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ASIST Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Vancouver Vancouver, Canada, November 10, 2018 The emergence and fast-paced development of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and embedded and ubiquitous computing present myriad forms of opportunities and challenges. For example, the increasing role of AI in autonomous systems (e.g., self-driving cars…
Read MorePosted on July 24, 2018 by Lydia Middleton The ASIS&T Nominations Committee would like to thank all of the members who voted in the 2018 Board of Directors election which concluded on Friday, July 20. The total turnout was 29%. The Committee is pleased to announce the following results: President-Elect, 2018-2019: Clara Chu, PhD Director-at-Large, 2018-2021: Agnes…
Read MoreIt is our great pleasure to announce the recipient of the 2018 SIG-USE Outstanding Contributions to Information Behavior Research Award, Dr. Denise Agosto. Candidates are nominated by their peers for this prestigious award and the selection is made by a jury comprised of two past SIG-USE Chairs and one previous winner. Dr. Agosto is a Professor and…
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Announcing event number four in the 2018 edition of our award-winning Summer of Tours! Delaware County District Library (DCDL) is a vibrant, welcoming center of activity for residents and visitors in Delaware County, providing information, entertainment, and community engagement. They encourage reading, learning, and lifelong discovery, and are proud to be recognized for engaging minds, expanding opportunities, and improving the quality…
Read MoreThe German Institute for International Educational Research offers 4 PhD (full time, 3 years) positions in two funded research projects: Digital Infrastructures for Education – 3 PhD positions (different focus) The German Institute for International Educational Research offers 3 full-time PhD positions in a national funded research project to establish and support digital educational infrastructures. The project aims at…
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Some time ago we launched our Scientivity contest for students. The task was to submit a piece of research in a creative way. We presented the great submissions in our last newsletter and announced the winners on our website. Tjaša Jug from Slovenia and Joanna Mazur from Poland finally made it and got financial support…
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Our miniBARcamp is meant to be an open space for interesting discussions and relaxed conversations before the ASIS&T Annual Meeting starts. It is also a place to meet and get in touch with other students, researchers and practitioners from all over the world, to have a snack and enjoy yourself! This year the motto is:…
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Registration is now open for the third event in the 2018 edition of our award-winning Summer of Tours! For this tour, we will be visiting CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service), a division of the American Chemical Society. Our speakers, Dr. Matthew Toussant (Sr. VP, Product Content Operations) and Dr. Michael W. Dennis, Esq. (VP, Legal, PMO, Innovation) will talk with us about the…
Read MoreNot long ago, we have asked our community about social media topics they are interested in. We were looking for a Panel topic for the upcoming ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Thank you all for the great turnout! We have summarized the survey outcomes in few pictures:
Read MoreASIS&T 2018 SIG SI, IEP, SM Workshop: The 14th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: Sociotechnical perspective on ethics and governance of emerging information technologies ASIST Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Vancouver Vancouver, Canada, November 10, 2018 The emergence and fast-paced development of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and…
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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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