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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…
Read MoreCandidate 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…
Read MoreCandidate 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…
Read MoreCandidate 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…
Read MoreCandidate 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,…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreASIS&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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWebinar 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…
Read MoreThe 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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The Medical Library Association is offering a $5,000 Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship for research-related purposes regarding the history of information science to increase the underlying knowledge base in this area and enhance the current and future practice of the information professions, particularly health sciences librarianship. Master’s and doctoral students in information science and master’s and doctoral degree holders…
Read MoreWe are pleased to present the following schedule of events (updated October 17th) for the 9th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium, to be held November 2nd at the 2013 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Many excellent papers and posters will be presented, along with a keynote by William Jones of the University of Washington and the presentation of our best paper awardees. To register for the workshop…
Read MoreWe are pleased to present the following schedule of events (updated October 17th) for the 9th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium, to be held November 2nd at the 2013 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Many excellent papers and posters will be presented, along with a keynote by William Jones of the University of Washington and the presentation of our best paper awardees. The 9th Annual Social Informatics…
Read MoreThe SIGHLTH annual business meeting will be held during the ASIS&T Annual Meeting from 4-5PM on Monday, November 4, 2013 at Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Canada. Please join us there!
Read MoreThe Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is seeking proposals for an Undergraduate, Master’s, and Recently Graduated Students (having graduated May 2011 or later) research program at the ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting in Montreal on November 3 – 6, 2013. This session is intended to provide…
Read MoreSIG SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are pleased to announce the winning papers of the 2012 Social Informatics Best Paper Awards: 2012 Best Social Informatics Paper ($1,000) “Toward an Integrated Model of Group Development: Disruption of Routines by Technology-Induced Change” by Monica Garfield, Bentley University, and Alan Dennis, Indiana University. Published in the Journal of Management Information Systems, 29(3),…
Read MoreA call for submissions has been posted for the CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium, to be held February 15-16, 2014, in Baltimore, MD. Submissions are due October 7th. The CSCW Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. The colloquium itself…
Read MoreJoin us for an informal and lively discussion on the issue of curating digital content for archives. In a world of overabundant information, is there a way to define what is significant or worth preserving in a way that will allow for future meaning. Or should archivists grab everything and hope for the best for the…
Read MoreExciting News: Eugene Garfield has established four fellowships at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia for the study of the history of information science, law, documentation, and chemical engineering in the chemical enterprise. The Theodore and Mary Herdegen Fellowships in the History of Scientific Information and the Paul Otlet Fellowship in the History of Information…
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