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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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Hello World! Welcome to The ASIS&T Blog!

February 8, 2014

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington This is Diane Rasmussen Pennington, ASIS&T’s Social Media Manager. I manage our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn presences… and, now, the blog! This blog is meant to be a forum for any issues related to information science. I’d love to see lively discussions and shared ideas about…

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NEASIS&T Travel Awards

February 4, 2014

Posted on February 4, 2014 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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Speakers’ slides now available — Big Data & You

February 2, 2014

We now have presentation slides to share from our January event, Big Data & You.  Special thanks to our excellent presenters and moderator, Sands Fish, Bradley Strauss, Christopher Erdmann, and Michael Leach, and to everyone in attendance who made Big Data & You a terrific event! Speakers’ presentations: “Knowing in the Age of Networked Knowledge…

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Lois Lunin Passes

February 2, 2014

Posted on February 2, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff With deep regret, we received word that Lois Lunin passed away yesterday (January 28, 2014). She will be buried tomorrow (Thursday) in Baltimore (Har Sinai Cemetery, Old Mausoleum) at 2:30 pm. [There are 2 such cemeteries in Baltimore and we do not know at which the service…

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iSquares: A New Approach to Information Research and Education

January 31, 2014

Join us for a Webinar on Friday, February 7, 2014 (Sponsored by SIG-HFIS & SIG-USE) Instructor: Dr. Jenna Hartel, University of Toronto Date: Friday, February 7, 2014 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST Cost: FREE for ASIS&T members, $10 for non-members Reservation:  Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now System RequirementsThis webinar introduces an arts-informed, visual approach…

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Postdoctoral Social Computing Research Fellow, NYU

January 28, 2014

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and the Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Social Computing are looking to hire a postdoctoral researcher as a Social Computing Research Fellow. Review of applications will begin February 28th. Fellows conduct foundational research into the relationships between information technologies and society as part of the Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Social Computing.…

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January 2014 newsletter

January 23, 2014

The ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Social Informatics Summary of Winter 2014 activities and upcoming conferences related to Social Informatics Conferences, symposiums and workshops Upcoming CHI 2014 Workshop on Values & Design in HCI Education, Toronto, Canada, April 27, 2014. http://www.nyu.edu/pages/projects/nissenbaum/vid/chi2014.html. How do we teach future engineers, designers, and citizens to understand values issues that arise…

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Student internships at Berkman Center for Internet and Society

January 14, 2014

Attention students at all levels! The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA has issued a call for applications for student interns for the summer semester. Applications are due by February 16th for full-time (35 hours per week) internships taking place from June 2nd to August 8th, 2014. Prospective interns should be passionate about the promise of…

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CFP: Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data, AMCIS 2014

January 6, 2014

20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity Savannah, GA, August  7-10, 2014 DESCRIPTION: Manyika et al. (2011; 4) note “big data has now reached every sector of the global economy. Like other essential factors of production … much of modern economic activity simply couldn’t take place without it.” An emerging…

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ASIS&T 2014 Call for Proposals

December 23, 2013

The call for proposals for the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting has been posted. ASIS&T 2014 will take place in Seattle, WA October 31 – November 4, 2014, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. This year’s theme is “Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities.” The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology.  The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and…

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