Have you been a member of ASIS&T for more than 10 years? Have you attended at least 10 ASIS&T-hosted meetings (Annual, Regional, Mid-Year, IA Summit) during the entirety of your membership? If so, you may be eligible to be named an ASIS&T Distinguished Member. The achievement comes as a result of hard work, commitment to…

ASIS&T Research Symposia are research-oriented events that address current, important and emerging topics of interest to the ASIS&T community. Symposia are held independently of the ASIS&T Annual Meetings and may be designed to catalyze and develop new research directions, to build upon existing areas of research, or to facilitate collaboration and knowledge translation with industry…

Annual Meeting Pre-Meeting Workshops Announced ASIS&T is excited to announce that the 2023 Annual Meeting Workshops have been selected. There will be several pre-meeting workshops. One Workshop (SIG USE Symposium) will be held virtually on Saturday, 7 October, from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). There are an additional ten pre-meeting workshops held in-person on…

In each issue of Inside ASIS&T, we ask a different member questions about their perspectives, advice, and experiences in the field of information science and technology. If you would like to be a featured member, email Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. Sachi Arafat Assistant Professor of Data Science, Faculty of Computing and Information Systems King Abdulaziz University,…

Members of ASIS&T have full access to the Journal of Information Science and Technology (JASIST). If you are not sure how to access your member benefit, contact Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. JASIST Volume 74, Issue 6, June 2023 Special Issue: Data Science in the iField Issue Edited by: Yin Zhang, Ii-Yeol Song, Theresa Anderson, Dan Wu Full…

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. InfoFire: Is AI the future of everything? A fireside chat with one of the…

Asia Pacific Chapter As a part of organizing webinars for the AP community,  Asia-Pacific Chapter of ASIS&T is delighted to announce that we are going to host a webinar on “Useful e-Health Systems or Useful Health Information?” on May 23, 2023. Professor Isto Huvila from  information studies at the Department of ALM (Archival Studies, Library and…

SIG-AI (Artificial Intelligence) SIG-AI and the European Chapter are hosting a virtual Student Research Symposium on Artificial Intelligence on 5 June 2023, 2:00 – 4:00 PM UK time (find your time here). The registration deadline is 1 June 2023. Cost is free to ASIS&T members, $5 for student non-members, and $10 for all other non-members.…

Webinar: Useful e-Health Systems or Useful Health Information? (Hosted by Asia Pacific Chapter) May 23, 2023 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT   Webinar: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications of Information Visualization June 1, 2023 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT   Student research symposium on Artificial Intelligence Jointly hosted by ASIS&T AI SIG…

AfLIA LIS Education and Training Section Pre-conference LIS Education workshop on the new IFLA Guidelines for Professional LIS Education Programmes 22 May 2023 via zoom from 10:00 am to 13:00 GMT Click here for the schedule and registration details. ALISE ALISE Conference: Bridge the Gap: Teaching, Learning, Practice, and Competencies October 2-5, 2023 | Milwaukee,…