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Posted on July 8, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington This is Diane Rasmussen Pennington, ASIS&T’s Social Media Manager. I manage our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn presences… and, now, the blog! This blog is meant to be a forum for any issues related to information science. I’d love to see lively discussions and shared ideas about…
Read MorePosted on February 4, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NE-ASIS&T) is pleased to announce two awards to support participation in an ASIS&T Summit or Annual Meeting. Our goals are to support scholarship and connect research and practice, bringing new voices to the chapter. The student award…
Read MoreWe now have presentation slides to share from our January event, Big Data & You. Special thanks to our excellent presenters and moderator, Sands Fish, Bradley Strauss, Christopher Erdmann, and Michael Leach, and to everyone in attendance who made Big Data & You a terrific event! Speakers’ presentations: “Knowing in the Age of Networked Knowledge…
Read MorePosted on February 2, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff With deep regret, we received word that Lois Lunin passed away yesterday (January 28, 2014). She will be buried tomorrow (Thursday) in Baltimore (Har Sinai Cemetery, Old Mausoleum) at 2:30 pm. [There are 2 such cemeteries in Baltimore and we do not know at which the service…
Read MoreJoin us for a Webinar on Friday, February 7, 2014 (Sponsored by SIG-HFIS & SIG-USE) Instructor: Dr. Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto Date: Friday, February 7, 2014 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST Cost: FREE for ASIS&T members, $10 for non-members Reservation: Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now System RequirementsThis webinar introduces an arts-informed, visual approach…
Read MoreThe Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and the Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Social Computing are looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher as a Social Computing Research Fellow. Review of applications will begin February 28th. Fellows conduct foundational research into the relationships between information technologies and society as part of the Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Social Computing.…
Read MoreThe ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Social Informatics Summary of Winter 2014 activities and upcoming conferences related to Social Informatics Conferences, symposiums and workshops Upcoming CHI 2014 Workshop on Values & Design in HCI Education, Toronto, Canada, April 27, 2014. http://www.nyu.edu/pages/projects/nissenbaum/vid/chi2014.html. How do we teach future engineers, designers, and citizens to understand values issues that arise…
Read MoreAttention students at all levels! The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA has issued a call for applications for student interns for the summer semester. Applications are due by February 16th for full-time (35 hours per week) internships taking place from June 2nd to August 8th, 2014. Prospective interns should be passionate about the promise of…
Read More20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014 DESCRIPTION: Manyika et al. (2011; 4) note “big data has now reached every sector of the global economy. Like other essential factors of production … much of modern economic activity simply couldn’t take place without it.” An emerging…
Read MoreThe call for proposals for the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting has been posted. ASIS&T 2014 will take place in Seattle, WA October 31 – November 4, 2014, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. This year’s theme is “Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities.” The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and…
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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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