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This is part 5 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. Uhjin had already recently…
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The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Board is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the Association of Information Science & Technology, the official journal of the ASIS&T, who has the expertise to drive the journal forward. The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is a leading international forum for peer-reviewed research…
Read MoreThe SIG-BIZ board will be meeting this Thursday, Feb. 12, at 2pm CST. This as an open meeting all SIG-BIZ members are invited. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/95884595380?pwd=4ajiDfzuErAjSa07HuarpdbyVgTZSD.1 Meeting ID: 958 8459 5380Passcode: Price102
Read MoreThis 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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The EUChap welcomes its new country representative for Finland, Noora Hirvonen from Oulu. She follows Chapter Advisor Isto Huvila. For more information about officers and country representatives of the EUChap, please visit this site. Your country is not represented? Please contact our chair to talk about your country’s representative.
Read MorePosted on August 18, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff Professor Jack Meadows (1934-2016) The founder of the University of Leicester’s astronomy department, has died. During five decades in academia, Arthur Jack Meadows (known as Jack) also won acclaim as an information scientist, a prolific writer and a senior administrator at Loughborough University, where he held dean…
Read MorePosted on August 16, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for video submission is September 1st, 2016. ASIS&T invites a doctoral student in the dissertation writing stage or close to defending to submit a short video (up to 5 minutes) that introduces the world to the exciting and engaging research that…
Read MoreKnowledge Media Institute (KMi) Stipend: £14,057 per year net plus fee bursary, Ref: 9668 Based in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) is home to internationally recognised researchers in semantic technologies, text-mining, artificial intelligence and digital libraries. KMi offers students an intellectually challenging environment with exceptional research and computer facilities. We are…
Read More14 contributions of European Chapter members were accepted to be presented at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Copenhagen. Congratulations to all colleagues. We are looking forward to seeing you in October! Please do also not forget the 1st Student Barcamp organized by the European Student Chapter!
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CO-ASIS&T invites both members and non-members to a tour of the Ohioana Library in conjunction with our Annual Meeting. The Ohioana Library Association was founded in 1929 by Ohio First Lady Martha Kinney Cooper to collect, preserve, and promote the works of Ohio authors, artists, and musicians. Today the Library’s holdings include more than 45,000 books by…
Read MoreThe ASIS&T European Chapter would like to invite nominations for the following officer positions in 2016-2017 (October-September): Chair-elect Secretary/Treasurer Member Records Holder Webmaster List of current officers. Please send your nominations to Isabella Peters at ipe(at)informatik.uni-kiel.de or Virginia Ortiz-Repiso Jimenez at virginia(at)bib.uc3m.es. Self-nominations are welcomed. Elections will take place 6 weeks prior the Annual Meeting…
Read MoreStudents! Are you tired of preparing papers which immediately migrate into professors’ files never to been seen again? Recover your papers, send your most promising to the 2016 ASIST SIG/MET Student paper contest, and present your work in Copenhagen, Denmark! Papers should discuss theories, methods, policies, case studies, etc. on aspects of the measurement of…
Read MorePosted on August 4, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff Please join us in congratulating the ASIS&T 2016 New Leader awardees! Rebekah Willson, PhD. Rebekah recently graduated from Charles Sturt University, Australia and will be taking a faculty position at University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Rebekah will be working with President-elect, Lynn Silipigni Connaway. Lynn…
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