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THE Standards committee voted YES with comments on ISO/PWI 25293, Transliteration of traditional Mongolian script into Latin characters ISO/PWI 25293 , Information and documentation — Transliteration of traditional Mongolian script into Latin characters is out for ballot to approve it as a new work item for TC 46. Comment: As stated in the current proposal, “A…
Read MoreThe standards committee voted YES on ISO 25244 Information AND Documentation – Performance Indicator for Archives This provides guidelines for the archival community in collecting and reporting statistics
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The 3rd Annual ASIS&T President’s Lecture took place on September 15, and was presented by Emily J. M. Knox, PhD, MSLIS, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About Emily J. M. Knox, PhD, MSLIS Emily is interim dean and professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include…
Read MoreThe US Northeast Chapter (NEASIS&T) is thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients of our Conference Support Award, which supports participation in the ASIS&T 2026 Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from November 6-10, 2026. The award aims to support scholarship and connect research and practice by bringing new voices to the chapter. The…
Read MoreNews & Events Submit an original (not AI-generated) logo that reflects the identity and work of the Special Interest Group for Libraries & Librarianship. SIG-LIB advances research, development, and utilization of different kinds of libraries and the people who work in them across corporate, academic, and public sectors. The winning design will receive a $500 prize…
Read MoreThe Standards committee voted Confirm on ISO 18461:2016 (vers 2), International museum statistics This International Standard specifies rules for the museum community on the collection and reporting of statistics. It provides definitions and counting procedures for all types of resources and services that museums offer to their users. It is recognized that not all measures specified…
Read MoreInvitation to ASIS&T SIG-HLTH Workshop “Beyond Prompting – Generative AI Workflows in Health Research and Practice” Date: Wednesday, December 2, 3 pm-7 pm (EST) Proposal Submission Due: August 30, 2026 Location: Online SIG-HLTH is seeking proposals for the ASIS&T SIG-HLTH Workshop, Beyond Prompting – Generative AI Workflows in Health Research and Practice. We invite proposals…
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Hello InfoFolk! In the part of the northern hemisphere where I live, most of us are gearing up for a new academic year. We’re gathering our notebooks and pencils (at least metaphorically), freshening up the reading lists for our courses and experiencing the familiar blend of end-of-summer melancholy and back-to-school excitement. No matter what part…
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ASIS&T Executive Director, Lydia Middleton has recorded a video sharing updates about the organization. Check it out! Back to Inside ASIS&T, August 2026
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The Board of Directors met on July 29, 2026 via Zoom. In attendance were Maria Bonn (President); Marlene Holmner (President-Elect) Ian Ruthven (Immediate Past-President) (zoom); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Lu An, Anne Barker (SLA Appointee), Timothy Dickey, Bhakti Gala; Isto Huvila; Heather Kotula (SLA Appointee); Luanne Sinnamon; and Lydia Middleton, MBA, CAE (Executive Director). Information…
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Celebrating the Diversity of Information Science in Europe The Second Association for Information Science and Technology ASIS&T European Workshop 2013 was held between June 5 and 6, 2013 in Turku/Åbo, Finland. The workshop was organised by Information studies, School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University and Department Cultural Sciences, Lund University in association with the European…
Read MorePosted on July 5, 2013 by ASIS&T Staff Doug Engelbart and Gary Marchionini at the 1996 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Some of you might have heard that Doug Engelbart died on July 2. Englebart was the father of interactive computing and the intellectual inspiration for my work over the past 30 years. In the post-WWII period…
Read MoreTheme: Information Behavior on the Move: Information Needs, Seeking, and Use in the Era of Mobile Technologies Date: November 2, 2013 (Saturday) Time: 1:30 to 6:30 pm Location: Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Keynote Speaker: TBA ABOUT THE 2013 SIG-USE SYMPOSIUM: We live in a time when mobile technologies are becoming more ubiquitous within people’s everyday lives, facilitating new forms of…
Read MoreSIG SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics are seeking nominations for an award for the best paper written by a doctoral student on a topic informed by social informatics. Nominations may include a paper published in a peer reviewed journal during 2012 or a conference paperpresented in 2012. The winning author or authors will present their paper at the 9th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on…
Read MoreA call for paper proposals has been posted for a colloquium hosted by the Infoscape Research Lab at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, on “Compromised Data? New paradigms in social media theory and methods.” The colloquium will be held October 28-29, 2013, with proposals of 750-1,000 words due by August 1st: This colloquium focuses on the critical juncture between the birth of…
Read MoreThis prize being offered by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society for papers in “The Human Factors / Ergonomics of Social Media” may be of interest to some of our audience. Papers are due by July 15th to the Human Factors journal (submission link). (Via Jonathan Grudin and the Researchers of the Socio-Technical Facebook group) 2013 Human Factors Prize Topic: The Human Factors/Ergonomics of…
Read MoreA Call for Papers has been posted for the Fifth International Conference on Social Informatics(SocInfo 2013) in Kyoto, Japan, November 25-27. Papers are due July 25th. The conference is an interdisciplinary venue for researchers from Computer Science, Informatics, Social Sciences and Management Sciences to share ideas and opinions, and present original research work on studying the interplay between socially-centric…
Read MoreASIS&T SIG SI, along with our co-sponsor the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics at Indiana University, is happy to announce and post a Call for Papers and Participation for the 9th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Informatics of Information Boundaries. The symposium will take place on November 2nd as part of the ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting in Montreal. The deadline for paper,…
Read MoreCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ASIS&T’s Information Needs, Seeking, and Use Special Interest Group (SIG USE) seeks submissions for six awards. The deadline for submissions for all awards, which will be given at the 2013 ASIS&T meeting in Montreal, is July 15. 1. The Best Information Behavior Conference Paper Award 2. The Best Information Behavior Conference Poster Award 3. The…
Read MoreASIS&T is looking for input on its Web and social media presence. Take the ASIS&T Web Presence Survey and help with future planning: The ASIS&T Task Force on Web Presence invites you to take a survey on ASIS&T’s web and social media presence. We are interested in your experiences with ASIS&T’s web site, publications, and social…
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