ASIS&T News

ASIS&T Award of Merit Posted on September 25, 2017 by Stephan Addo Thomas Daniel Wilson is the 2017 recipient of the ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by ASIS&T. The award’s purpose it to recognize an individual deemed to have made particularly noteworthy and sustained contributions to the information science field, and is typically…

Statement on Cambridge University Press Censorship Posted on September 8, 2017 by Stephan Addo The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) supports the decision by Cambridge University Press to resist censorship and reinstate the China Quarterly articles previously censored by the Chinese government. ASIS&T stands behind the many academics and scholars who petitioned Cambridge…

September 2017 JASIST Now Available Online! Posted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (September 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers! With 15 research articles (6 being open articles) ranging from Measuring Text Difficulty Using Parse-Tree Frequency to Reader Characteristics, Behavior, and Success in Fiction Book Search, there’s something for everyone!…

Clarivate Analytics Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Posted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo Congratulations to the winner of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship, Leslie Thomson from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her dissertation, “Investigating Information Creating and Informal Information Providing: A Grounded Theory Study of the Information Practices and Role of Serious…

Best JASIST Paper Award Posted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo The 2016 John Wiley Best Paper in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is “Liberating Interdisciplinarity from Myth:  An Exploration of the Discursive Construction of Identities in Information Studies” by Dr. Dorte Madsen of the Copenhagen Business School.  The purpose…

ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award Posted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo Congratulations to Caroline Haythornthwaite, the 2017 recipient of the ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize an individual or individuals for an outstanding research contribution in the field of information science and is intended…

ASIS&T Position Statement on Events in Charlottesville Posted on September 1, 2017 by Lydia Middleton The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is committed to equity, diversity, understanding and inclusion, in the information fields as well as in society at large. ASIS&T condemns any form of discrimination. We hope the people of Charlottesville, and…

2017 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award Recipient Announced Posted on August 24, 2017 by Stephan Addo SILVER SPRING, MD –  The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) announces that Dr. Michael Twidale is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the unique teaching contribution…

2017 James M. Cretsos Leadership Award Recipient Announced Posted on August 24, 2017 by Stephan Addo SILVER SPRING, MD –  The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) announces that Jeremy McLaughlin is the recipient of the 2017 James M. Cretsos Leadership Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a new member who has…

ELECTION RESULTS Posted on August 19, 2017 by Lydia Middleton The ASIS&T Board Election closed on August 11. The following members were elected: Elaine Toms, President-Elect Emily Knox, Member-At-Large Soo Young Rieh, Member-At-Large Their terms will commence on November 1st. Congratulations!