SIG-IEP Webinar
21 August 2025 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) today announced that their members have cleared the way for the organizations to merge. SLA members voted overwhelmingly to accept the dissolution plan proposed by their Board of Directors. Separately, ASIS&T members resoundingly approved their Board’s proposal…
Call for Submissions: SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper & Poster Awards SIG-HLTH, ASIS&T’s Special Interest Group on Health Informatics, is pleased to open submissions for the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Long Paper Award, the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Short Paper Award, and the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Poster Award. We define health broadly to encompass research…
The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts,” written by Lonni Besançon, Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé, and Alexander Magazinov, published in Volume 75, Issue12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the…
The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Niels Windfeld Lund’s Introduction to Documentation Studies, published by Facet Publishing, is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2025. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information science published during the preceding calendar year.…
Description: This document offers guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes. Question: Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 999? Decision: Approved with comments Comments: This draft is relevant to standard practices in index creation and presentation. However, the following revisions are suggested:
Description: ISO/CD 25244, Information and documentation – Performance indicators for archives specifies guidelines for the archives community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the following purposes: Question: Do you have comments on the technical content of ISO/CD 25244? Vote: No comments.
Description: ISO 30300:2020 provides a foundational vocabulary for the records management domain, promoting consistency and clarity across related standards developed by ISO/TC 46/SC 11. It includes key terms and definitions but does not restrict the creation of new terms in future standards. This vocabulary supports professionals and organizations aiming to align with international best practices…
Description: ISO/TS 22943:2022, Information and documentation – Principles of identification, presents the foundational rationale behind the existence and use of identifiers. It provides a consistent framework for structuring and understanding identifiers in both trade and information management contexts. The standard outlines core expectations, characteristics, and the broader business case for identifiers, while also acknowledging that…
ASIS&T will use this space to share information with our current and future members about the plans for and process of merger with the Special Libraries Association. A working group consisting of Heather Kotula, 2025 SLA President-Elect; John DiGilio, 2025 SLA Past President; Christine Pelosi, SLA Director; Julie Smith Maekask, SLA Director; James Manasco, SLA Director; Ian…
Description: Part 1 of ISO 25964 gives recommendations for the development and maintenance of thesauri intended for information retrieval, applications as well as broader use cases including web navigation, artificial intelligence, author tagging, management and use applications. It is applicable to vocabularies used for retrieving information from all types of information resources, irrespective of the…
ASIS&T and SLA Members Vote in Favor of Merger
21 August 2025 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) today announced that their members have cleared the way for the organizations to merge. SLA members voted overwhelmingly to accept the dissolution plan proposed by their Board of Directors. Separately, ASIS&T members resoundingly approved their Board’s proposal…
SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper & Poster Awards
Call for Submissions: SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper & Poster Awards SIG-HLTH, ASIS&T’s Special Interest Group on Health Informatics, is pleased to open submissions for the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Long Paper Award, the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Short Paper Award, and the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Poster Award. We define health broadly to encompass research…
“Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts” Chosen for 2025 Best JASIST Paper Award
The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts,” written by Lonni Besançon, Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé, and Alexander Magazinov, published in Volume 75, Issue12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the…
Introduction to Documentation Studies Wins Best Information Science Book Award
The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Niels Windfeld Lund’s Introduction to Documentation Studies, published by Facet Publishing, is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2025. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information science published during the preceding calendar year.…
ISO/DIS 999 – Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes
Description: This document offers guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes. Question: Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 999? Decision: Approved with comments Comments: This draft is relevant to standard practices in index creation and presentation. However, the following revisions are suggested:
ISO/CD 25244 – Archives Performance Indicators
Description: ISO/CD 25244, Information and documentation – Performance indicators for archives specifies guidelines for the archives community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the following purposes: Question: Do you have comments on the technical content of ISO/CD 25244? Vote: No comments.
Systematic Review – ISO 30300:2020, Records Management – Core Concepts and Vocabulary
Description: ISO 30300:2020 provides a foundational vocabulary for the records management domain, promoting consistency and clarity across related standards developed by ISO/TC 46/SC 11. It includes key terms and definitions but does not restrict the creation of new terms in future standards. This vocabulary supports professionals and organizations aiming to align with international best practices…
ISO/TS 22943:2022 – Principles of Identification for Trade and Information Management
Description: ISO/TS 22943:2022, Information and documentation – Principles of identification, presents the foundational rationale behind the existence and use of identifiers. It provides a consistent framework for structuring and understanding identifiers in both trade and information management contexts. The standard outlines core expectations, characteristics, and the broader business case for identifiers, while also acknowledging that…
SLA Merger Information
ASIS&T will use this space to share information with our current and future members about the plans for and process of merger with the Special Libraries Association. A working group consisting of Heather Kotula, 2025 SLA President-Elect; John DiGilio, 2025 SLA Past President; Christine Pelosi, SLA Director; Julie Smith Maekask, SLA Director; James Manasco, SLA Director; Ian…
ISO/DIS 25964-1, Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies – Part 1: Thesauri for information retrieval; management and use
Description: Part 1 of ISO 25964 gives recommendations for the development and maintenance of thesauri intended for information retrieval, applications as well as broader use cases including web navigation, artificial intelligence, author tagging, management and use applications. It is applicable to vocabularies used for retrieving information from all types of information resources, irrespective of the…
ISO/FDIS 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts
Voted APPROVE on ISO/FDIS 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts Question: Do you approve the technical content of ISO/FDIS 15924? Description: This document provides a code for the presentation of names of scripts. The codes were devised for use in terminology, lexicography, bibliography, and linguistics, but they can be used for any…
ASIS&T යනු
ASIS&T යනු තොරතුරු විද්යා හා තාක්ෂණ සංගමය (Association for Information Science and Technology , ASIS&T) යනු තොරතුරු විද්යා භාවිතය සහ පර්යේෂණ අතර පරතරය පියවන එකම වෘත්තීය සංගමයයි. වසර 85 කට ආසන්න කාලයක සිට, ASIS&T තොරතුරු වෙත ප්රවේශය වැඩි දියුණු කිරීම සඳහා නව සහ වඩා හොඳ න්යායන්, ශිල්පීය ක්රම සහ තාක්ෂණයන් සෙවීමට නායකත්වය ලබා දෙයි. ලොව…
SIG-STI call for Nominations for Officers
Dear ASIS&T members, It is time to elect our SIG-STI officers for 2021-2022. We are seeking candidates for the following positions: Chair-Elect Secretary/Treasurer You can nominate yourself or someone else. Please submit the name of your nomination and a brief bio, if you are interested in being a part of creating the future of SIG-STI.…
European Chapter Mix & Mingle, 17 Dec 2021
ASIS&T’s European Chapter warmly invites students, faculty & practitioners to meet with fellow ASIS&T members, talk about Information Science, and share what you would like to see from the European Chapter in the next year. Time: Friday, December 17th, 2021, 1-2pm UTC/GMT (see https://tinyurl.com/2p8fnj4e for other time zones) Place: Zoom, please see this iConnect post…
2021-2022 SIG-USE Officers and Chairs :
● Melissa Ocepek, Chair. mgocepek@illinois.edu ● Annie Chen, Chair Elect, atchen@uw.edu ● Yan Zhang, Immediate Past Chair, yanz@utexas.edu ● Chiyoung Oh, Treasurer, coh@csu.edu ● Yuan Li, Secretary, yuanli@live.unc.edu ● Subaveerapandiyan, A., Communications Officer, subaveerapandiyan@gmail.com ● Tathagata Dhar, Webmaster, tdtathagata@gmail.com ● Nathan Davis, Recruitment/Membership Officer, nathandavis@utexas.edu 2021-2022 SIG-USE Awards Committee: ● Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, Co-Chair, xyuan@albany.edu …
Flipped Panel on “Publishing Research in Reputed Venues”
Flipped Panel on “Publishing Research in Reputed Venues” Date: Thursday, January 6, 2022 Time: 10 AM – 11 AM Eastern Time (ET) Venue: Online ASIS&T SIG-III is proud to announce a Flipped Panel on Publishing Research in Reputed Venues. This event will happen online on January 6, 2022, and will feature some of the most…
International Online Workshop for School Librarians
Fostering the Next Generation Authors & Helping People Stay Safe from COVID-19: International Online Workshop for School Librarians ASIS&T South Asia chapter in collaboration with the School Library Association, India is arranging this workshop to introduce an interesting and educational International Digital Story Writing Competition organized by ASIS&T South Asia Chapter, the University of Hong…
RDMLA Symposium 2022 – The Proposal Submission Window is open through 1/31/22
NEASIST is sponsoring RDMLA Symposium 2022! Please join us for the Research Data Management Librarian Academy (RDMLA) Symposium! The event will be held online and in-person* at the Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday, April 22, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET to 4:30 p.m. ET. The inaugural theme is “Data and Communities: Intersections of…
Acceleration of Health Information Literacy: Preparing Multi-Lingual COVID-19 Contents for South Asia Region
ASIS&T South Asia Chapter : Best Research Paper Award 2022-2023 Nomination for the competition: https://forms.gle/XNGy1VtAJ8qC7yEz6 The award is established to recognize high-quality research papers in the LIS field. The award winner will receive a certificate. The Award will be sponsored by the South Asia Chapter of ASIS&T and will be administered by the elected Committee…
SIG-IEP Webinar
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