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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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Posted on January 12, 2016 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Nadia Caidi is 2016 ASIS&T President and an Associate Professor in the iSchool at the University of Toronto. She can be reached at nadia.caidi@utoronto.ca. On behalf of my colleagues on the ASIS&T Board, I would like to extend to you all our best wishes for the New Year, and…
Read MoreLet’s give a GIANT thank you to everyone who helped us start off January with a productive and inspiring conference on user experience design. The New England library community is wasting no time in 2016! You can look forward to a series of posts providing slides and further discussion of how we can put the…
Read MoreChris LaRoche of MIT and UXPA Boston took on the important role of introducing #neasistUX attendees to the basics of user experience fundamentals. This info was so valuable that I immediately resolved to attend more UXPA Boston events — meetups, Saturday workshops, and their annual conference in May. Check out Chris’s slides! This deck is…
Read MoreSteven Anderson and Eben English of the Boston Public Library were facing a good problem. Thousands of new book objects being ingested into their collection, and they needed a browser-based, platform-agnostic interface to allow users to read content online. So, they found four open source tools and started testing. Check out the slides for details…
Read MoreFinal Notice: Call for Proposals: CAIS/ACSI 2016 Conference Conference Theme: Information Science in our Communities Location: Calgary, Alberta (June 1-3, 2016) Deadline for Submission: January 11, 2016 Submit to Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences /?conf=cais2016 (The French and English CFP posted to http://cais-acsi.ca) ***Please note the following***** – all submissions should be anonymized to facilitate the blind review process. – if you wish…
Read MoreLibraries In the Digital Age (LIDA): 13-17 June 2016, Zadar, Croatia Authors are invited to submit paper abstracts (up to 1500 words); poster, panel, demonstration, workshop, dissertation (PhD forum) and student showcase abstracts (up to 750 words) to the conference Libraries In the Digital Age (LIDA) which will be held at the University of Zadar,…
Read MoreEPIC, a multidisciplinary community of practitioners and academics, including many in information science and related fields, promoting ethnographic & sociocultural approaches in industry. EPIC2016 Minneapolis, MN, 29 Aug-1 Sept EPIC invites submissions to our 12th annual meeting – the premier international gathering on ethnography in industry. Read the full call and more conference info here: https://www.epicpeople.org/2016/ Call…
Read MoreACM Conference on Supporting Group Work November 13-16, 2016 Sanibel Island, Florida An international conference showcasing the work of researchers and industry across disciplinary interests related to technology, society, and human interaction. Go to link for more details
Read MoreCall for Papers: 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems August 11 – 13, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA We welcome papers for the mini track titled “Social Theory in Information Systems (STIR ’16)”, for AMCIS 2016. Details are as follows: Track: Social Technical Issues and Social Inclusion Track Mini Track Title: Social Theory in Information…
Read MoreThe New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2016 Winter Event: UX & You: User Experience Design & Research Whether you are providing a service for free or for profit, in-person or virtually, your organization’s success depends…
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