SIG-Infolearn Events
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Laura Cheng and Dr. Jason Holmes, Kent State University Program: You have a website – but how do you know if it is an asset to your organization, or a liability? Your users might like you, but hate your website. Can your users find what they need easily and efficiently? Do your…
Read MoreKeynote Speakers: Karen Diaz and Anne Fields, The Ohio State University Libraries Program: Digital storytelling is the practice of telling a personal story using multimedia to combine images, music and the storyteller’s voice to create compelling, 3-5 minute videos. What might this have to do with information science? Why might technically minded people be interested…
Read MoreKeynote Speaker: Anne Fields and Todd Wulfhorst, The Ohio State University Libraries Program: The Sullivant Learning Commons provides students with a “one-stop center for learning and technical needs”. It features wireless access, individual and group workstations, and provides equipment & software for presentation practice. Join Presenters Anne Fields and Todd Wulfhorst and see how Ohio…
Read MoreCO-ASIS&T Annual Meeting and Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Pat Losinski, Executive Director, Columbus Metropolitan Library Program: Our guest speaker is Mr. Pat Losinski, Executive Director of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Mr. Losinski will be speaking on findings from his recent Urban Libraries Council trip to the new National Library in Singapore and the new Central Library…
Read MoreKeynote Speaker: Tim Rhodus, Department of Horticulture & Crop Science, The Ohio State University. View presentation slides and Rhodus’ article “Podcasting! What’s All the Buzz?”
Read MorePROGRAM REMINDER: It is not too late to reserve space in the Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology workshop: “Your Environmental Scan” Are you wondering about how to begin the planning process for your library or information agency? Do your plans accommodate the changing environment of your users and…
Read MoreCatch a glimpse of the future and plan to join us for the May luncheon meeting of the Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology on Thursday, May 5th, 2005 at the Fawcett Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio. Our honored speaker is Joe Branin, Director of Libraries for The Ohio…
Read MoreAnnouncement for March 22, 2005 Tour Knowlton You are invited to attend the CO-ASIS&T program featuring a presentation and tour at the new Library in The Ohio State University’s Knowlton School of Architecture. Knowlton Hall is the new home for the OSU disciplines of architecture, city and regional planning, and landscape architecture. For the first…
Read MoreHappy New Year from all your friends at CO-ASIS&T! You are invited to join us for the first program of 2005 on Thursday evening, February 10th, 2005. Alane Wilson of OCLC, co-author and editor of the 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan will present: “Reclaiming The Third Place: Libraries and their Communities in the Age of Amazoogle”…
Read MoreSAVE THIS DATE: Tuesday, October 5, 2004 for our first Fall CO-ASIS&T Program. Plan to Join Us for a Panel Discussion on Current Services and Future Endeavors for ESOL Populations, led by Kristin Shelley, Branch Manager of the Hilltop Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. We’ll be discussing the needs of foreign patrons and students,…
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SIG-HLTH Webinar: Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces Webinar Description This webinar, Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces, will feature Rhys Dreeszen Bowman and Leah Dudak, co-authors of Cripping Conferences: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Disability in Academia. Drawing from their personal and scholarly insights as disabled scholars,…
Read MoreThe following comments have been received from ASIS&T and joint members in response to the ASIS&T/SLA merger framework: Some personal historical notes from Linda Smith: SLA/ASIS(T) merger discussions were active but failed in the summer of 1971 when I began studying for my MS in Library Science. Subsequently I joined SLA and helped found an…
Read MoreASIS&T will use this space to share information with our current and future members about the plans for and process of merger with the Special Libraries Association. A working group consisting of Heather Kotula, 2025 SLA President-Elect; John DiGilio, 2025 SLA Past President; Christine Pelosi, SLA Director; Julie Smith Maekask, SLA Director; James Manasco, SLA Director; Ian…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Heidi Julien is the recipient of the 2025 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 award…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Naresh Agarwal is the recipient of the 2025 Bob Williams Research Grant. The Grant is awarded to an outstanding research proposal exploring the history of information science and technology. Agarwal’s grant proposal is titled, “Weaving the history of the information science field…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Alex H. Poole has been awarded a 2025 Bob Williams History Fund Award for his research paper titled “‘There’s a big difference between going through life with the wind at your back, and going through life leaning into the wind’: Feminism in…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Namali Suraweera, PhD, is the recipient of the 2025 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. Dr. Namali Suraweera is an Academic Developer…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Indra Ayu Mckie, PhD, is the 2025 recipient of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award for their dissertation titled, “Co-experiencing conversational AI: An ethnographic exploration of embodied interactions with voice assistants.” The award’s purpose is to recognize outstanding recent doctoral candidates whose research…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Erin Canning is the recipient of the 2025 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 Rawan Almakinah, Lateef Ayinde, Jane Bartley, Hassan Mortada, and Le Yang are the recipients of the 2025 ASIS&T New Leaders Award. The award’s purpose is to engage and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Rawan…
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