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Posted on November 9, 2016 by Yolande Nanayakkara This post was submitted by Anna Maria Tammaro, PhD 2017 ASIS&T President Lynn Silipigni Connaway participated at two events this past October in Italy, introducing ASIS&T to Italian professionals, students and scholars. This was the first time ASIS&T has presented in Italy — the relevance of these events is high, considering that in…
Read MoreIt’s that time of year when students look for advice about PhD program applications. This year we are launching a new, redesigned PhD program in Information Studies here in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. PhD in Information Studies http://drexel.edu/cci/PhDIS It’s designed to be a highly interdisciplinary program with a lot of…
Read MoreFalling Short of Their Profession’s Needs: Education and Research in Library & Information Studies Join us for a webinar on Nov 04, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT. FREE for ASIS&T members; $15 for non-members REGISTER NOW! In Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library (2015), Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand discovered people loved their public…
Read MoreEDITOR’S SUMMARY ASIS&T has continuously worked to enhance diversity and inclusion over its long history, including the formation of the Special Interest Group/International Information Issues and the name change from the American Society for Information Science and Technology to the Association for Information Science and Technology. During the 2016 ASIS&T Annual Meeting (AM), a Diversity…
Read MoreUser experience remains a hot topic after NEASIST’s 2016 UX conference, and now you can deepen your understanding with a holistic view of service design. Do you want to tailor your entire ecosystem — personnel, spaces, and systems online and offline — to improve your users’ experiences? The New England Chapter of the Association for…
Read MoreBest Information Behavior Conference Paper Award Recipient: Devon Greyson Affiliation: University of British Columbia Title: Evolution of Information Practices over Time Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award Recipients: Saguna Shankar, Heather O’Brien, Elissa How, Wendy Lu, Millicent Mabi, and Cecelia Rose Affiliation: University of British Columbia Title: The Role of Information in the Settlement Experiences of Refugee Students Elfreda A.…
Read MoreMembers of the European Chapter organize several conferences, workshops and seminars during a year. Currently upcoming events are summarized in the flyer below. You find all upcoming events in our event calendar.
Read MoreWe would like to offer an open space for interesting discussions the evening before the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Copenhagen starts. Students and interested people get together to share research backgrounds/own interests and get in touch with persons with similar interests. As a special option, we would like to invite students and colleagues from Copenhagen…
Read MoreSeveral SIG-HLTH members will be at ASIST’s annual meeting in Copenhagen! We hope you’ll join SIG-HLTH at the activities below at the conference: Join us at SIG-RUSH on Sunday, October 16th at 19:00 (7:00) Have dinner with vice-chair, Miraida Morales at Loft (http://timos.dk/loft/), email or tweet her for the details! Stop by our SIG planning session on…
Read MoreCO-ASIS&T is looking for a new student representative to serve on the board for the upcoming year. Student’s help the board with general management of the group, plan events, and serve as a liaison and voice for local students. Gain leadership experience, network with your future colleagues, and become more involved with local libraries! Students…
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Registration 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…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Valuing Curation Infrastructures,” written by Morgan F. Wofford, Andrea K. Thomer, Libby Hemphill, Katherine Polasek, & Elizabeth Yakel, published in Volume 76, Issue 12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the Best…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Sanda Erdelez is the recipient of the 2026 Research in Information Science Award. The award recognizes an individual or team who has made an outstanding contribution to information science research. The award is for a systematic “program of research” in a single…
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