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New Leader Awards Announced

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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Sanfilippo to Receive Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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Soroya to Receive 2026 Lois Lunin Award

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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Johnson to Receive 2026 Bob Williams History Fund Research Grant

July 1, 2026

The 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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Kirasur to Receive the 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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Zou to Receive the 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Award

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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“Valuing Curation Infrastructures” Chosen for 2026 Best JASIST Paper Award

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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Erdelez to Receive 2026 Research in Information Science Award

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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Wagner to Receive 2026 James M. Cretsos Award for Leadership

July 1, 2026

The 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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Connaway to Receive the 2026 Award of Merit

July 1, 2026

The 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…

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2020 ASIS&T Annual Meeting goes to Pittsburgh

March 14, 2019

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Lydia Middleton ASIS&T is pleased to announce that the 2020 Annual Meeting will take place October 23-28, 2020 at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown. Please save the date!

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: LIDA 2020

March 12, 2019

Libraries And Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA 2020) is looking for contributions covering a range of topics related to Libraries, Archives, Museums, and other Information Institutions. LIDA 2020 will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia under the theme of: “Reshaping Identity in The Digital Age: People, Libraries, Data, Technology & Ethics” You can find…

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Call for Participation: LIDA 2020

March 10, 2019

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Libraries And Information Institutions in the Digital Age (LIDA 2020) is looking for contributions covering a range of topics related to Libraries, Archives, Museums, and other Information Institutions. LIDA 2020 will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia under the theme of: “Reshaping Identity in The Digital Age: People, Libraries, Data, Technology & Ethics”…

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2019 Summer of Tours Lineup

March 8, 2019

Save the dates for CO-ASIST’s 2019 edition of our award-winning Summer of Tours! Stay tuned for information about registration and more details about each event. Thursday, May 30, 9:30 am Bexley Public Library Wednesday, June 5, 9:30 am Blackmore Library, Capital University Saturday, June 29, 9:30 am Wagnalls Memorial Library * After the library tour & presentation,…

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2018 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia

March 7, 2019

Greetings from your guest blogger, Alyson Gamble! I am a doctoral student in LIS at Simmons University and the research associate at the Harvard Data Science Review . I am also the grateful recipient of the 2018 student NEASIST travel award. Thanks to the generosity of NEASIST and the Simmons University SLIS PhD program, I…

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UNT ASIST Newsletter: Issue 1

March 5, 2019

UNT ASIS&T is starting a newsletter in order to keep our community up to date with chapter activities, upcoming opportunities, and important news. As you know, being a member of our student chapter is totally free! If you would like to join our international parent organization, student memberships are only $40. This gets you access…

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State Library of Ohio tour

January 30, 2019

The State Library of Ohio is a state agency that serves state government, all types of libraries, and residents. The State Library also serves the community: 1) directly, by building and managing quality collections and providing hands-on service to state government, 2) cooperatively, through collaborative efforts and information sharing networks such as OhioLINK, the Ohio Digital Library, Serving Every Ohioan,…

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UNT ASIS&T Wins UNT’s Eagle Award for Outstanding Student Organization Event of the Year

January 28, 2019
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Navigating the Data Landscape: Roles and Rules and When to Break Them

January 11, 2019

The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2019 Winter Event: The amount, variety, and production rate of data have increased exponentially and rapidly. We also have tools that make data more available and make crunching data…

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2018-19 Election Results

January 2, 2019

On behalf of the ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter, I would like to announce the following officer positions for 2019: Chair: Sam Chu (University of Hong Kong Chair-elect: Tina Du (University of South Australia, Australia) Past-Chair: José Miguel Baptista Nunes (Sun Yet-Sen University, China)  Secretary: Dan Wu (Wuhan University, China) Treasurer: Waseem Afzal (Charles Sturt University, Australia)…

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