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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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Greetings, colleagues and friends. CO-ASIS&T would like to share with you the following announcement from our partner chapter NORASIS to the northeast. Note especially that you can participate in the meeting remotely at no cost by way of the WebEx link provided below. – – 7:00 PM Thursday November 19 Kent State University School of…
Read MorePosted on November 15, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Si Sun, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. 1. Reduction of conference registration fees One of the biggest benefits to be an ASIS&T student volunteer is that our work is paid generously with the conference registration fee. The duties do not…
Read MorePosted on November 15, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Stephanie Lee, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. Before I start my report, I’m truly grateful for having an opportunity to participate as a member in this heaven of the information world. Attending ASIST 2015 was definitely invaluable experiences, and the…
Read MoreWe elected the 2015-2016 SIG-DL executive at the ASIS&T conference in St. Louis, Missouri. You can find their bios on the Officers page. 2015-2016 Executive Team Chair: Eka Grguric Chair-elect: Alyson Gamble Treasurer/Secretary: Alyson Gamble Communications Officer: Virginia Dressler Membership Officer: Lyne Da Sylva Webmaster: Matthew Murray Past Chair: Kevin Comerford 2015-2016 Committee Conveners Digital Liaisons: Chris…
Read MoreOur next meetup will be a collection development workshop led by Michael Leach, head of collection development at Harvard’s Cabot Science Library. Seating is limited for this one, so head over to our Meetup page to reserve your spot!
Read MorePosted on November 11, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Si Sun, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. With ASIS&T AM about to end, perhaps too promptly, many of us are taking the opportunity to continue catching up with old friends and making new ones. This lead some of us to…
Read MorePosted on November 11, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Anmol Kalsi, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. 9 November The President’s Reception featuring posters showcased a wide array of works in progress and innovative research studies, demonstrating the vibrant activity within the LIS research community. Of course, there were snacks…
Read MorePosted on November 10, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Si Sun, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. Our student design competitions winners from last year continued to develop their work and presented a poster at the Annual Meeting yesterday. Krista Parham (left) and T. Zachory Frazier (right) Their winning design,…
Read MorePosted on November 10, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Anmol Kalsi, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. Having been coming to ASIST for the six years, I have to say this is the most fantastic conference I’ve attended, so if you’re not here you’re missing out big time. We’re…
Read MorePosted on November 9, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Si Sun, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. What does information look like – internationally? Rebecca Noone from University of Toronto spent most of the morning completing the reassembling of an artistic demonstration of her and her colleagues’ work. These drawings on…
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