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CO-ASIS&T would like to say thank you to all of our hosts who helped make this year’s Summer of Tours a success! We started our summer in May with a tour of Bexley Public Library, where staff shared information about their unique circulating collections and programming, and gave us a tour of the building. In…
Read MorePosted on September 2, 2019 by Lydia Middleton Ian Ruthven Steven Buchanan Cara Jardine The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Isolated, overwhelmed and worried: young first-time mothers asking for information and support online” written by Drs. Ian Ruthven, Steven…
Read MoreThe ASIS&T Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) is pleased to announce the winners of the InforShare Award for 2019: Allistair Mbele, Librarian, Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Muhammad Tariq, Incharge, Library Information Services, COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan. Muhammad Yousuf Ali, Associate Librarian, Aga Khan University-Faculty of Health Sciences,…
Read MoreIt is my pleasure, as the Awards Coordinator for the ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI), to be able to announce the winners of the 2019 ASIS&T SIG SI Social Informatics Best Paper Award. Out of eight nominated papers, each received two reviews from social informatics scholars, with those reviews then evaluated by our…
Read MoreSIG-STI is calling for nominations/self-nominations for officers for the 2019-2020 term period. Deadline: August 23, 2019. – Chair-elect – Secretary /Treasurer – Communications Officer – Webmaster Chair-elect (2 year commitment) The Chair-elect, who automatically becomes Chair in the following year, works closely with the Chair in planning and executing SIG programs and serves as the Alternate SIG Cabinet Representative. The…
Read MorePosted on August 2, 2019 by Lydia Middleton ASIS&T wishes to congratulate the three individuals that were elected to the Board of Directors in the recently-concluded election. They are: President-Elect: Brian Detlor, PhD McMaster University Treasurer: Ina Fourie, PhD University of Pretoria …
Read MoreNominations for the SIG Digital Libraries 2019-2020 Executive Committee are now open. Positions on the Committee eligible for nomination include: Chair-Elect Secretary Treasurer (may be combined as Secretary/Treasurer) Communications Officer Webmaster Full description of roles and responsibilities of each position can be viewed at: https://www.asist.org/sig/sigdl/sig-dl-officer-positions/ Submit nominations and self-nominations here: https://forms.gle/A36yqh1G9LDL3ziFA Nominations to include the following information:…
Read MoreDear SIG/OIM members: In my June newsletter, I called for nominations for the following offices: Chair-Elect Treasurer SIG Cabinet Representative. Here are the criteria [1] for nominations of officers: individuals willing to commit their time to providing the necessary leadership for the SIG. Individuals must be members of ASIS&T and the SIG at the time of their…
Read MoreDear Colleagues, The ASIS&T Special Interest Group Social Media (SIG-SM) is pleased to announce ‘Social Media Membership Award’ to sponsor the information professionals and students who are interested or working in the domain of Social Media. This award is specifically developed/designed to encourage diversity in ASIS&T and facilitate information professionals and students from developing economies…
Read MorePosted on July 18, 2019 by Lydia Middleton Professor Bar-Ilan Receiving 2018 Research in Information Science Award It is with great sadness that the ASIS&T community learned of the passing of Professor Judit Bar-Ilan on July 16th. Professor Bar-Ilan has been a highly engaged member of the ASIS&T community, having served on the Annual Meeting…
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Dania Bilal is the recipient of the 2026 Watson Davis Award for Service. The award recognizes an individual member of the Association who has shown continuous dedicated leadership in and service to ASIS&T and made substantial and lasting contributions to ASIS&T…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms, written by Amelia Acker and published by MIT Press, is one of two recipients of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2026. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo as the winner of the 2026 ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. Since 1980, this annual award has honored the unique teaching contributions of exceptional teachers of information science. Sanfilippo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Sciences…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Travis Wagner is the recipient of the 2026 James M. Cretsos Award for Leadership. The award’s purpose is to recognize a new ASIS&T member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ASIS&T activities. Wagner is an Assistant Professor at the University…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Katherine Knight has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award. The purpose of the award is to encourage student research and writing in the field of information science. Knight’s paper entitled, “Librarians, not lawyers:…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Lynn Silipigni Connaway is the recipient of the 2026 ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by the Association. The award’s purpose is to recognize an individual who has made particularly noteworthy and sustained contributions to the information science field. The…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Saira Hanif Soroya is the 2026 recipient of the Lois Lunin Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to the practice of information science and technology through leadership, mentoring, and innovation. Saira is an Associate Professor in the Department…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Nayana Kirasur is the recipient of the 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award. The award’s purpose is to foster research in information science by recognizing the year’s most outstanding doctoral dissertation proposal while encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Kate McDowell will receive the 2026 ASIS&T Research Impact Award sponsored by Rutgers University. The award makes more visible the dimensions of the societal contribution of Information Science and provides role models and examples for new scholars wishing to translate research into…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Nathan Johnson is the recipient of the 2026 Bob Williams Research Grant. The Grant is awarded to an outstanding research proposal exploring the history of information science and technology. Johnson’s grant proposal is titled, “Where We Forget: Information Systems and the Redistribution…
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