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Ohio’s School of Library and Information Science: We Go the Distance!

December 17, 1997

Speaker: Dr Danny P. Wallace Director, School of Library and Information Science-Kent State University This presentation took place at an open house at the Columbus Campus of the School of Library and Information Science-Kent State University, and was co-sponsored by C-ALSSO (Columbus/Associated Library Science Students of Ohio), the KSU-Columbus student organization.

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Perspectives on the Digital Information Environment: A Case for Collaborative and Institutional Models

November 11, 1997

Presented by Wendy Lougee Assistant Director for Digital Library Initiatives University of Michigan Library The changing landscapes of higher education, scholarly communication, and technology have provided a catalyst for rethinking existing structures for information delivery and access within the academy. Wendy Lougee will discuss perspectives on the digital information environment. The University of Michigan’s Digital…

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Making the Pieces Fit: Maintaining a Coherent Web Presence in a Complex Organization

September 24, 1997

Presented by Karen Diaz Web Librarian, The Ohio State University Libraries This presentation examined challenges the Ohio State University Libraries has faced on a variety of web site issues including: Delivering a variety of electronic resources (CD-ROM, web, telnet accessible / which are citation databases, journals and other full text resources) Building depth to access…

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Telecommunications Revealed: New and Upcoming Technologies

May 21, 1997

CO-ASIS&T Annual Meeting Presented by Larry Learn Director, Telecommunications Planning, OCLC Recipient of the LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for 1997 Dinner Program For the first portion of the hour, Larry Learn will speak about the new and upcoming telecommunications technologies, with emphasis on the three issues (technolgy, economics, regulation) supporting library applications. The presentation will…

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The Digital Age and Archives

March 12, 1997

Presented by Karen Benedict Archival Consultant, The Winthrop Group Program Meeting The program will cover the following topics: 1. Issues in the long-term preservation of electronic records 2. The impact of the Internet and the World Wide Web on information delivery and the user base. 3. How proposed changes to the Copyright Act of 1978…

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Everything you Wanted to Know about Creating a Home Page, but were Afraid to Ask

March 27, 1996

Presented by Linda Robinson Access Services Specialist OCLC Information Center The program will cover the following topics: 1. hardware and software REQUIREMENTS; 2. how to CREATE an internal homepage (we will set one up while you watch!); 3. how to MAINTAIN the homepage once you’ve created it. Time will be allowed for questions and answers.

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The Late Great Internet

March 15, 1996

CO-ASIS&T Annual Meeting Featuring Debora Shaw President-Elect, American Society for Information Science Associate Dean, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Dinner Program It is easy to be overwhelmed by statistics on the growth of the Internet and commercialization of cyberspace; graphs of exponential growth confirm our impressions of living in a revolutionary age.…

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PhD FUNDING OPPORTUNITY at AIX-MArseille University, FRANCE

June 7, 0016

We are seeking PhD candidates for a thesis proposal entitled “Healthcare Associated Infections Prevention and Reduction: Info-communication tools and processes for hand hygiene” (Project ID: 2016-21) which has passed the first selection phase in the context of a competitive DOC2AMU, a H2020 COFUND MSCA project financed by the European Commission under Grant Agreement 713750 and…

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SIG-Infolearn Events

11th SIG-III International Café Meet

April 24, 2024

Post Engaging in International Research Collaborations   Via Zoom Thursday, May 15, 2024 9:00 am EDT Zoom Meeting link available via iConnect   SIG-III has organized its informal meeting “International Café Meeting” to provide the opportunities to all ASIS&T members. We invite scholars, at all levels in their career, including students to exchange ideas. In…

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Second Humans of the Library with ASIS&T Past Presidents

April 17, 2024

Dear all, Would you like to meet and talk to “Human Books”? Are you interested in listening to the stories of your ASIS&T Past Presidents? Then join us the Second Humans of the Library Friday, 7th June 2024, at 10:00 AM EST(Time zone Converter: dateful.com/time-zone-converter ). Please register here. Every human has stories of their struggles, successes, leadership,…

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Call for Abstracts: Information Science Trends 2024

April 16, 2024

Information Science Trends (IST) 2024: Living online and offline, in darkness and light July 8-10, 2024 15.00pm-18.00pm CEST (July 8-9) & 11.00am-14.00pm CEST (July 10) Online (Zoom) The European Chapter (EC) and European Student Chapter (ESC) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) seek your contributions to an online conference on Living online…

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2024 Call for Nominations – ASIS&T Board of Directors

April 10, 2024

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the positions of President-Elect and Directors-at-Large on its Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee of ASIS&T is seeking candidates for the open positions of President-Elect and two Directors-at-Large on the ASIS&T Board of Directors. Service on the Board of…

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Midwest Chapter Symposium

March 29, 2024

Join us at the First Ever ASIS&T Midwest Chapter Spring Symposium on April 26, 2024! Unlike many conferences and events these days, this event has NO set theme. Proposals were encouraged and speakers will present on any topic in library and information science – ranging from librarianship, archival studies, digital humanities, informatics, data science, and…

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ISO/CD 16687, Impact assessment for museums

March 20, 2024

Voted NO COMMENT on ISO/CD 16687, Impact assessment for museums Question: Question: Do you have any comments related to the Committee Draft, ISO/CD 16687? Description: This document defines and describes methods for measuring and assessing the impact of museums on individuals and on society. The methods described can be used for identifying areas of influence…

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President’s Column, March 2024

March 19, 2024
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In Ireland and the United Kingdom, spring is in full swing. The snowdrops have bloomed, daffodils have put on their annual display, and magnolia blooms and cherry blossoms are everywhere. This is one of my favourite moments in the calendar year.  For me, spring is a promise for what is to come. Harriet Ann Jacobs…

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From Your Executive Director, March 2024

March 19, 2024

A video message from Lydia Middleton, MBA, CAE, Executive Director

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Governance Update, January 2024

March 19, 2024

The Board of Directors met on January 29, 2024. In attendance were; Crystal Fulton, PhD (President); Ian Ruthven, PhD (President-Elect); Abebe Rorissa, PhD (Past-President); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Joan Bartlett, PhD; Maria Bonn, PhD; Tina Du, PhD; Bhakti Gala, Ph.D; Lisa Hussey, PhD; Aylen Imeri, PhD; Luanne Sinnamon, PhD; and Lydia Middleton, MBA, CAE (Executive…

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2024 Virtual IDEA Institute on AI – May 28-31

March 19, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disruptive but transformative technology that can bring value to libraries by enabling increased library use, optimizing collection analysis, and enhancing the user experience. Library and information professionals must keep abreast of advances in AI technologies in order to provide innovative and value-added services, access, and collection development. Issues about inequality, discrimination, data privacy, and bias, combined with the costs and evolving nature of AI, influence the adoption of AI in academic, research, and other libraries and information environments.

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