SIG-Infolearn Events
87th 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 Closing Keynote Speaker- Ranjit Singh: The Ordinary Ethics of Putting People First Ranjit Singh is a senior researcher at Data & Society,…
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Thanks to all who responded to the recent iConnect user survey. Your feedback was valuable in helping us to assess what users like and don’t like about the iConnect community platform. The data from the survey will be shared with the Membership Committee, and in the coming months, we will be incorporating your suggestions to…
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ASIS&T would like to celebrate and recognize your accomplishments. 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! Blessing Mawire Director, Integra Professional Solutions (information…
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ASIS&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! Azadeh Aletaha – Dissertation Defense…
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ASIS&T is delighted to announce the publication of the first full issue of ARIST in more than a decade! Members have full online access to the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), a collection of peer-reviewed, comprehensive, and systematic reviews on topics relevant to information science, computing science, technology studies, and related fields.…
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Check out the newest articles from Information Matters (IM), ASIS&T’s digital-only communication translational forum for information science, bringing relevant and current research evidence and industry developments, news, and opinion to a global public audience free of charge. Sign up for our weekly newsletters from IM. AI and India’s IT Odyssey-From Humble Beginnings to Global Dominance: A Fireside Chat with…
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Africa Chapter The Africa Chapter will have its quarterly general meeting on 27Â March 2024 at 13h00 GMT (Time: 2pm WAT; 3pm SAST; 4pm EAT) – check your time here. Zoom meeting link:Â https://uct-za.zoom.us/j/98239361150?pwd=MWZGemtmUitERm1aVmt0NWtMV3NmUT09Â (Meeting ID: 982 3936 1150 & Passcode: 032037). The chapter would like to showcase the rich and diverse research that members are involved in.…
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SIG-AI (Artificial Intelligence) SIG-AI and the Europe Chapter are hosting an online Research Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Early Career Researchers and PhD Students. The symposium will take place on Monday 25th March 2024, 1:00 – 3:00 PM UK time, or 9:00 – 11:00 AM EDT. There is still time to register to attend by clicking on…
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ASIS&T Webinars, your source for online live and on-demand content created by the Association for Information Science & Technology, are free to ASIS&T members. Our webinars connect you with experts and global thought leaders in information science, management, and business on relevant professional issues. ASIS&T SIG-AI and the European Chapter Online Research Symposium on AI…
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iConference 2024 Virtual Academic Program: April 15 – 18, 2024 Onsite Academic Program in Changchun, China: April 22 – 26, 2024 2024 ARL IDEAL Conference July 15-17, 2024 | Toronto, Canada Don’t miss out on your EXTENDED opportunity to attend IDEAL 2024 at the advance rate.! The 2024 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries…
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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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