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ALISE Save the date for the 2023 ALISE conference, October 2-5, 2023 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Check the ALISE conference website for updates. iSchools iConference 2023 will have a virtual and a physical component. The virtual program will take place 13 – 17 March, 2023, and the physical program in Barcelona from 27 – 29 March, 2023. For more…
Read MoreVoted YES on Merging the various parts of ISO 639 (the Standard for Language Codes) into one document and replacing the hardcoded language code tables with links to web sites that can be maintained externally Description: SO/DIS 639-4:2022, which was approved entirely and unanimously, was developed anticipating the consolidation of the former ISO 639-series (Parts…
Read MoreVoted CONFIRM on ISO 28500, Information and documentation – WARC file format Description: This document specifies the WARC file format
Read MoreVoted APPROVE on ISO/DIS 11620, Information and documentation – Library performance indicators Description: This International Standard is applicable to all types of libraires in all countries. However, not all performance indicators apply to all libraries. Limitations on the applicability of individual performance indicators are listed in the scope clause of the description for each indicator.
Read MoreAwards Recipients 2022 Winner Runner up Honorable Mention Purpose of the Award This award is a lifetime achievement award that recognizes sustained contributions to and/or achievements in the field of information science and/or the professions in which it is practiced. Such contributions may include 1) scholarly contributions to the advancement of our field, such as…
Read MoreDear ASIS&T AP Chapter members, On behalf of the ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter, I would like to announce the following officer positions for 2023. Chair: Chang Liu (Peking University, China) Chair-elect: Yuxiang (Chris) Zhao (Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China) Treasurer: Safirotu Khoir (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) Secretary: Zhenjia Fan (Nankai University, China) Webmaster: Shaobo…
Read MoreTime: 16:00-17:00, October 30, 2022（GMT+8）Meeting Room: ZoomParticipants: Yuelin Li, Chang Liu, Yuxiang Chris Zhao, Shaobo Liang, Qiao Li, Zhenjia Fan Recorded by Zhenjia Fan Key points: (1) Discuss and determine the time, form, and manuscript forms of the meeting: meeting date Dec.17-18, online meeting; submission DDL Nov.15; notice before Nov.25; camera-ready submission Nov.30; long paper,…
Read MoreVoted YES on Create a NISO Recommended Practice to Optimize Collaborate Collections Lifecycle Activities Description: Networks of libraries have a long tradition of working together to expand their resources and provide more comprehensive coverage across all subjects through sharing of resources. More recently, larger networks of institutions have explored wider adoption of cooperative collections management,…
Read MoreVoted YES on NISO Z39.102-202X STS:Standard Tag Suite Description: The Standards Tag Suite (STS) provides a common XML format that developers, publishers, and distributors of standards, including national standards bodies, regional and international standards bodies, and standards development organizations, can use to publish and exchange full-text content and metadata of standards. STS is based on…
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2026 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award Application Deadline: Monday, July 20, 2026 Notification of Award Winners: mid or late August 2026 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: 6-10 November, 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand Application: NEASIST 2026 Conference Support Award application NEASIS&T Conference Support Award The Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T is offering up to 4 conference support awards to…
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 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 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 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…
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 Ning Zou is the 2026 recipient of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled, “From Data to Action: Towards a Framework for Collaborative Personal Informatics in Dementia Care.” 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 “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 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 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…
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