Inside ASIS&T

ASIS&T Consulting Service Needs You! In August of 2021, the ASIS&T Board approved moving forward with the development of a consulting service to provide advice and consultation to the private and public sectors on information challenges. Under this new program, ASIS&T will serve as as the contracting entity in the provision of consulting services provided…

24-Hour Global Conference Recap The ASIS&T 24-Hour Conference entitled “Theme: Networking, Sharing, and Learning: Challenges and Opportunities” was held on April 26-27, 2022. This was the first international virtual conference of its type. For conference purposes, the world has divided into three regions i.e. America, Asia/Pacific and Europe/Africa zones. North America Region Summary The ASIS&T…

May 2022 Annual Meeting News We are excited to hold our 85th Annual Meeting totally in person in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The last time we all gathered for a 100% in-person meeting was in 2019. We will have 4 workshops held virtually on October 8-9, and you can find details about how to attend these…

New from JASIST- May 2022 JASIST Volume 73, Issue 5, May 2022 Full Issue   OPINION PAPER Whose relevance? Web search engines as multisided relevance machines Olof Sundin, Dirk Lewandowski, Jutta Haider   RESEARCH ARTICLES Relating information seeking and use to intellectual humility Tim Gorichanaz Classification and analysis of PubPeer comments: How a web journal…

What’s New in Information Matters- May 2022 Check out the newest articles from Information Matters (IM), ASIS&T’s digital-only communication translational forum for information science, bringing relevant and current research evidence and industry developments, news, and opinion to a global public audience free of charge. Sign up for our weekly newsletters from IM from here. A Stakeholder Perspective: How…

Member Spotlight- May 2022 In each issue of Inside ASIS&T, we ask a different member questions about their perspectives, advice, and experiences in the field of information science and technology. If you’d like to be a featured member, send an email to Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org.

Chapter News- May 2022 European Chapter Call for proposals: Information Science Trends 2022 Untold Stories in Information Science The European Chapter (EC) and European Student Chapter (ESC) of  ASIS&T seek your contributions to an online conference: Untold Stories in Information Science. Click here for more information. The basics: – Conference date: June 17-19, 2022, 14.00-17.00pm (BST/ Dublin…

SIG News- May 2022 SIG-AI We are pleased to announce that Kevin Crowston will be our Inaugural Chair for the Publication of the Year award. He will soon be forming the awards committee and if you are interested in joining that committee, please email him directly (by the end of next week, if possible). If you had any publications…

Affiliated Organization News- May 2022 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2022) October 3-5 | University of Washington, Seattle, USA Discounted Rates for ASIS&T Members Additional Information   ALISE 2022 Annual Conference October 24-26, 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA, USA Additional Information   iConference 2023 Virtual Research Program March 13-17, 2023 In-Person Meetings and…