ASIS&T News

JASIST Call for Papers: Special Issue on “Conceptual Models of the Sociotechnical” Overview Information Science has long worked at the intersection of technology development and the critical study of technologies in particular places, serving particular people, at particular points in time. Conceptual models—the abstract and formal representations of how systems work, and of the information…

Association for Information Science and Technology Announces Editor-in-Chief of Annual Review of Information Science and Technology The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has selected Dr. Lisa Given as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Dr. Given is currently a Professor of Information Science in the Centre…

2021 SIG Cabinet Election Results We are pleased to announce that next year’s Deputy SIG Cabinet Director will be Dr. Xiaohua (Awa) Zhu of the University of Tennessee – Knoxville. Additionally, our two new SIG Cabinet Members will be Dr. Adam Worrall of the University of Alberta and Dr. Catherine Dumas of Simmons University. These…

ASIS&T Student Member Video Contest What “Information Science” Means to Me For 84 years, ASIS&T researchers and practitioners, along with those from related fields, have been pushing advancements in information understanding, technology, and use, making substantial progress and contributions. Our members have been at the forefront of improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages,…