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Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation and sharing Goal: Advance research on Digital Libraries as environment facilitating collaboration, creation and sharing of knowledge Submissions are invited to focus on one of several of the following subthemes: Intersection of Digital Libraries and Digital Humanities User participation and crowdsourcing Linked Open Data Open Data and re-use of data Open…
Read MoreMay 13-14, 2017 New York University As stewards of a culture’s collective knowledge, libraries and archives are facing the realities of cataclysmic environmental change with a dawning awareness of its unique implications for their missions and activities. Some professionals in these fields are focusing new energies on the need for environmentally sustainable practices in their…
Read MoreDate: Monday, April 25, 2016 Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Location: Faculty & Staff Dining Room right outside of The Fens Cafe in the Simmons College Main College Building. See who else is going and RSVP : http://www.meetup.com/neasist/events/229817030/ We will have a virtual participation option! Please email neasist@gmail.com, if you would like to be…
Read MorePosted on April 11, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff From February 27 to March 18, 2016, ASIS&T Publications Committee distributed an online survey to collect information about people’s perceptions of, and experiences with, ASIS&T publications, specifically The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T), The Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (Bulletin), and The Association…
Read MoreCfP – Pdf 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology Copenhagen, Denmark | Oct. 14-18, 2016 Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology Information science and technology shape, and are shaped by, decisions, practices and policies that impact people, groups, organizations, governments and societies throughout the world. The Annual Meeting…
Read MorePosted on March 30, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff Webinars by the Association for Information Science & Technology ASIS&T connects information professionals across fields and disciplines and provides ongoing professional development and educational opportunities to both ASIS&T members and non-members. The list of the past and upcoming ASIS&T webinars can be found here: https://www.asist.org/events/webinars/. In our continuous…
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On March 29, come hear about trends in e-book publication and use, formats and OverDrive’s relationship to Kindle, integration into library catalogs (including Bibliocommons at the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries), and OverDrive’s ongoing mission to serve libraries with e-book content. Jason Sockel is OverDrive’s Manager of Collection Development. He has been working as a library…
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Join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology on March 22 for a program featuring OCLC engineer Jeff Mixter discussing current research in metadata. OCLC Research has been working on a set of experimental processes that can mine knowledge from a wide variety of data sources such as WorldCat, VIAF, and…
Read MoreFully-funded PhD: Migrants’ heritage and its management in local cultural institutions (deadline 18 March 2016) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=72964&LID=2712 This interdisciplinary project will explore how local cultural institutions (museums, libraries, and archives) can better prepare themselves to embed and manage migrants’ cultural heritage in the digital age. Migrating heritage is a feature of our globalised world, characterized by…
Read MorePosted on March 14, 2016 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington ASIS&T members always have so many exciting things going on, and our President-elect is no exception! Dr. Lynn Silpigni Connaway, a Senior Research Scientist at OCLC, has two exciting talks coming up soon: Today, March 15, she will be giving a talk at the Vatican! Her talk…
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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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