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This is part 4 of the blog series where we share reflections from our 2025 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award recipients, offering a glimpse into the value and impact of the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Through their experiences, we aim to highlight the learning, networking, and growth that make this event so impactful. Attending the Association for…
Read MoreThis is part 3 of the blog series where we share reflections from our 2025 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award recipients, offering a glimpse into the value and impact of the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Through their experiences, we aim to highlight the learning, networking, and growth that make this event so impactful. In 2025, I marked…
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Hello good info-folk. I am writing to you for the first time in my term as ASIS&T president. As a member of the board of directors and as president-elect, I have worked with several presidents, and admired their collaborative leadership styles, incisive intelligence and good humor. I hope I can fill those big shoes! (Metaphorically…
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Greetings colleagues, As we move into a new year of activity and opportunity for ASIS&T, I am pleased to reflect on a period marked by momentum, resilience, and forward-looking collaboration across our community. First, I want to celebrate the tremendous success of the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Crystal City. Nearly 600 colleagues joined us…
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The Board of Directors met on November 15, 2025 in person in Crystal City, Virginia and via Zoom. In attendance were; Ian Ruthven (President) (zoom); Maria Bonn (President-Elect); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Lu An (Zoom), Anne Barker (SLA Appointee) (zoom), Timothy Dickey, Bhakti Gala; Lisa Hussey; Aylin Imeri; Heather Kotula (SLA Appointee) (zoom), Luanne Sinnamon,…
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Vicki Gregory ASIS&T was saddened to learn of the passing of long-time member Vicki Gregory on January 4. Vicki joined ASIS&T in 1983 and, during her membership tenure, served in the leadership of several SIGs and Chapters, served as Treasurer of ASIS&T from 2008 to 2015, and was awarded the Watson Davis Award for Service…
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ASIS&T will be launching the search for a new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST) in February of 2026. Steve Sawyer, the current Editor-in-Chief, will be retiring from his position in July of 2026. A search committee, chaired by Isto Huvila of Uppsala University, Sweden will be issuing…
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We are excited to announce the new dates for the ASIS&T 2026 Annual Meeting taking place in Bangkok, Thailand from November 6-10. Every effort was made to secure a venue and date that did not create challenges for members wishing to attend both the ASIS&T and ALISE Annual Meetings in 2026. We recognize the proximity…
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Register Today and Reserve Your Hotel! We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the Information Science Summit & Special Libraries Conference (ISS/SLC26) taking place in June in Albuquerque, NM | USA! Carrying on the tradition of the very successful SLA Annual Conference, this conference will explore new frontiers of information science and librarianship…
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We are pleased to announce that the Exhibitor and Sponsor Prospectus for the ASIS&T Information Science Summit and Special Libraries Conference (ISSS/SLC26) is now available, and exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities are officially open. Carrying on the tradition of the very successful SLA Annual Conference, this meeting will bring together a highly engaged, international audience of…
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Nominations for the SIG Digital Libraries 2019-2020 Executive Committee are now open. Positions on the Committee eligible for nomination include: Chair-Elect Secretary Treasurer (may be combined as Secretary/Treasurer) Communications Officer Webmaster Full description of roles and responsibilities of each position can be viewed at: https://www.asist.org/sig/sigdl/sig-dl-officer-positions/ Submit nominations and self-nominations here: https://forms.gle/A36yqh1G9LDL3ziFA Nominations to include the following information:…
Read MoreDear SIG/OIM members: In my June newsletter, I called for nominations for the following offices: Chair-Elect Treasurer SIG Cabinet Representative. Here are the criteria [1] for nominations of officers: individuals willing to commit their time to providing the necessary leadership for the SIG. Individuals must be members of ASIS&T and the SIG at the time of their…
Read MoreDear Colleagues, The ASIS&T Special Interest Group Social Media (SIG-SM) is pleased to announce ‘Social Media Membership Award’ to sponsor the information professionals and students who are interested or working in the domain of Social Media. This award is specifically developed/designed to encourage diversity in ASIS&T and facilitate information professionals and students from developing economies…
Read MorePosted on July 18, 2019 by Lydia Middleton Professor Bar-Ilan Receiving 2018 Research in Information Science Award It is with great sadness that the ASIS&T community learned of the passing of Professor Judit Bar-Ilan on July 16th. Professor Bar-Ilan has been a highly engaged member of the ASIS&T community, having served on the Annual Meeting…
Read More(Seeking Candidates) We are seeking candidates for the SIG SM Board of 2020. The open positions are: Chair-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Webmaster, Communications and Social Media officer, Archivist, Recruitment Membership, and Designer. The board is open to suggestions for additional (special responsibility) positions. The main responsibility as a board member is to work and cooperate with…
Read MoreWe are very happy to present to you our new newsletter! Click here to download the newsletter.Please feel free to read and forward the newsletter. Your EC Officers
Read MoreGreetings all, Please take a look at the latest SIG AH newsletter which just came out last week! We have announcements about awards, and SIG AH members’ research which may be of interest to you. The newsletter is in PDF format, which can be opened under “current”. If you are not a member of SIG AH, and…
Read MorePosted on July 15, 2019 by Lydia Middleton The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Tim Gorichanaz is the 2019 recipient of the ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award from ASIS&T for his dissertation titled “Understanding Self-Documentation.” The award’s purpose is to recognize outstanding recent doctoral candidates whose research contributes significantly to an understanding…
Read MorePosted on July 15, 2019 by Lydia Middleton The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Professor Kevin Crowston is the 2019 recipient of the ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award. The award’s purpose is to recognize an individual or individuals for an outstanding research contribution in the field of…
Read MorePosted on July 15, 2019 by Lydia Middleton The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Matthew Weirick Johnson has been selected as the 2019 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…
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