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Registration is Open: “This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk
“This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk Join Us! The Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T invites you to our upcoming webinar: “This Survey is Anonymous” : LIS Survey Demographics and Reidentification Risk When: Thursday, August 13, 2026 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT Where: virtual Cost: Free for ASIS&T members; $25 for…
Read More2026 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award Application Deadline: Monday, July 20, 2026 Notification of Award Winners: mid or late August 2026 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: 6-10 November, 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand Application: NEASIST 2026 Conference Support Award application NEASIS&T Conference Support Award The Northeast Chapter of ASIS&T is offering up to 4 conference support awards to…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dimaz Ardhi, Kayla Burt, Satyam Kumar, Jannatul Muna, and Dwi Sari are the recipients of the 2026 ASIS&T New Leaders Award. The award’s purpose is to engage and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Dimaz…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo as the winner of the 2026 ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. Since 1980, this annual award has honored the unique teaching contributions of exceptional teachers of information science. Sanfilippo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Sciences…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Saira Hanif Soroya is the 2026 recipient of the Lois Lunin Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to the practice of information science and technology through leadership, mentoring, and innovation. Saira is an Associate Professor in the Department…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Nathan Johnson is the recipient of the 2026 Bob Williams Research Grant. The Grant is awarded to an outstanding research proposal exploring the history of information science and technology. Johnson’s grant proposal is titled, “Where We Forget: Information Systems and the Redistribution…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Nayana Kirasur is the recipient of the 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award. The award’s purpose is to foster research in information science by recognizing the year’s most outstanding doctoral dissertation proposal while encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Ning Zou is the 2026 recipient of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled, “From Data to Action: Towards a Framework for Collaborative Personal Informatics in Dementia Care.” The award’s purpose is to recognize outstanding recent doctoral candidates whose research…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Valuing Curation Infrastructures,” written by Morgan F. Wofford, Andrea K. Thomer, Libby Hemphill, Katherine Polasek, & Elizabeth Yakel, published in Volume 76, Issue 12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the Best…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Sanda Erdelez is the recipient of the 2026 Research in Information Science Award. The award recognizes an individual or team who has made an outstanding contribution to information science research. The award is for a systematic “program of research” in a single…
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In each issue of Inside ASIS&T, we feature a different member to discuss ASIS&T and the field of information science and technology. Please contact Pamela Yonker if you would like to be featured as a Member Spotlight. Catherine Dumas, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor Director UX & Immersive Technologies Lab Co-Faculty Advisor ASIS&T Student Chapter Information Sciences &…
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We are just weeks out from the 2024 Annual Meeting in Calgary, AB, Canada. It looks like we will have another record attendance – with more than 450 people registered for the event already. We would love to see you there, and we hope you are planning to attend! Visit the Annual Meeting website or…
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ASIS&T would like to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of members. Please share with us news of your tenure, promotion, doctoral defense, job change, publication and/or grant receipt. We will recognize these accomplishments in each issue of Inside ASIS&T. Please complete this form to let us know what you’ve done! Catherine Dumas Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Dumas,…
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Members of ASIS&T have full access to the Journal of Information Science and Technology (JASIST). If you are not sure how to access your member benefit, contact Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. To view issues of JASIST, log in to the Info Hub at www.asist.org and click Resources from the left-side navigation. Then click “Journal Access.” JASIST Volume 75, Issue…
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Check out the newest articles from Information Matters (IM), ASIS&T’s digital-only communication translational forum for information science, bringing relevant and current research evidence and industry developments, news, and opinion to a global public audience free of charge. Sign up for our weekly newsletters from IM. The Emotional and Informational Lives of More-than-Humans Niloofar Sohjoo Much of Librarians’ Work Is…
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Africa Chapter Congratulations to the new Chapter officers for 2024-2025, Chair Sarah Kaddu and Chair-elect Connie Bitso. Asia Chapter Congratulations to the new Chapter officers for 2024-2025, Chair Zhenjia Fan and Chair-elect Shaobo Liang. Canada Chapter Congratulations to the new Chapter officers for 2024-2025, Chair Brian Detlor and Chair-elect Cansu Ekmekcioglu. All Canada Chapter members…
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SIG-AI Congratulations to the new SIG-AI officers for 2024-2025, Chair Lala Hajibayova and Chair-elect Stefanie Havelka. Many congratulations to Robin Brewer whose paper has been chosen by the committee for SIG-AH Publication of the Year for 2023. Brewer, R. (2023). Understanding voice-based information uncertainty: A case study of health information seeking with voice assistants. Journal of the Association for…
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ASIS&T Webinars, your source for online live and on-demand content created by the Association for Information Science & Technology, are free to ASIS&T members. Our webinars connect you with experts and global thought leaders in information science, management, and business on relevant professional issues. Webinar: Values of the Metaverse and Its Use in Marketing and…
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ALISE 2024 Annual Conference October 14-17, 2024 | Portland, OR IFLA Library History SIG- Call for Book Chapter Proposals Deadline for Proposals: December 15, 2024 Full chapters will be due in April of 2026. The book will be published in 2027 by De Gruyter academic publishing Read more about the Call for Proposals. International Conference…
Read MoreVoted NO Comments on ISO/CD 25964-1, Information and documentation. – Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies – Part 1: Thesauri for information retrieval, management and use 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,…
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