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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,…
Read MoreBy Ana Roeschley The 14th Annual International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM) was sponsored by ASIS&T and was co-located in Vancouver on November 9th and 10th. Occurring immediately before the start of the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, ICKM was an opportunity for knowledge management scholars and practitioners to exchange ideas on the topic before heading into…
Read MoreWelcome to the 2018-2019 SIG-DL Executive Team & Committee Conveners! 2018-2019 SIG-DL Executive Team Chair: Tamarack Hockin Chair-elect: Ekatarina Grguric Secretary: Alessandra Seiter Treasurer: Nushrat Khan Communications Officer: Bushra A. Jaswal Webmaster: Carla Colombati Past Chair: Nushrat Khan 2018-19 SIG-DL Committee Conveners Webinars: Anna Maria Tammaro
Read MoreThe Journal Education for Information will be publishing several Special Issues, with two of them having (extended) deadlines in January: Innovative approaches in (L)IS education (Jan 15 2019) Engaging with Open Science in Learning and Teaching (Jan 31 2019) Both Issues will be edited by members of the Eurpean Chapter. For further information, please see the full Call for…
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MIRS is a one-day research symposium co-hosted by the University of North Texas College of Information, the UNT ASIS&T Student Chapter, and SLANT to showcase the research efforts of information scholars and practitioners. The theme for MIRS 2019 is Information, Language, and Power. Students and early professionals are highly encouraged to submit their work. Abstracts…
Read MoreWelcome our new SIG IEP Officers: Kenneth Haggerty is moving from Chair-elect to Chair as Emad has stepped down as Chair due to a new professional opportunity! Congratulations to Emad on his new position with Indeed.com and to Kevin to being the new Chair of SIG IEP. Abby Phillips is the new Chair-Elect, moving up…
Read MoreBest Information Behavior Conference Paper Award Recipient: Caroline Mniszak, Heather O’Brien, Cathy Chabot, and Jean Shoveller Affiliation: University of British Columbia Title: Role of information resources in young parents parenting experiences Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award Recipients: Jia Tina Du and Jelina Haines Affiliation: University of South Australia, Australia Title: Working with Indigenous communities: Reflections on ethical…
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The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) invites nominations for the ASIS&T Board of Directors. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the information science community, contribute to the strategic direction of the Association, and work alongside a diverse and dedicated group of leaders committed to advancing the field. The…
Read MoreLisa M. Given, PhD (FASSA, FASIS&T), of RMIT University has been selected to be the new Editor of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). Dr. Given succeeds Dr. Steven Sawyer of Syracuse University, who has been editor since 2020. Dr. Given is Director of the Social Change Enabling Impact…
Read MoreThe standards committee voted APPROVE on ISO/FDIS 233-3 (Ed 3), Transliteration of Perso-Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 3: Persian language This document establishes a system for the transliteration of the Persian characters (often called Perso-Arabic script) into Latin characters. This modification of the stringent rules established by ISO 233 is specifically intended to facilitate…
Read MoreISO/CD 25279 International statistics for school libraries is out for committee comment. This document specifies rules for the school library community on the collection, interpretation and reporting of statistics. The aim of this document is to provide a selection of statistical data that cover the current services and activities of all types of school libraries. …
Read MoreApproval of Proposed New Work Item: Trust Markers (ITEM) The standards co. itbee has voted YES This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item to create aNISO Recommended Practice for identification of trust markers for increasing credibility and trust in research. Ethics and integrity cases in submitted manuscripts are becoming an increasingly common problem, whilst…
Read MoreCall for Participation Universitat de Barcelona, Spain and viewable on Zoom The Europe Chapter (EC) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) seeks participation in this year’s IST conference on Celebrating Theory and Practice. The conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, and presentations will also be viewable on Zoom. We invite researchers,…
Read MoreThe standards committee voted YES on Appointment of Co-Project Leader for ISO/TC 46/ SC 11/ JWG1 Steffan Schwalm has been appointed as Project Leader for ISO/NP 26277, Requirements for the use of blockchain and DLT with authoritative records, records systems, and records management ISO TC 307 has nominated Victoria Lemieux as co-project Leader. Note: Please note…
Read MoreThe standards committee has voted YES on this New Work Item and the appointment of the convener SO/TC 46/SC 9 resolves to create a new working group, ISO TC 46/SC 9/WG 21, titled “Global Media Identifier (GMId) for distribution channels and brands”, to develop work item ISO/AWI 25975, Global Media Identifier (GMId) and appoints Mr.…
Read MoreThe standards committee has voted NO on TC 46 /SC 9 Ballot – Re-appointment – Convenor ISO/TC 46/SC 9/WG 12 The standards committee has vote NO on Call for experts – ISO/TC 46/SC 11/AHG11 – ISO/PWI 26396 Archives and records management – Managing Records in Cloud Computing Environments Question: Do you wish to nominate an expert…
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Hello information people! In my part of the northern hemisphere the clocks changed overnight, and although that means that I am missing an hour of much-needed sleep, I am experiencing the annual seasonal glee of looking out the window at almost 7 PM and realizing it’s still light! Another hour of light means I’ll be…
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