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ASIS&T Draft Strategic Plan Open for Comment

July 1, 2025

Dear Colleagues, I’m happy to be nearing the final stages of strategic planning for the next three years of work for our organization. It’s been a pleasure working with our enthusiastic and committed task force and the Board of directors and learning about their vision for the organization. In recent months, it’s been very exciting…

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Chris Cunningham

June 12, 2025

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…

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Rebekah Willson

June 12, 2025

Candidate 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…

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Isto Huvila

June 12, 2025

Candidate 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…

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Marlene Holmner

June 12, 2025

Candidate 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,…

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2025 Board Elections

June 12, 2025

In 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…

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SLA Merger Information

June 10, 2025

ASIS&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…

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ASIS&T/SLA Merger Comments & FAQ

June 10, 2025

The 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…

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SIG-HLTH Webinar: Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces

June 6, 2025

Webinar 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…

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Julien to Receive the 2025 Award of Merit

May 29, 2025

The 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…

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SIG-Infolearn Events

Conference Recap: International Digital Curation Conference 2014

April 2, 2014

This past February, librarians, archivists, developers, scientists, and researchers descended upon San Francisco’s Omni Hotel to eat, sleep, and breathe digital curation. I was fortunate enough to be one of the over 200 attendees at this year’s International Digital Curation Conference, Commodity, catalyst, or change-agent? Data-driven transformations in research, education, business & society, organized by the…

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2014 NEASIST Student Travel Award: Apply by Friday, April 25

March 27, 2014

The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIST) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of up to $750 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting (October 31-November 4, Seattle, WA).  Applications must be received by Friday, April 25. The winner will be notified by Wednesday, April…

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Threats to Reader Privacy and Access to Information in the Digital Age

March 5, 2014

Professor Lipinski will discuss how the shift to e-readers, social networking sites, licensed content, etc. poses legal challenges to traditional notions of reader privacy that was often grounded in the library place or space and how libraries can respond to these challenges. WHEN: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Refreshments and Networking Time 7:30…

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Digital Liaisons 2013 (multimedia) Proceedings now online!

March 1, 2014

Proceedings for Digital Liaisons: Engaging with Digital Curation Theory and Practice, the SIG-DL session for ASIS&T 2013, are now online! Whether you want to view each presenter, listen to a keynote speaker, skim the abstracts, or read the bios, the entire session is now available. Enjoy!

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Call for applications: Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute, 2014

February 24, 2014

A call for applications has been posted for the 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute, organized by the Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST). This year’s Summer Institute will be held July 8th – 10th, 2014 at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. MOOCs, education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation,…

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CFP: 3rd ASE International Conference on Social Informatics

February 21, 2014

A call for papers has been posted for the 3rd Academy of Science and Engineering (ASE) International Conference on Social Informatics, to be held on December 15 – 19, 2014 in Cambridge, MA. Workshop proposals are due by April 15th, while papers are due by July 15thand posters by October 16th. Topics of interest for the conference include: Computational Social Science Human Dynamics Social Signal Processing Social Behavior…

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Call for chapter abstracts: International Handbook of Internet Research

February 21, 2014

A call for chapter abstracts has been posted for volume 2 of the International Handbook of Internet Research, edited by Jeremy Hunsinger, Lisbeth Klastrup, and Matthew Allen. 500-word abstracts are due June 1st, 2014, with notice of acceptance by January 1st, 2015; accepted full chapters will be due by September 1st, 2015. This new volume will be arranged in three…

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SIG-DL Seeking Chair Elect

February 21, 2014

SIG-DL is seeking applicants for the position of Chair Elect to serve on the SIG-DL Executive Committee for the remainder of 2014. The position is being filled as a temporary (pro tem) appointment. This is an ideal opportunity to get more involved in SIG-DL and add a national service appointment to your résumé. The successful…

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Spring Meetup — Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Libraries and Privacy in the Digital Age

February 14, 2014

Join us for an informal and lively discussion on the issue of privacy in the digital age. Historically, libraries have been staunch defenders of patron privacy. But in an era when citizens routinely share their information, particularly in the digital realm, in order to receive tailored book and movie recommendations and targeted services, are libraries standing…

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Tour the Ohio Historical Society Library & Archives

February 8, 2014

Join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (COASIS&T) as we get a glimpse at some of the “behind- the-scenes work” at the Ohio Historical Society (OHS)! A group tour will be led by an OHS staff member and last approximately 45 minutes to one hour, offering insight and understanding…

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