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SLA Merger Information

July 26, 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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ISO/DIS 25964-1, Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies – Part 1: Thesauri for information retrieval; management and use

July 26, 2025

Description: Part 1 of ISO 25964 gives recommendations for the development and maintenance of thesauri intended for information retrieval, applications as well as broader use cases including web navigation, artificial intelligence, author tagging, management and use applications. It is applicable to vocabularies used for retrieving information from all types of information resources, irrespective of the…

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2025 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award for ASIS&T Annual Meeting – Apply by Aug. 4

July 23, 2025

Application Deadline: Monday, August 4, 2025 Notification of Award Winners: late August or September 2025 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: 14-18 November, 2025, Washington, DC Application: NEASIST 2025 Conference Support Award application NEASIS&T Conference Support Award The Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T is offering up to 4 conference support awards to support participation in the ASIS&T 2025…

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Webinar: Who Even Wrote This? Welcome to the Post-AI Library – August 7 webinar

July 14, 2025

NEASIS&T has planned an exciting summer webinar, presented by Jon Ippolito, exploring how libraries and digital collections are grappling with a surge in AI-generated submissions. When: August 7, 2025 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (EDT) Where: Virtual Cost: Free for ASIS&T members; $25 for non-members Register for the event (ASIS&T members should log in before…

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President’s Message, July 2025

July 11, 2025

The Australian band Crowded House had a famous song, ‘Always Take the Weather With You’. To be honest, I wish they would take the weather as it’s raining again in Glasgow. So many news stories now are around weather: floods, droughts, heat waves, and loss of natural habitats. Climate action is one of the Grand…

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From Your Executive Director, July 2025

July 11, 2025

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, July 2025

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Proposed Merger with SLA – Vote to Open July 28

July 11, 2025

Over the past six weeks, ASIS&T has been collecting and responding to member feedback on the possibility of merger with the Special Libraries Association. On June 29 the associations held a joint Town Hall where many member questions were answered. The details of the proposed merger along with links to the questions and responses as…

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ASIS&T Draft Strategic Plan Open for Comment

July 11, 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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2025 Membership Survey: Turning Your Input Into Action

July 11, 2025

In the 2025 ASIS&T Membership Survey, we asked you how we could improve your member experience.  Our dedicated Membership Committee took time to analyze your feedback, and created a summary for the Board to use as a foundational document to guide the Strategic Planning process.  Here are some of the items we wanted to highlight…

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Call For Volunteers – Committees

July 11, 2025

Meet New Colleagues. Grow Your Engagement. Give Back To Your Professional Community. Volunteer with ASIS&T. Volunteers are the life-blood of ASIS&T and provide the intellectual capital and human resources to power all we do! Don’t miss this opportunity to give back to your profession while enhancing your professional network and your CV! ASIS&T is seeking…

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SIG-Infolearn Events

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn & Relevance of Social Media for Libraries

April 13, 2010

Would you like to know more about how Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn can benefit you and your customers?  Our speakers will provide a brief overview of each medium and discuss how they can benefit us as information professionals, our customers and our organizations.  Learn more, and join colleagues for a CO-ASIS&T panel discussion at the Dublin Branch…

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NEASIST TED Talks Film Festival

April 11, 2010

Tuesday, May 11th, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm   Are you a lover of TED Talks? Or maybe you’re wondering just who this Ted person is that everyone keeps talking about? Either way, join us for an evening of TED Talks, pizza, and sparkling conversation. Vote on your top choices for viewing at the festival.…

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I never thought of that…! Techies with chutzpah and how they did it

April 10, 2010

On Saturday, April 10th, the UNC student chapter of ASIS&T and the Carolina Chapter of ASIS&T hosted an event on innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit titled “I never thought of that…! Techies with chutzpah and how they did it”. The speakers for the day, who also participated in a moderated Q&A following their talks, were…

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NEASIST 2010 Student Travel Award

March 17, 2010

Deadline: Friday, April 30th The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIST) is pleased to announce the availability of two awards of up to $750 each to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting (October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA). Applications must be received by Friday, April 30. The winner(s)…

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Spring “Book” Club Night

February 2, 2010

Stay Ahead of the Shift Tuesday, February 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm Johnny D’s 17 Holland Street Somerville, MA 02144 http://www.johnnyds.com/ We’re trying something new this Spring! Since we are all incredibly busy this time of year, especially for those of us who work in academic settings, we will be trying out a new format for the NEASIST…

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The Open Access Community and OAIster

February 2, 2010

What is OAIster?  It’s actually a catalog of millions of digital resources from thousands of contributors around the world.  OAIster was built by harvesting from open archive collections using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).  The result provides access to digitized books, articles, and text, audio & video files, photographic images, theses…

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Visit to the Thompson Memorial Library at Ohio State

December 4, 2009

Save-the-date for an extraordinary visit to the Thompson Memorial Library at The Ohio State University. Associate Professor Wes Boomgaarden will be our guide for a tour through the magnificent Main Library at Ohio State. As the Thompson Library Renovation Officer since 2000, his inside knowledge and perspective make this a one-of-a-kind opportunity. Designed in the Second…

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Mobile Mania: Developing information services for portable devices

November 18, 2009

Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:30am – 4:00pm Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA This event is co-sponsored by NEASIST and the Simmons College Student Chapter of ASIS&T Campus Map / Public Transit / Driving Directions + Parking While devices like PDAs, portable phones, and digital music players have been on the scene for almost a…

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Help us celebrate winning ASIS&T chapter awards!

November 18, 2009

NEASIST meet-up Wed., 12/16, 5:30-7:30pm The Asgard 350 Massachusetts Ave. (between Central Sq. & MIT) Help us celebrate a great year for the New England chapter of ASIS&T!  Have you heard that we’ve won several chapter awards? Drop by to hear about the ASIS&T national conference.  Or if you’d like to be more active in…

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Geo Tagging Digital Photography for Learning, Research, and Just Plain Fun!

October 27, 2009

Presenter Mace W. Mentch, Ph.D. is Assessment Specialist in Instructional Technology and Academic Computing for Case Western Reserve University.  He is responsible for the design and implementation of an array of assessment, research, and evaluation projects with emphasis on documenting learning effects and evaluating the effectiveness of emerging, innovative, and existing technologies.  Mace has presented…

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