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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…

Upcoming Webinar and Events Centering Relationality in Indigenous Knowledge Organization (DCMI) Sponsored by DCMI and ASIS&T Presenter: Sandy Littletree Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:00 PM –  1:00 PM EDT Additional Information and Registration Meet the Author Series: Hyperdocumentation Sponsored by ASIS&T Presenter: Oliver Le Deuff Thursday, June 2, 2022 11:00 AM –  12:00 AM EDT Additional Information…

Upcoming Webinars and Events Webinar: Meet the Author Series: Architects of Memory March 24, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT (Find your time here.) Sponsored by ASIS&T NEASIST Conference: With Great Power: AI and Equity March 25, 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM EDT Conversations with the ASIS&T Board March 29 @ 8:30 AM EDT and…

Affiliated Organization News- March 2022 DC-2022 CONFERENCE: METADATA INNOVATION – INCLUSIVITY, INTELLIGENCE & INTEROPERABILITY   The DC-2022 conference is expanding its scope to the whole spectrum of innovation in metadata design, implementation and best practices, with a special focus on challenges and opportunities in a diverse and data-intensive world. Link to Call for Participation: https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2022/cfp/ Venue: University…

SIG News- March 2022 SIG-AH SIG-AH Virtual Symposium Title: Documenting, Describing, Differentiating: Stories of Singular Object Collections Date and Time: Thursday, April 21, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT Abstract: As information professionals, we may be familiar with the general requirements for accessioning, documentation, and management of arts and humanities object collections. But what happens…

Chapter News- March 2022 Africa Chapter This year, the ASIS&T Africa chapter’s priority is to build a strong network of professors, researchers, students, and professionals in the field of information sciences and technologies. The chapter’s main objective is to promote collaboration and sharing spirit within the community. For this purpose, the chapter establishes a mentorship…

Member Spotlight 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. Return to Inside ASIS&T, March 2022

What’s New in Information Matters 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.   Different Flavors of AI: The…

New from JASIST JASIST Volume 73, Issue 3, March 2022 Full Issue   RESEARCH ARTICLES Information asymmetry in Wikipedia across different languages: A statistical analysis Dwaipayan Roy, Sumit Bhatia, Prateek Jain Authentic versus synthetic: An investigation of the influences of study settings and task configurations on search behaviors Yiwei Wang, Chirag Shah The more, the…