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2018 SIG-DL Student Engagement Award Winner Announcement

2018 SIG-DL Student Engagement Award Winner Announcement Alessandra Seiter The Special Interest Group-Digital Libraries (SIG-DL) is delighted to announce the winner of the SIG-DL 2018 Student Engagement Award: Alessandra Seiter. Alessandra Seiter is a MLIS candidate at Simmons University School of Library and Information Science, concentrating in Cultural Heritage Informatics. Her LIS praxis is informed…

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ASIS&T SIG-DL Seeking Nominations for Student Engagement Awards

ASIS&T SIG-DL Seeking Nominations for Student Engagement Awards The Student Engagement Award, offered by Special Interest Group-Digital Libraries (SIG-DL), have been established to assist promising students in becoming active contributors within the ASIS&T community through involvement in SIG-DL. The award will be granted through a single submission cycle. The Award The SIG-DL Student Engagement Award…

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2017-2018 SIG-DL Officers & Committee Conveners

2017-2018 SIG-DL Officers & Committee Conveners Welcome to the 2017-2018 SIG-DL Executive Team & Committee Conveners! 2017-2018 SIG-DL Executive Team Chair: Nushrat Khan Chair-elect: Tamarack Hockin Secretary / Treasurer: Danielle Pollock Communications Officer: Virginia Dressler Webmaster: Carla Colombati Past Chair: Alyson Gamble 2017-18 SIG-DL Committee Conveners Digital Liaisons: Eka Grguric Webinars: Anna Maria Tammaro

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2017 SIG-DL Election!

2017 SIG-DL Election! Take control of SIG-DL! We’re seeking nominations for officers, including: Chair-elect Secretary/Treasurer Communications Officer Membership Officer Webmaster Details about each officer position can be found here. Committee Conveners We are also looking for Committee Conveners: Digital Liaisons Committee Webinars Committee Newsletter Committee Nominations If you’d like to push forward the Digital Library agenda,…

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The Lifecycle of Data in Digital Libraries Twitter Chat

The Lifecycle of Data in Digital Libraries Twitter Chat You are invited to our next Digital Liaisons Twitter chat hosted by the ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries! Coming up on October 17th 1:00pm ET/ 12:00pm CT/ 10:00am PT The theme is:  Lifecycle of Data in Digital Libraries

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SIG-DL elections are coming

SIG-DL elections are coming Officers SIG-DL is seeking nominations for the following officer positions by Monday, October 30, 2017: Chair-elect Secretary/Treasurer Communications Officer Membership Officer Webmaster Details about the responsibilities of each officer position can be found here. Committee Conveners We are also seeking nominations for Committee Conveners: Digital Liaisons Committee Webinars Committee Newsletter Committee Nominations…

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The Future of DL Twitter Chat

The Future of DL Twitter Chat You are invited to join a Digital Liaisons Twitter chat hosted by the ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries! Coming up on August 14th and August 15th, the theme will be “The Future of Digital Libraries —Trends and Global Vision.”          

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Seeking Student Engagement Award Nominations

Seeking Student Engagement Award Nominations SIG-DL is offering two Student Engagement Awards to assist students in becoming active contributors within the ASIS&T community. Award 1: A modest monetary sum to assist with deferring travel costs to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Award 2: A student-level membership to ASIS&T. The SIG-DL Student Engagement Awards are intended to encourage professional…

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Upcoming Webinar

Upcoming Webinar Exploring the Challenges & Uses of Linked Open Data for Digitized Special Collections June 6, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT View webinar here Presenters Professor Timothy W. Cole Alex Olivia Kinnaman Deren Kudeki Over the last 2 decades, libraries and cultural heritage institutions have expended resources digitizing their important special collections. However, many of…

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2015-2016 SIG-DL Officers and Committee Convenors

2015-2016 SIG-DL Officers and Committee Convenors We elected the 2015-2016 SIG-DL executive at the ASIS&T conference in St. Louis, Missouri. You can find their bios on the Officers page. 2015-2016 Executive Team Chair: Eka Grguric Chair-elect: Alyson Gamble Treasurer/Secretary: Alyson Gamble Communications Officer: Virginia Dressler Membership Officer: Lyne Da Sylva Webmaster: Matthew Murray Past Chair: Kevin Comerford…

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