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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,…
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…
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ASIS&T is pleased to congratulate and welcome Kip Wolf to the Board of Directors. Kip will begin his term as a Director-at-Large effective November 7. Kip will fill the Board seat vacated by Isto Huvila, who was recently elected President-Elect. Read more about Kip below. Biography Expand Kip Wolf is a life sciences executive and…
Read MoreNEASIS&T chapter leaders naturally cycle in and out. As people relocate, change jobs, shift priorities, or face budget constraints, transitions are inevitable. It’s simply a normal part of how professional associations work, especially at the chapter level. Many serve for a year or two before moving on, and we value every contribution. Even a few…
Read MoreRegistration is Open: “This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk
“This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk Join Us! The Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T invites you to our upcoming webinar: “This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk When: Thursday, August 13, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT Where: virtual Cost: Free for ASIS&T members; $25 for…
Read More2026 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award Application Deadline: Monday, July 20, 2026 Notification of Award Winners: mid or late August 2026 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: 6-10 November, 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand Application: NEASIST 2026 Conference Support Award application NEASIS&T Conference Support Award The Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T is offering up to 4 conference support awards to…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dimaz Ardhi, Kayla Burt, Satyam Kumar, Jannatul Muna, and Dwi Sari are the recipients of the 2026 ASIS&T New Leaders Award. The award’s purpose is to engage and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Dimaz…
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 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 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…
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 Ning Zou is the 2026 recipient of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled, “From Data to Action: Towards a Framework for Collaborative Personal Informatics in Dementia Care.” The award’s purpose is to recognize outstanding recent doctoral candidates whose research…
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