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SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper and Poster Award Winners SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Long Paper Award Title: When Chatman Meets Chinese Rural Older People with Health Anxiety: From Life in the Round to Concentric Life Circles Authors: Lin Wang, Xinyi Wu, and Huajian Zhu, Chinese Academy of Science and Education Evaluation, Hangzhou Dianzi…
Read MoreWe had a great Chapter Member Business Meeting reviewing the past year’s accomplishments, member survey results, and goals for the year ahead. We’re especially excited about members of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) joining us and were thrilled to see so many SLA colleagues participate in the meeting. The recording, slides, and minutes from our…
Read MoreWith the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting taking place nearby in Crystal City, VA., NEASIS&T has offered several Presenter Stipends to help offset travel and registration costs for current NEASIS&T Chapter members presenting in person. Recipients were selected for how strongly their submissions aligned with our rubric criteria, demonstrating meaningful contributions to the field, clear professional…
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Dear friends We’re almost there! It’s nearly time for the 88th Annual Meeting. When I began my term as President I said that I wished for a year of conversations. The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and there are so…
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Greetings friends and colleagues, As we wrap up another remarkable year for ASIS&T, I’m delighted to share several exciting updates that speak to the incredible momentum and growth of our community. A Record-Breaking Annual Meeting Our 2025 Annual Meeting in Crystal City promises to be one for the books-with record attendance nearing 600 participants! I…
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As ASIS&T continues to grow and evolve, it is essential that our direction reflects both the needs of our members and the rapidly changing landscape of the information sciences. ASIS&T pleased to share that the 2025-2028 ASIS&T Strategic Plan has been finalized and is now available for download HERE. This plan represents many months of…
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ASIS&T is delighted to announce the 2nd Annual ASIS&T President’s Lecture. The Lecture will be freely open to the public and delivered via Zoom to ensure that all who wish to may attend. It will also serve as the kickoff plenary of the 2025 ASIS&T Virtual Annual Meeting. The ASIS&T President’s Lecture will take place…
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GET READY! THE COUNTDOWN IS ON! The ASIS&T community is coming together, are you joining us? This November 14-18, we will be in Crystal City for a high-energy meeting of discovery, innovation, and collaboration across the field of information science and technology. With record-breaking attendance already locked in, this is one of the most anticipated…
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We will offer live Zoom streaming of both the keynote session and the Business Meeting, ensuring that members who can’t attend in person are still able to participate in these cornerstone events. This hybrid approach will continue to enhance accessibility and inclusivity across our global membership. Click the links below to access the session at…
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Now that ASIS&T has merged with the Special Libraries Association (SLA), we have created several new iConnect communities that are open for ASIS&T members to join. Click the links below to check out and join the following communities: Military Libraries Community Physicians-Astronomy-Mathematics (PAM) Engineering Community Legal Community Community Informatics Local Chapter – DMV (D.C., Maryland,…
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SIG HLTH will be distributing letter sized one page brochures/posters at health informatics related sessions at ASIS&T 2014. The purposes of these brochures are to promote attendance at health informatics related sessions and enhance member recruitment. These brochures will be designed by SIG HLTH members and selected through public voting. Please contribute your design talent! Prize: $50 for first place,…
Read MoreDear SIG DL Community, We are pleased to announce that our group was chosen as the 2014 SIG of the Year. We would like to thank you all for contributing to this achievement by volunteering your time toward a variety of projects including: coordinating and attending our webinars; submitting, presenting, or working for SIG DL at…
Read MorePosted on September 19, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff The ASIST Annual Meeting is being held in Europe for the first time — and we would like your help to document and celebrate this historic event! Throughout the conference, we would like you to document and share your experiences of ASIS&T in Copenhagen using the special hashtag #ASISTinEurope…
Read Morehttps://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/23739223Since 2010, ASIS&T has hosted the Research Data Access & Preservation (RDAP) Summit, an annual event bringing together researchers, librarians, managers, scientists, policy makers, and teachers who are passionate about preserving and ensuring access to research data. The 2014 RDAP Summit was held March 26-28 in San Diego, California, and the August/September Issue of the…
Read MoreIt is my great pleasure to announce that Professor Gary Marchionini has been chosen as the 2014 ASIS&T SIG USE Award Winner for Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research. Dr. Marchionini’s work on Information interaction and human-centered computing has made significant contributions to the field of information behavior research, incorporating the understanding of information seeking…
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This is our annual business meeting where the chapter officers provide an update to the membership and open the floor for nominations for open office positions. During this seminar you will learn basic copyright information and gain an understanding of fair use. There will be information on the history of copyright, using copyright-protected work, and…
Read MoreDania Bilal, a Professor in the iSchool of Information Sciences at University of Tennessee, and Jacek Gwizdka, Assistant Professor in the School of Information and co-Director of the Information eXperience Lab at University of Texas at Austin, have received a $41,363 Google Research Award for a project titled “Child-friendly search engine results pages (SERPs): Towards better understanding…
Read MorePosted on September 12, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Hello ASIS&T! Once again, the Web Redesign Task Force needs your input. Those of us who have been involved with ASIS&T for a while might recognize that we have a bit of an “alphabet soup” when it comes to our individual groups within the association. Arguably,…
Read MorePlease join us in Seattle and celebrate with us as we mark the 10th year of the SIG SI Research Symposium, to be held on Saturday, November 1st, 2014, from 8:30am – 12:30pm at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, as part of ASIS&T 2014. Register for the conference and symposium by September 18th to receive early bird rates! This year we are celebrating a decade of successful…
Read MorePosted on September 11, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington The Web Presence Task Force is really excited about the work that @SevenHeadsDesign continues to do for our website redesign! We’re still on track to launch the new site design at the Annual Meeting in November, but we’ll post some bits and pieces here on the blog before…
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