SIG-Infolearn Events
Andrew Pace, always entertaining and informative, will speak at the December gathering of the Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (CO-ASIS&T). Plan to attend his presentation on Tuesday, December 7, 2010: “Getting Libraries to Web-scale” Last year, Andrew Pace talked about the web-scale landscape for libraries. This year he’s back…
Read MoreWhen: Thursday, December 9, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Where: Green Street Grill 280 Green Street (it’s a bit hidden) Cambridge, MA 02139 What: Winter installment of the NEASIST Meet-up! Gather with friends and colleagues for a happy-hour discussion on all things e-Readers. Come share your own experiences with reading books on Kindle, or reading…
Read MoreThe Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology is honored to have Dr. Yin Zhang and Dr. Athena Salaba as our guest speakers at the November 9th, 2010 Program:“Research and Development of FRBR-Based Systems to Support User Information Seeking“ Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) provides great opportunities for creating…
Read MoreWednesday, October 13, 5:30-7pm Johnny D’s 17 Holland Street Somerville, MA 02144 Join us for the Fall installment of the NEASIST Book Club! What’s all the fuss about HTML5? Maybe you’ve heard rumblings about how it will change the way that we make and view web sites, but the details are fuzzy… Or maybe you…
Read MoreCO-ASIS&T Annual Meeting Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Director of Libraries at The Ohio State University, will speak at this year’s annual meeting of the Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (CO-ASIS&T). Carol’s presentation Information Technology: What Keeps Me Awake at Night will focus on a series of issues which pose new challenges and…
Read MoreWednesday, 8/18, 5:30-7pm Andala Café 286 Franklin St., Cambridge, MA Close to Central Square T stop Join us for a meet-up at Andala Café! Our theme for this meet-up will be geo-location mobile apps and tools, such as Foursquare, Gowalla, and SCVNGR. Don’t know what any of those words mean and why you should care? …
Read MoreLibraries are essential – but are your shareholders getting the message? Recession and shrinking budgets are reducing access to library services now, when they’re need most. Are you successfully demonstrating your value to your community? your faculty? your parent organization? It’s more important than ever. Whether you work in a public, private or academic library,…
Read MoreCongratulations to Danielle M. Cossarini (Dalhousie University, School of Information Management) – Winner of the 2010 NEASIST Student Travel Award Competition! The NEASIST Student Travel Award jury is pleased to announce this year’s winner! The 2010 NEASIST “Best Paper in Information Science” award goes to: Danielle M. Cossarini danielle.cossarini at dal.ca Dalhousie University School of…
Read MoreWe would like to wish the recipients of this years awards one more hearty congratulations! Your efforts to both NEASIST, and to the Simmons Student Chapter of ASIS&T, have been invaluable. This year’s recipients are: Member of the Year: Nicole Hennig Student Member of the Year: Luke Gaudreau Thanks again…
Read MoreMonday, May 17 at 6:00 pm Come out to celebrate with friends and colleagues at this year’s annual NEASIST Awards Dinner! Nicole Hennig, Head of User Experience at the MIT Libraries, will present on new gadgets and their influence on library services. Come to hear her ideas on iPads, e-book readers, and mobile devices, and…
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Read MoreType: New Work Item Proposal (Technical Specification) Scope: Provides methodology and structured listing of technical activity fields for classifying standards publications. Description: This standard provides a methodology, and a listing of fields of (technical) activity, organized by groups and subgroups, for classifying standards publications. By inheritance, it provides a common, harmonized understanding of standards application…
Read More21 August 2025 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) today announced that their members have cleared the way for the organizations to merge. SLA members voted overwhelmingly to accept the dissolution plan proposed by their Board of Directors. Separately, ASIS&T members resoundingly approved their Board’s proposal…
Read MoreCall for Submissions SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper & Poster Awards SIG-HLTH, ASIS&T’s Special Interest Group on Health Informatics, is pleased to open submissions for the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Long Paper Award, the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Short Paper Award, and the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Poster Award. We define health broadly to encompass research…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts,” written by Lonni Besançon, Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé, and Alexander Magazinov, published in Volume 75, Issue 12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Niels Windfeld Lund’s Introduction to Documentation Studies, published by Facet Publishing, is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2025. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information science published during the preceding calendar year.…
Read MoreDescription: This document offers guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes. Question: Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 999? Decision: Approved with comments Comments: This draft is relevant to standard practices in index creation and presentation. However, the following revisions are suggested:
Read MoreDescription: ISO/CD 25244, Information and documentation – Performance indicators for archives specifies guidelines for the archives community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the following purposes: Question: Do you have comments on the technical content of ISO/CD 25244? Vote: No comments.
Read MoreDescription: ISO 30300:2020 provides a foundational vocabulary for the records management domain, promoting consistency and clarity across related standards developed by ISO/TC 46/SC 11. It includes key terms and definitions but does not restrict the creation of new terms in future standards. This vocabulary supports professionals and organizations aiming to align with international best practices…
Read MoreDescription: ISO/TS 22943:2022, Information and documentation – Principles of identification, presents the foundational rationale behind the existence and use of identifiers. It provides a consistent framework for structuring and understanding identifiers in both trade and information management contexts. The standard outlines core expectations, characteristics, and the broader business case for identifiers, while also acknowledging that…
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