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The US Northeast Chapter (NEASIS&T) is thrilled to announce the 2025 recipients of our Conference Support Award, which supports participation in the ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in Washington D.C. from November 14-18, 2025. The award aims to support scholarship and connect research and practice by bringing new voices to the…
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Hello all, Do you prefer beginnings or endings? The start of something new and exciting or the closure of something satisfying and absorbing? A blank page or final edits? Cracking open a new bottle of sauce or tapping the bottom to release the final few drops? My colleague Nigel Fabb recently gave a valedictory lecture…
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ASIS&T Executive Director, Lydia Middleton has recorded a video sharing updates about the organization. Captions are available by clicking “cc”. Please note that these captions are auto-generated so may not be 100% accurate. Back to Inside ASIS&T, September 2025
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The Board of Directors met on July 29, 2025 via Zoom. In attendance were; Ian Ruthven (President); Maria Bonn (President-Elect); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Lu An, Timothy Dickey, Bhakti Gala; Lisa Hussey; Aylin Imeri; Luanne Sinnamon, PhD; and Lydia Middleton, MBA, CAE (Executive Director). Attending as a guest was Megan Pfefferle, Associate ED. 1. Strategic…
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ASIS&T welcomes the following Individuals who have joined ASIS&T since July of 2025: Lindsay Abaziou | USA | Student Sophie Abbott | Canada | Student Lisa Abbott | USA | Professional Jeremy Abbott | USA | Student Jillian Aberdale | USA | Professional Jessie Abraham | USA | Professional Latifah Abubakr | USA | Student…
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JOIN US AT THE 2025 ASIS&T ANNUAL MEETING! We are just two months away from the 88th ASIS&T Annual Meeting, happening November 14-18, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. With almost 500 registrants already confirmed, this is shaping up to be a record-breaking event! This year’s theme, “Difficult Conversations: The Role…
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ASIS&T has reimaigined our marketing and advertising opportunities! If you know a company or organization that is looking for a smart way to boost visibility and connect with a targeted audience, we’d love to help-feel free to send them our way! ASIS&T offers opportunities for your organization to highlight its products and services to a…
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It’s not too late to obtain an AI Certificate from the IDEA Institute. You can still register for IDEA Institute and take the course asynchronously at your own pace. Once completed successfully, you will receive your ASIS&T Certificate in AI. More Information Available Here Register Here Back to Inside ASIS&T, September 2025
Read MoreDate: Thursday, September 25, 2025 (5:30 PM – 6:30 PM) (EDT) Cost: Free! Location: Virtual Register The Northeast chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology (NEASIS&T) is hosting a virtual Fall Meet and Greet on Thursday, Sep. 25 from 5:30-6:30pm! It’s a low-key, informal social event. It’s free and open to everyone (public,…
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Watch the latest Member Spotlight featuring Jelina Haines! In each issue of Inside ASIS&T, we ask a different member questions about their perspectives, advice, and experiences in the field of information science and technology. Back to Inside ASIS&T, September 2025
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Big Island, Hawaii, January 6-9, 2014 Minitrack: Crowdsourcing Content Production and Online Knowledge Repositories Track: Digital and Social Media As various forms of collaboration are enabled (and constrained) by the affordances available in social media, researchers are investigating a range of issues including: 1) the diverse ways in which people collaborate to create, manage, curate…
Read MoreA call for papers, panels, and posters has been posted for the 2013 Social Media and Society international conference, to be held at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) Sept 14-15. Topics include big data, social media data, online communities, social networks, social media’s impact and effects on society, and theories and methods in social media studies. Papers and…
Read MoreNews from Dick Hill, ASIS&T’s Executive Director, on the Association’s name change… ASIS&T Changes Its Name, Enhances Its Global Mission With nearly 90% of all ballots cast voting in favor of a name change, the American Society for Information Science and Technology has become the Association for Information Science and Technology. While the ASIS&T acronym stays…
Read MoreSIG SI co-chairs Pnina Fichman and Howard Rosenbaum report on the successful symposium held at ASIS&T 2012 in Baltimore as part of the latest issue of the Bulletin of ASIS&T. A couple of excerpts: The 8th Annual SIG/Social Informatics (SIG/SI) Research Symposium, held on October 27, 2012, at the 75th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the American Society for…
Read MoreOn February 11, 2013, at home in Silver Spring, MD, after an 8-year long battle with cancer. Beloved husband for 38 years of Gayle Batty; father of Philip (Lina), Miles, and Sarah. Also survived by three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 818 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD…
Read MoreThanks for attending! Slides from the event are available via the links below: Open-Source Online Textbooks Shifting Forward in Digital Publishing: EPUB 3 Creating EBooks Using Open-Source Tools When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 8:15am to 1:00pm Where: Simmons College, School of Management, Room M501, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA Registration: http://neasist-ebooks.eventbrite.com/ Digitally publishing your own work is powerful and…
Read MoreSandra A. Enimil, JD, head of the newly established Copyright Resources Center at the Ohio State University Libraries will discuss copyright in the contemporary world and how it affects the library and other institutions. WHEN: Wednesday February 27, 2013 (Snow Contingency Date: Thursday March 7, 2013) 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking 7:00…
Read MoreCall for papers for a special issue of Computers in Human Behavior on “Newcomer Participation in Online Communities,” of potential interest to social informatics researchers. Optional abstracts are due April 30th, full papers due September 30th. Click through / see below for more details; contact CHB.newcomer@gmail.com with any questions. Special Issue of Computers in Human Behavior: “Newcomer Participation in Online Communities”…
Read MoreAs part of the SIG-STI Realignment Plan of 2012/2013, we are happy to inaugurate our new website. The content from the previous instance has been transferred and updated when necessary. We would like to express our appreciation to all SIG-STI members that worked in the past to create and maintain our online presence. The new…
Read MorePostdoc position available at Northwestern University’s Social Media Laboratory in the areas of computer-mediated communication, collaboration technology, and social interaction online. Review of applications begins immediately. Applications should include a cover letter, CV, three references, and a sample of published or submitted work, and should be sent to Professor Jeremy Birnholtz with the subject line “SML Postdoc application”. More details follow… The Social Media…
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