Posts by Lydia Middleton
iFederation@ASIST 2023
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Read MoreFrom Your Executive Director, September 2023
From Your Executive Director, September 2023 Greetings! As I write this we are just five weeks out from the 86th ASIS&T Annual Meeting. This interest in this year’s meeting has surprised all of us. While we knew that there would be pent-up demand for face-to-face meeting opportunities this year, and we were fairly sure that…
Read More2023 Board Election Results
2023 Board Election Results The 2023 Board Elections closed on Saturday, July 8. The results have now been certified by the Governance Committee. Welcome to the new ASIS&T Board Members who will assume their roles after the 2023 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in London, October 29-31. President-Elect Ian RuthvenBio and Interview Directors-at-Large Bhakti GalaBio and Interview…
Read MoreLuanne Sinnamon
Luanne Sinnamon Candidate for Member-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Luanne Sinnamon (she/her), is an Associate Professor and former Director (2015-2020) at the School of Information at the University of British Columbia, situated on unceded land of the Musqueam people. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto and an MLS…
Read MoreYuelin Li
Yuelin Li Candidate for Member-At-Large Biography Expand Professor Yuelin Li earned her Ph.D. degree from the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University in the USA, and Master and Bachelor degree from Nankai University in China. She is currently a Full-professor in the Department of Information Resources Management in Business School at Nankai University.…
Read MoreTimothy Dickey
Timothy Dickey Candidate for Member-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Timothy J. Dickey is an Adult Services Librarian with the Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library, and a library science educator with Kent State University, San José State University, and ALA’s eLearning division. His research and teaching span library reference, service to diverse communities, emerging technologies, data mining, history…
Read MoreBhakti Gala
Bhakti Gala Candidate for Member-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Bhakti Gala is an Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat, India. She has a doctorate from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. She has been actively teaching and researching in the areas of information literacy, digital cultural heritage…
Read MoreIan Ruthven
Ian Ruthven Candidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Dr. Ian Ruthven is Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland where he leads the Information Science research group. His research focusses on the human experience of interacting with information, especially on how people seek information. He…
Read More2023 Board Elections
2023 Board Elections In accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, each Professional, Retired, Student, Lifetime, 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…
Read More2023 Call for ASIS&T Volunteers
2023 Call for ASIS&T Volunteers ASIS&T Needs You! Volunteers are the life-blood of ASIS&T and there are many ways for members to become more engaged in the association through volunteering. We have volunteer openings in: ASIS&T Committees (3 year term starting in November 2023) Meeting Planning Committees (term runs from appointment through the event) Award…
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