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.
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.
Welcome Wednesday - December 2025
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) (EST)
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 membership@asist.org.
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.
2nd Annual ASIS&T President's Lecture
Thursday, December 11, 2025 (9:00 AM - 10:30 AM) (EST)
Information Behaviour as a Research Lens for Agility in Change Enablement, Transition and Flow – Workplace and Everyday Life
The lecture will position information behaviour as a transformative, future-oriented lens that expands the change and agility discourse. The intention is to encourage researchers and individuals in their own right to understand how people live through change, not just how organisations manage it. Ultimately, agility and change-enablement must honour human dignity, emotional well-being, and the rich complexity of how people live, learn and adapt. I invite Information Science researchers to position information behaviour not only as an explanatory framework, but as an active driver of human adaptability and innovation.
2025 Annual Meeting - Virtual Satellite
Thursday, December 11, 2025 9:00 AM - Friday, December 12, 2025 7:00 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.
Thursday, December 18, 2025 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM) (EST)
What, I have to create a budget?! Panelists will provide an introduction to the basics of creating a budget. It is meant for new librarians and info pros as well as experienced professionals who find themselves in charge of budgeting. Understand the basics of creating a budget, data needed for a budget and politics behind budgets.
ASIS&T webinar registrants will receive a link to the webinar recording after the event. All past ASIS&T webinar recordings can also be found in the Past ASIS&T Webinars community in iConnect.