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Libraries And Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA 2020) is looking for contributions covering a range of topics related to Libraries, Archives, Museums, and other Information Institutions. LIDA 2020 will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia under the theme of: “Reshaping Identity in The Digital Age: People, Libraries, Data, Technology & Ethics” You can find…
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Libraries And Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA 2020) is looking for contributions covering a range of topics related to Libraries, Archives, Museums, and other Information Institutions. LIDA 2020 will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia under the theme of: “Reshaping Identity in The Digital Age: People, Libraries, Data, Technology & Ethics”…
Read MoreSave the dates for CO-ASIST’s 2019 edition of our award-winning Summer of Tours! Stay tuned for information about registration and more details about each event. Thursday, May 30, 9:30 am Bexley Public Library Wednesday, June 5, 9:30 am Blackmore Library, Capital University Saturday, June 29, 9:30 am Wagnalls Memorial Library * After the library tour & presentation,…
Read MoreGreetings from your guest blogger, Alyson Gamble! I am a doctoral student in LIS at Simmons University and the research associate at the Harvard Data Science Review . I am also the grateful recipient of the 2018 student NEASIST travel award. Thanks to the generosity of NEASIST and the Simmons University SLIS PhD program, I…
Read MoreUNT ASIS&T is starting a newsletter in order to keep our community up to date with chapter activities, upcoming opportunities, and important news. As you know, being a member of our student chapter is totally free! If you would like to join our international parent organization, student memberships are only $40. This gets you access…
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The State Library of Ohio is a state agency that serves state government, all types of libraries, and residents. The State Library also serves the community: 1) directly, by building and managing quality collections and providing hands-on service to state government, 2) cooperatively, through collaborative efforts and information sharing networks such as OhioLINK, the Ohio Digital Library, Serving Every Ohioan,…
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The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2019 Winter Event: The amount, variety, and production rate of data have increased exponentially and rapidly. We also have tools that make data more available and make crunching data…
Read MoreOn behalf of the ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter, I would like to announce the following officer positions for 2019: Chair: Sam Chu (University of Hong Kong Chair-elect: Tina Du (University of South Australia, Australia) Past-Chair: José Miguel Baptista Nunes (Sun Yet-Sen University, China) Secretary: Dan Wu (Wuhan University, China) Treasurer: Waseem Afzal (Charles Sturt University, Australia)…
Read MoreBy Naresh Agarwal I was asked to write about my impressions of the ASIS&T 2018 Annual Meeting (AM18), which was held in Vancouver, B.C., Canada from November 10-14, 2018. My tweets from the conference are accessible at https://twitter.com/nareshag. I have not missed a single ASIS&T meeting since my very first annual meeting in 2008 in Columbus,…
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Date: Thursday, September 25, 2025 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM) (EDT) Cost: Free! Location: Virtual Register The Northeast chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology (NEASIS&T) is hosting a virtual Fall Meet and Greet on Thursday, Sep. 25 from 5:30-6:30pm! It’s a low-key, informal social event. It’s free and open to everyone (public,…
Read MoreApplication deadline: Monday, September 29, 2025 Application: NEASIS&T 2025 Presenter Stipend Application This application form requires you to be logged into a Google account to access it. Need an alternative way to apply? Email us at neasist@gmail.com Notification: end of October The US Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T (NEASIS&T) is offering up to 4 Presenter Stipends…
Read MoreWe want to hear your thoughts on how we can better serve our members and community. Whether you attend every event or just follow along from time to time, your input is incredibly valuable. Please take a few minutes to complete our 2025 NEASIS&T Chapter Survey. The survey is designed to help us understand your…
Read MoreType: New Work Item Proposal (Technical Specification) Scope: Provides methodology and structured listing of technical activity fields for classifying standards publications. Description: This standard provides a methodology, and a listing of fields of (technical) activity, organized by groups and subgroups, for classifying standards publications. By inheritance, it provides a common, harmonized understanding of standards application…
Read More21 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…
Read MoreCall 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…
Read MoreThe 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, Issue 12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of…
Read MoreThe 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.…
Read MoreDescription: 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:
Read MoreDescription: 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.
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