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Speaker: Steve Romig, Manager, OSU Incident Response Team Mr. Romig tailored his presentation to the audience’s expressed interest in Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDS) attacks.
Read MoreSpeaker: Ginny Browne, Knowledge Management Administrator, Sterling Commerce Ms. Browne focused on a piece of Knowledge Management that complemented our well-attended November Knowledge Management meeting
Read MoreSpeaker: Erik Jul, OCLC Institute Mr. Jul addressed Knowledge Management’s potential impact on libraries and information specialists.
Read MoreCo-sponsored by CO-ASIS&T and NOR-ASIS&T Held at OhioLink and The Kent State University Library, linked via VTEL Panel Discussion Presenters Columbus Site Steve Acker, Ph.D. Acting Director Technology Enhanced Learning and Research Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication The Ohio State University Anne K. Abate, Ph.D. Adjunct Faculty Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, Florida Kevin…
Read MoreCO-ASIS&T Annual Meeting and Luncheon Speaker: Don Barlow, Library Channel Developer and Director of the Westerville Public Library Mr. Barlow discussed the issues associated with the development and implemenation of The Library Channel, a front end to online library and Internet resources.
Read MoreSpeaker: Judy Wagner, Associate Director ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education Ms. Wagner gave a presentation on the history, goals, and objectvies of ERIC. She also showed some of the newer aspects of ERIC, including the free ERIC search sites.
Read MoreSpeaker: Anita Cook, Director of Library Systems, OhioLINK OhioLINK is building a reservoir of electronic full text of journal literature. This is being done by contracting directly with publishers for the rights to load full text and make it fully accessible to the OhioLINK consortium members without copyright restrictions. Currently, electronic journal titles are available…
Read MoreSpeaker: Eric J. Miller, Research Scientist, OCLC Eric Miller presented information about RDF and metadata for networked resources.
Read MoreSpeaker: Dr. Geoffrey Smith, Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts, The Ohio State University Dr. Smith discussed the cataloging decisions associated with The Charvat Collection of American Fiction leading to successful access to the material in this collection.
Read MoreCO-ASIS&T Annual Business Luncheon Speaker: Stuart Weibel, Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Dr. Weibel, one of the initiators of the Dublin Core, gave an overview of Metadata, including the philosophy behind the Dublin Core, and a quick introduction to RDF.
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“On this June day, the buds in my garden are almost as enchanting as the open flowers. Things in bud bring, in the heat of a June noontide, the recollection of the loveliest days of the year, those days of May when all is suggested, nothing yet fulfilled.” Francis King, The Well-Considered Garden As…
Read MoreBack to Inside ASIS&T, May 2024 Transcript: Hello everybody Greetings from ASIS&T I’m Lydia Middleton your Executive Director and I am happy to give you an update on all the things that are coming up in the next few weeks of ASIS&T It’s a busy, busy time for us We’re hitting a lot of deadlines…
Read MoreThe Board of Directors met on April 30, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. 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 (via zoom), PhD; Bhakti Gala, PhD; Lisa Hussey, PhD; Aylen Imeri, PhD; Luanne Sinnamon, PhD; and…
Read MoreArtificial 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.
Read MoreUniversity Library Singel 425, Amsterdam Doelenzaal Registration Program Accommodations Access to trustworthy and reliable information is essential in a civil society. In a world with many different and powerful stakeholders shaping the information landscape, the ease with which anyone can produce, use, and circulate data leads to the unresolved question of how authoritative information could…
Read More87th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology 25-29 October, 2024 Calgary, AB, Canada Calgary Hyatt Regency Hotel Putting People First: Responsibility, Reciprocity and Care in Information Research and Practice Registration for the 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting will open in early June. Stay tuned for details on Early Bird registration deadlines so…
Read MoreASIS&T staff and the Membership Committee recently conducted a member survey of iConnect, ASIS&T’s online member community. This survey told us a few things: Not all members know about iConnect and its value. Many members aren’t aware of the features inherent to iConnect. It’s time for an iConnect upgrade that will make member engagement easier…
Read MoreDue Monday, June 3, 2024 The Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) is seeking new members to join its Editorial Board. ARIST publishes peer-reviewed, comprehensive, and systematic reviews on topics relevant to information science, computing science, technology studies, and related fields. Published under the banner of Wiley’s Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), ARIST‘s goal…
Read MoreIn each issue of Inside ASIS&T, we feature a different member to discuss ASIS&T and the field of information science and technology. Please contact Pamela Yonker if you would like to be featured in Member Spotlight. Andrew Cox, PhD Senior Lecturer School of Information, University of Sheffield How long have you been an ASIS&T…
Read MoreASIS&T would like to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of members. Please share with us news of your tenure, promotion, doctoral defense, job change, publication and/or grant receipt. We will recognize these accomplishments in each issue of Inside ASIS&T. Please complete this form to let us know what you’ve done! Laureen Cantwell-Jurkovic, PhD, MLIS On Monday, April…
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