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The SIG-Social Media (SM) invites you to participate in the 2021 SIG-SM Elections. Your vote is important. Please join this opportunity to contribute to SIG SM. The election is due before September 20, 2021. For more information and to vote, click here. Thank you for taking your time.
Read MoreSIG AH is pleased to announce the call for nominations for officers for the 2021-22 year. We are seeking candidates for the open positions of Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, and Social Media – Communications Officer. The SIG AH Committee service is a wonderful opportunity to help drive research and scholarship in information science and technology, combined…
Read MoreVoted YES on Create a NISO Recommended Practice for unique electronic resource package identifiers Question: Do you approve of a Proposed New Work Item: Create a NISO Recommended Practice for unique electronic resource package identifiers? Description: This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item to create a NISO Recommended Practice for unique electronic…
Read MoreWhat “Information Science” Means to Me For 84 years, ASIS&T researchers and practitioners, along with those from related fields, have been pushing advancements in information understanding, technology, and use, making substantial progress and contributions. Our members have been at the forefront of improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages, archives and disseminates information. We…
Read MoreUpcoming SIG-STI Virtual Coffee Hours Please join us for another SIG-STI Virtual Coffee Hour! This one is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25th, at 01:00 UTC. That works out to: 9:00 a.m. Wednesday in Nanjing, China 9:00 p.m. Tuesday in New York City 3:00 p.m. Tuesday in Honolulu, Hawaii 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in New Delhi, India…
Read MoreThe Awards Jury of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI) is excited to announce the winners of our 2021 ASIS&T SIG SI Awards. First, we are pleased to announce the winner of our 2021 Social Informatics Best Paper Award. We had several excellent nominations this…
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August Deployment of Knowledge Management: A Ripple Effect Sponsored by the ASIS&T South Asia Chapter and SIG-KM Dr. Shantanu Ganguly August 26, 11:00 AM EDT-12:00 PM EDT (Find your local time.) September The Future of Library Collaboration Sponsored by ASIS&T and the ASIS&T Midwest Regional Chapter Timothy J. Dickey (Moderator), Brittany Brannon, Nancy Kirkpatrick, Wes…
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iConference 2022 Call for Submissions As we build our post-COVID-19 realities, we have an unprecedented opportunity to apply information for a better world. In iConference 2022, Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future we invite scholars to reflect and contribute through their research and engagement. Submissions are invited for: Full Research Papers Short…
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SIG-AH Information resources like books, AV/social media, performing arts, gaming, etc., can play an important role in a person’s life and are a source of creating good positive society. Reading books is an adequate remedy for readers to relieve stress. Books make people stress-free and motivate the readers to change their life by charging them…
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Candidate for Treasurer Biography Expand Dr. Chris Cunningham finished his Doctoral studies at the University of South Carolina. He received his Master in Library and Information Studies from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, focusing on technology and his Bachelor in Art in History from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with minors in Mathematics…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dr. Rebekah (Becky) Willson is an associate professor at the School of Information Studies at McGill University (Montréal, Canada). Dr. Willson’s research is in the field of information behaviour and practices – particularly focusing on individuals and groups who are undergoing transitions and living with uncertainty, including academics working on…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Professor Isto Huvila holds the chair in information studies at the Department of ALM (Archival Studies, Library and Information Studies and Museums and Cultural Heritage Studies) at Uppsala University in Sweden. His primary areas of research include information and knowledge management, information work, knowledge organisation, documentation, research data, and social…
Read MoreCandidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Dr. Marlene Holmner holds a DPhil in Information Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is an Associate Professor and the current Head of the Department of the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research interests lie in the fields of Information Ethics,…
Read MoreIn accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, all Professional, Retired, Student, Lifetime, and Institutional Members in good standing on May 1 of the election year shall be entitled to one vote on the Board of Directors Ballot. Should you prefer to vote by mail, please send an email to lmiddleton@asist.org to request a paper ballot. Paper…
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 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 MoreWebinar 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, they will critically examine how academic conferences often fail to meet accessibility…
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…
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