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Hello all! We hope you had a great time at the first ever ASIS&T Midwest Regional Conference. Below you will find slides for both presentations from ASIS&T President and OCLC Researcher Lynn Silipigni Connaway, who kicked off the day and was later one of our two featured speakers. PDFs of slides from all speakers and…
Read MoreThe Europen Chapter is pleased to announce two new board members for the term 2017/2018: Chair-elect: Dirk Lewandowski, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany (https://www.haw-hamburg.de/index.php?id=29927) Secretary/ Treasurer: Anna Maria Tammaro, Department of Information Engineering, University of Parma, Fiesole, Italy annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it Thanks to the members that nominated and voted in this year’s board election and…
Read MoreSIG Information Ethics & Policy 1/2 Day Workshop October 28, 2017 from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Abstract: In today’s milieu of fake news, misinformation, and generalized distrust of institutions, information ethics and policy affects everyone, across different information science research areas. In this workshop, we will analyze these changes to the informational state and…
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You are a Library and/or Information Science (LIS) Student? You are working on an exciting research topic and want to share your work with others? Your thesis was not produced to gather dust on a shelf? If you can answer all these questions with YES then you should participate in our SCIENTIVITY contest for LIS Students in Europe! This is your chance to share your work with students, researchers…
Read MoreThe University of California, Davis invites applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor in the social studies of data and data science including the scientific, political, social, and scholarly use and creation of data. Experience and a genuine interest in working in a collaborative environment and especially in collaborating with data…
Read MoreJoin the leadership team of the 2015 SIG-of-the-Year! Want to be more involved within ASIS&T but aren’t sure where to start? Looking to gain valuable, applicable skills, network with colleagues, and have fun? The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) is excited to announce our 2017-18 call for nominations for SIG…
Read More10-11 September 2018, Pisa, Italy The International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS 2018) is organized in the frame of the activities of the Erasmus+ EINFOSE٭ project.
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2017 ASIS&T Midwest Regional Conference Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library September 8, 2017 – 8:30am– 4:30pm Join library professionals and faculty to learn about innovation and change in information science at the 2017 ASIST Midwest Regional Conference. Stay up to date with best practices and learn about: Innovations in 21st-Century services Big data management The library in the life of the…
Read MorePosted on September 8, 2017 by Stephan Addo The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) supports the decision by Cambridge University Press to resist censorship and reinstate the China Quarterly articles previously censored by the Chinese government. ASIS&T stands behind the many academics and scholars who petitioned Cambridge University Press to take this action.…
Read MorePosted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (September 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers! With 15 research articles (6 being open articles) ranging from Measuring Text Difficulty Using Parse-Tree Frequency to Reader Characteristics, Behavior, and Success in Fiction Book Search, there’s something for everyone! Also in this issue, an opinion…
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Candidate for Treasurer Biography Expand Dr. Chris Cunningham finished his Doctoral studies at the University of South Carolina. He received his Master in Library and Information Studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, focusing on technology and his Bachelor in Art in History from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with minors in Mathematics…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dr. Rebekah (Becky) Willson is an associate professor at the School of Information Studies at McGill University (Montréal, Canada). Dr. Willson’s research is in the field of information behaviour and practices – particularly focusing on individuals and groups who are undergoing transitions and living with uncertainty, including academics working on…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Professor Isto Huvila holds the chair in information studies at the Department of ALM (Archival Studies, Library and Information Studies and Museums and Cultural Heritage Studies) at Uppsala University in Sweden. His primary areas of research include information and knowledge management, information work, knowledge organisation, documentation, research data, and social…
Read MoreCandidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Dr. Marlene Holmner holds a DPhil in Information Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is an Associate Professor and the current Head of the Department of the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research interests lie in the fields of Information Ethics,…
Read MoreIn accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, all Professional, Retired, Student, Lifetime, and Institutional Members in good standing on May 1 of the election year shall be entitled to one vote on the Board of Directors Ballot. Should you prefer to vote by mail, please send an email to lmiddleton@asist.org to request a paper ballot. Paper…
Read MoreASIS&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…
Read MoreThe following comments have been received from ASIS&T and joint members in response to the ASIS&T/SLA merger framework: Some personal historical notes from Linda Smith: SLA/ASIS(T) merger discussions were active but failed in the summer of 1971 when I began studying for my MS in Library Science. Subsequently I joined SLA and helped found an…
Read MoreWebinar Description This webinar, Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces, will feature Rhys Dreeszen Bowman and Leah Dudak, co-authors of Cripping Conferences: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Disability in Academia. Drawing from their personal and scholarly insights as disabled scholars, they will critically examine how academic conferences often fail to meet accessibility…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Heidi Julien is the recipient of the 2025 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 award…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Naresh Agarwal is the recipient of the 2025 Bob Williams Research Grant. The Grant is awarded to an outstanding research proposal exploring the history of information science and technology. Agarwal’s grant proposal is titled, “Weaving the history of the information science field…
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