elections we have ran so far:

SIG-AI Chair-Elect: Yuan Li

SIG-AVC Chair-Elect: Md Liton Ali

SIG-CMR Chair-Elect: Ana Lúcia Terra

SIG-EduLearn Chair-Elect: Md Emdadadul Islam

SIG-HFIS Chair-Elect: Jenny Bossaler

SIG-HLTH Chair-Elect: Megan Threats

SIG-MET Chair: Houqiang Yu

SIG-MET Chair-Elect: Lesego Makhafola

SIG-SI Chair-Elect: Amara Malik

SIG-USE Chair-Elect: Niloofar Solhjoo

SIG-AI & SIG-AVC Collaboration

Webinar: The Public Voice on Generative AI: Perceptions of Its Impact on GLAM Institutions

Thursday, December 4, 2025 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) (EST)

Generative AI (GenAI) has rapidly gained popularity in recent years, making its way into various service areas, including galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM). Alongside its adoption, public conversations on social media reflect both excitement about its possibilities and concern about its risks. This webinar will present our study, which explores how the public perceives the impact of GenAI on GLAM institutions through an analysis of discussions on X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit from November 2022 to August 2025. Using topic modeling and sentiment analysis, we identify major themes, track how discussions have evolved over time, and uncover relationships among topics, sentiments, and social connections. Our findings highlight both the opportunities and challenges of GenAI in GLAM contexts, and underscore the importance of preparing future professionals through education and training in Schools of Library and Information Science (SLIS). We aim to inspire further research, critical dialogue, and intentional strategies for integrating GenAI in cultural and information institutions.

SIG-HLTH: Call for Submissions due TODAY - Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper & Poster Awards

SIG-HLTH, ASIS&T's Special Interest Group on Health Informatics, is pleased to open submissions for the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Long Paper Award, the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Short Paper Award, and the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Poster Award. We define health broadly to encompass research related to health information behavior, health informatics, health information systems, etc.  More info here.

LENS - New Interest Group! 

While LENS (Libraries, Environment & Sustainability) is not an official SIG at this time, we feel it is worth highlighting as a great example of how to start a new SIG.  Mohammad Haris is passionate about this topic and is working through the steps to get it approved as a SIG.

LENS will be discussing themes such as green libraries, SDGs, AI & sustainability, Green Information Literacy, Green AI, policy advocacy.  Help them get off the ground by joining them in the iConnect community!

SIG-SM: Social Media Research Competition at ASIS&T 2025

SIG-SM's Social Media Research Competition recognizes three high-quality long and short papers in a peer-reviewed journal or conference (e.g., ASIST, iConference, CSCW, CHI) on a topic informed by social media during the current and previous year (e.g., 2024 and 2025 for the 2025 award).

Out of the top-3 papers, the committee of social media experts selects three papers for the winner ($200), runner-up ($100), and honorable mention ($50).  More information & requirements here.

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