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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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SIG-Infolearn Events

The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) Calls for Participation in the 2016 Summer Research Institute

March 4, 2016

When:        27 June to 1 July, 2016 Where:       Skamania Lodge, Stevenson WA (one hour east of Portland, OR) To learn more about the venue, see:http://www.skamania.com. Deadline: Apply by 29 March, 2016, notifications by end of April, 2016 Personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information…

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ROB KLING CENTER FOR SOCIAL INFORMATICS STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT

February 28, 2016

The Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics is pleased to announce the 2016 Student Research Grant. This fellowship of $1,500 will be used to support a doctoral student at Indiana University, Bloomington who is studying the ways computerization, the Internet, or digital media interact with people, organizations, or society. Applicants must submit a brief statement (up to…

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TOUR – Serving Our Users: An Ohio Dominican Perspective

February 22, 2016

WHEN: Monday, February 22, 2016, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE: ODU Library Spangler Learning Center 1216 Sunbury Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 COST: Free! RSVP: by February 17, 2016 – bstettner@columbuslibrary.org Join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (CO-ASIS&T) and presenters Michelle Sarff and Christina Bonner for a program about Ohio Dominican University’s patron-driven Library. Ohio…

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ASIS&T Position Statement on the ALA Accreditation Process

February 12, 2016

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff ASIS&T Position Statement on the ALA Accreditation Process and the Future Collaboration between ALA and ASIS&T in the Area of Graduate Professional Education February 10, 2016 As a professional association that bridges the gap between information science practice and research, ASIS&T counts researchers and practitioners from a…

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Call for Papers: 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems August 11 – 13, 2016, San Diego, CA, USA

February 10, 2016

Dear Colleagues, We welcome submissions for the mini track entitled “International Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Access”, for AMCIS 2016 Track: Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS (SIGCCRIS) Mini Track: International Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Access Description: Networks and systems within the contemporary information society are in many ways constrained by access to ICT, including…

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NEASIST Travel Awards

February 8, 2016

Posted on February 8, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NE-ASIS&T) is pleased to announce two awards to support participation in an ASIS&T Summit or Annual Meeting.  Our goals are to support scholarship and connect research and practice, bringing new voices to the chapter. The student award…

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Call for applications: Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) 2015 Research Summer Institute

February 6, 2016

The Research Summer Institute organized by the Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) has issued its annual call for applications. 2015’s Summer Institute will be held July 20th – 24th, 2015 at The Nature Place, near Colorado Springs, CO. Applications are due by  March 2 (deadline extended!) Personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and…

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1st Interdisciplinary Summer school on Privacy (ISP 2016) – Call for Participation

February 4, 2016

Doctoral researchers working on privacy, data protection, security, surveillance and ethics are invited to participate in the first Interdisciplinary Summer school on Privacy (ISP 2016) to be held from July 10-15, 2016 in Berg en Dal (The Netherlands), close to Radboud University (Nijmegen). Teachers Solon Barocas (Princeton University), George Danezis (UCL), Claudia Diaz (KU Leuven…

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Research Data Science Summer School

January 28, 2016

Trieste Italy August 1-12, 2016 The CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science | (smr 2876) The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, in collaboration with CODATA, RDA and TWAS, is organising a short course in the data science approaches and skills that are essential for 21st century research. The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School will be held…

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Call for Student Papers: Indexing and retrieval of non-textual information

January 28, 2016

“Winners will receive a Best Student Paper award and $500 cash prize” SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, April 4, 2016 FINALIST NOTIFICATION: Friday, April 15, 2016 FINALIST PRESENTATIONS: Wednesday, April 27 or Thursday, April 28, 2016 The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Arts and Humanities (SIG-AH) and the Special Interest Group for Visualization, Images, & Sound (SIG-VIS)…

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