SIG-Infolearn Events
Dear ASIS&T friends, The third ASIS&T European Workshop in takes place in Osijek 2015, May 22 – 23. After submission process and review we have the following conference program: http://web.ffos.hr/aew2015/en/program.php. As organizers we would like to invite you to participate in this event. CONFERENCE PROGRAM: http://web.ffos.hr/aew2015/en/program.php CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: http://web.ffos.hr/aew2015/en/registracija.php DATE AND LOCATION: May 22 – 23, 2015…
Read MorePosted on March 27, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Naresh Agarwal Naresh Agarwal has been tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Simmons College, Boston effective July 1, 2015. Naresh’s research area is information behavior and knowledge management – the way people look for information…
Read MoreWe’re starting a new monthly series on the ASIS&T Blog this week: “Get to Know a SIG / Get to Know a Chapter.” This new series will help existing and prospective ASIS&T members learn more about the groups that are an integral and essential part of the broader association. These include Special Interest Groups (or SIGs), which cover particular topics…
Read MorePosted on March 26, 2015 by Adam Worrall SIG AH logo (courtesy SIG AH) Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series—after an unplanned delay—is with SIG AH (Arts and Humanities), which “explores the applications of information science to the full range of activities in the arts…
Read MoreOur next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series—after an unplanned delay—is with SIG AH (Arts and Humanities), which “explores the applications of information science to the full range of activities in the arts and humanities.” SIG AH is on the smaller side of our ASIS&T Special Interest…
Read MoreASIS&T NJ Chapter, RU Chapter, and SIG Health invite you to a social event for health information researchers. The event will be help on March 26, 6-8pm at the faculty lounge of the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. The address is 4 Huntington Street Room 323 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Please join…
Read MorePosted on March 10, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Please join the SJSU ASIS&T student chapter and SIG ED for: The Grant Writing Course as a Real-World Experience to Build Communities Webinar Date: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 1:00 – 2:00 EST Free to Members and Non-Members. Click here for details! Presentation Abstract: This webinar will introduce the audience to the…
Read MorePosted on March 10, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Call for Student Papers: “What do Information and Technology Mean to the Arts and Humanities?” SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 FINALIST NOTIFICATION: Friday, April 10, 2015 FINALIST PRESENTATIONS: Wednesday, April 22 or Thursday, April 23, 2015 The Special Interest Group for Arts and Humanities (SIG-AH) and…
Read MorePosted on March 9, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff On behalf of all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), we are pleased to announce the winners of the SIG III InfoShare awards for 2015. Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost…
Read MorePosted on March 9, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in digital data organization, is pleased to announce its inclusion on KMWorld’s annual list of the “Top 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management.” Access Innovations is featured for its fourth year after first debuting on the list in 2009. Other…
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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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