SIG-Infolearn Events
Thursday, April 9, 2009, 5:30 pm – 7 pm Book Club Night: “Print is Dead” – Bombay Club, Harvard Square, Cambridge Thursday, February 19, 2009, 5:30 pm-7 pm Meetup: Twitter! – Johnny D’s, Davis Square, Somerville Thursday November 13th, 2008 Meetup: What I learned at ASIST… – Green Street Grill Wednesday November 5th, 2008 Mobile…
Read MorePatrick Losinski shares his observations from the recent Urban Library Council trip to Europe. This is an opportunity to learn about what is happening in public libraries in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. Members of the delegation were able to see and experience new technologies, service models, collaborations, and cultures in action. Come and join…
Read MoreCONTENTdm makes everything in your digital collections available to everyone, everywhere. No matter the format–local history archives, newspapers, books, maps, slide libraries or audio/video–CONTENTdm can handle the storage, management and delivery of your collections to users across the Web. Presenter Ginny Browne As Knowledge Management Librarian in the OCLC Library, Ginny Browne is responsible for…
Read MoreIn case you missed it, the 2008 Annual Meeting of ASIS&T international just took place in Columbus, OH, and a good time was had by all. In some ways this was the best-run professional conference I have experienced. ASIS&T did an excellent job bringing first-timers into the swing of things, and the hierarchy of the…
Read MoreThe Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology and OHIONET invite you to a workshop on Tuesday, November 18, 2008: Making Metadata: Turning Theory into Product If you want to learn about the realities of creating metadata, this hands-on workshop will help move you from theory to practice. From selecting…
Read MoreTour OSU’s Digital Union, which is the place on campus to put your hands on emerging technologies. The Digital Union is an experimental space where faculty, staff, and students can learn about and test everything from video and audio equipment to surface computing and lecture recording systems. The tour will include the new Learning Collaboration…
Read MoreHave a little free time? Need a break? Take the opportunity to tour the Cartoon Research Library (http://cartoons.osu.edu/) located on the Ohio State University campus. The Cartoon Research Library holds the largest collections of original cartoon art in the world. The collection includes editorial cartoons, comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, sports cartoons, and magazine…
Read MoreJoin us for a spooky hour long walking tour right at your front door – we’ll leave from the conference hotel. The stories take place in some of our city’s finest historic structures. From Abe Lincoln’s last dance to the mayor who still looks after the city – hear tales of early Columbus and its…
Read MoreMonday, September 15, 2008 Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA Campus Map / Public Transit / Driving Directions + Parking Understanding how people interact with information is a fundamental problem of information science. Interaction includes finding information in libraries and the WWW, consuming and evaluating what is found, and using this information to transform personal…
Read MoreSummary by Mike Brown, 2008-2009 cc:asis&t Program Committee Chair On September 13, 2008, cc:asis&t co-sponsored a day-long workshop titled “Pushing Boundaries in Information Visualization: Using Virtual, Immersive, and Interactive Technologies in Research & Practice.” The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) also co-sponsored the event, which took place in three of its high-technology rooms located in UNC-CH’s…
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Sanda Erdelez is the recipient of the 2026 Research in Information Science Award. The award recognizes an individual or team who has made an outstanding contribution to information science research. The award is for a systematic “program of research” in a single…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dimaz Ardhi, Kayla Burt, Satyam Kumar, Jannatul Muna, and Dwi Sari are the recipients of the 2026 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. Dimaz…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Valuing Curation Infrastructures,” written by Morgan F. Wofford, Andrea K. Thomer, Libby Hemphill, Katherine Polasek, & Elizabeth Yakel, published in Volume 76, Issue 12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the Best…
Read MoreThe 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…
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