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“Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence” Receives ASIS&T 2022 Best Information Science Book of the Year Award
“Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence” Receives ASIS&T 2022 Best Information Science Book of the Year Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence,” written by Kate Crawford and published by…
Read MoreCall for Papers: JASIST Special Issue on “Re-orienting Search Engine Research in Information Science”
Call for Papers: JASIST Special Issue on “Re-orienting Search Engine Research in Information Science” Overview General web search engines are an essential part of today’s information infrastructure. They have made it possible to find almost anything on the Internet by typing a few keywords into an empty search box. In fact, search engines have become…
Read MoreMeet the Author Series: The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy
Meet the Author Series: The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy Therapy has long understood itself as taking place in a room, with two (or more) people engaged in person-to-person conversation. And yet, starting with Freud’s treatments by mail, psychotherapy has operated through multiple communication technologies and media. These have included advice columns, radio broadcasts,…
Read MoreNatural History Data Curation: Maintaining Infrastructures and Turning Documents Into Datasets (DCMI)
Natural History Data Curation: Maintaining Infrastructures and Turning Documents Into Datasets (DCMI) Natural history collections constitute an important and complex knowledge infrastructure. The heterogeneous data in these collections include specimens, genomes, field notes, ecological monitoring data, and more — all of which have huge potential for reuse in biodiversity, medicine, climate science, agriculture, and many…
Read MoreWhat’s New in Information Matters?
What’s New in Information Matters? Calls for Applications Information Matters is looking for students to become members of the Information Matters Student Board. More information is available here: https://informationmatters.org/2021/11/calling-all-student-leaders/ We are also still looking for Associate Editors for Europe, Africa, and Australia regions. Articles and Newsletter Subscription Check out the newest articles from Information…
Read MoreEuropean Community of Information Fellows
Chapter Home Officers Events News Awards Publications Members Discussion European Community of Information Fellows Europe is a region of diverse professional, academic, and research contributions spanning areas within Information Science across countries. ASIS&T’s European Chapter recognises the unique and influential contributions of individuals to the area of Information Science, through its Community of Information Science…
Read MoreSIG-AH Virtual Symposium: How Arts & Humanities Within Information Science Technology Convey Understanding of Justice in Society
SIG-AH Virtual Symposium: How Arts & Humanities Within Information Science Technology Convey Understanding of Justice in Society The 2021 SIG AH Virtual Symposium will be a half-day filled with educational insight pertaining to how the arts & humanities within Information Science Technology convey a better understanding of justice in society. The symposium starts with a…
Read MoreInformation Resilience a Precondition to Build a Resilient Community: A New Research Paradigm
Information Resilience as a Precondition to Build a Resilient Community: A New Research Paradigm Virtually every society is evolving and every community is a highly complex and diverse system. Drivers of change are multifaceted, multilayered, and multidimensional. Communities must be adaptive to these collective forces of change. History attests that for the last few decades…
Read MoreDr. Colin Rhinesmith to Receive 2021 ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
ASIS&T Announces Colin Rhinesmith as Winner of 2021 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is very pleased to announce that Colin Rhinesmith, associate professor at Simmons University School of Library and Information Science is the 2021 recipient of the ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. The award’s purpose is to recognize the unique teaching contribution of…
Read MoreCFP: JASIST Special Issue on “ICT4D & Intersections with the Information Field”
Introduction to the Special Issue Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) is a multi-/interdisciplinary research area focusing on the interactions among information (I), communication (C), technology (T), and development (D) (Thapa and Sæbø, 2014; Walsham et al., 2007). To date, ICT4D is a loosely defined term that refers to a wide range of socio-technical…
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