Lydia Middleton, Author at Association for Information Science and Technology

ASIS&T Statement on Injustice and Standing with George Floyd

ASIS&T Statement on Injustice and Standing with George Floyd On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis, at the hands of police brutality and, as a community, ASIS&T grieves with his family and so many other families who have suffered as a consequence of racism and injustice. We stand in…

Draft Strategic Plan – Member Input Requested

Draft Strategic Plan – Member Input Requested Download Strategic Plan as PDF Executive Summary This document outlines and describes the strategic plan for the Association of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) for the years 2020 to 2025. Development of the plan was led by a Strategic Planning Task Force formed shortly after the Annual Meeting…

2020 Board Elections

2020 Board Elections In accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, each Professional, Retired, Student and Institutional Member shall be entitled to one vote on the Board of Directors Ballot. Should you prefer to vote by mail, please send an email to lmiddleton@asist.org to request a paper ballot. Paper ballots must be returned to the ASIS&T office not…

Naresh Agarwal

Naresh Agarwal Candidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Naresh Agarwal is an Associate Professor and Director of the Information Science & Technology Concentration at the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University, Boston. He earned his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore (NUS)’s Department of Information Systems, School of Computing. Naresh’s research area…

Heidi Julien

Heidi Julien Candidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Heidi Julien has been a proud and engaged ASIS&T member since 1994, when she joined as a doctoral student. Since then, she has served in multiple roles in the organization, including membership on the Award of Merit Jury, the ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award Jury, SIGUSE Award Juries, the…

Joan Bartlett

Joan Bartlett Candidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Position Statement Expand Return to Election Homepage

Dan Wu

Dan Wu Candidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dan Wu is a Full Professor of the School of Information Management, Wuhan University, China. She is the Director of the Human-Computer Interaction and User Behavior Center, and the Deputy Director of the Planning Office for Development and Discipline Construction at Wuhan University. She earned her Ph.D.…

2020 ASIS&T Constitution and Bylaws Amendments

2020 ASIS&T Constitution and Bylaws Amendments In early 2020 the ASIS&T Governance Committee was tasked with reviewing the ASIS&T Constitution & Bylaws and proposing amendments that would address to concerns. The first concern was that the Chapter Assembly Director and SIG Cabinet Director were each elected by their respective bodies yet held seats on the…

From your Executive Director

From your Executive Director Return to Inside ASIS&T, April 2020

April 2020 Governance Update

April 2020 Governance Update FEBRUARY, 2020 The Board of Directors met on February 19, 2020 via video conference. In attendance were Clara Chu (President-Elect); Brian Detlor (President-Elect); Elaine Toms (Past President); Ina Fourie (Treasurer); Emily Knox; Agnes Mainka; Soo Young Rieh; Ana Maria Tammaro; Jim Andrews (SIG Cabinet Director); Michael Olsson (Chapter Cabinet Director); Lydia…