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21 August 2025 – The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) today announced that their members have cleared the way for the organizations to merge. SLA members voted overwhelmingly to accept the dissolution plan proposed by their Board of Directors. Separately, ASIS&T members resoundingly approved their Board’s proposal…
Read MoreCall for Submissions: SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Paper & Poster Awards SIG-HLTH, ASIS&T’s Special Interest Group on Health Informatics, is pleased to open submissions for the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Long Paper Award, the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Short Paper Award, and the SIG-HLTH Best Health-Related ASIS&T 2025 Annual Meeting Poster Award. We define health broadly to encompass research…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Sneaked references: Fabricated reference metadata distort citation counts,” written by Lonni Besançon, Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé, and Alexander Magazinov, published in Volume 75, Issue12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Niels Windfeld Lund’s Introduction to Documentation Studies, published by Facet Publishing, is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2025. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information science published during the preceding calendar year.…
Read MoreDescription: This document offers guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes. Question: Do you approve the technical content of ISO/DIS 999? Decision: Approved with comments Comments: This draft is relevant to standard practices in index creation and presentation. However, the following revisions are suggested:
Read MoreDescription: ISO/CD 25244, Information and documentation – Performance indicators for archives specifies guidelines for the archives community on the collection and reporting of statistics for the following purposes: Question: Do you have comments on the technical content of ISO/CD 25244? Vote: No comments.
Read MoreDescription: ISO 30300:2020 provides a foundational vocabulary for the records management domain, promoting consistency and clarity across related standards developed by ISO/TC 46/SC 11. It includes key terms and definitions but does not restrict the creation of new terms in future standards. This vocabulary supports professionals and organizations aiming to align with international best practices…
Read MoreDescription: ISO/TS 22943:2022, Information and documentation – Principles of identification, presents the foundational rationale behind the existence and use of identifiers. It provides a consistent framework for structuring and understanding identifiers in both trade and information management contexts. The standard outlines core expectations, characteristics, and the broader business case for identifiers, while also acknowledging that…
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 MoreDescription: 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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Candidate for Member-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Bhakti Gala is an Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Central University of Gujarat, India. She has a doctorate from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. She has been actively teaching and researching in the areas of information literacy, digital cultural heritage resources, metadata,…
Read MoreCandidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Dr. Ian Ruthven is Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland where he leads the Information Science research group. His research focusses on the human experience of interacting with information, especially on how people seek information. He has conducted…
Read MoreIn accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, each Professional, Retired, Student, Lifetime, and Institutional Member 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 ballots must be returned to the ASIS&T office not later…
Read MoreOverview The ASIS&T Information and Learning Sciences SIG invites students, emerging, and established scholars to participate in the SIG’s first ever paper competition. The SIG provides these awards to support scholarship and practice, encourage participation, and bring new perspectives and voices to the SIG. Three awards (described below) are available for different types of papers.…
Read MoreVoted APPROVE on ISO/DTS 28560-4 (Ed 2) Information and documentation – RFID in libraries – Part 4: Encoding of data elements based on rules from ISO/IEC 15962 in an RFID tag with partitioned memory Description: This document defines rules for ISO 28560-1 data elements to be encoded in radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with a…
Read MoreThe organisers of IST’23 (previously announced here) are delighted to now share the full conference programme. Additionally, information for accepted authors follows. Tuesday, 20 June Time Activity 08:45-09:00 Conference registration Room 2-0024, Engelska Parken, Uppsala Universitet 09:00-09:15 Opening of the conference Online, open to on-site participation in Room 22/0031 https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/3700371185 09:15-10:15 Keynote I: The Philosophy…
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When I wrote my last column, some of us in North America were getting ready for Spring Break. Two months flew by quickly, and before long, the summer recess will be upon us where we (the ones who can at least) get to travel, attend conferences, and enjoy very much needed and deserved downtime while…
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Greetings ASIS&T Members and Friends: I am always shocked at how quickly it becomes time to write another Inside ASIS&T column. Time just marches along relentlessly! Here we are already more than half way through May. And that means we’re heading into the busiest time of year for ASIS&T and, by extension, a busy time…
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By Kimberly Granados, ASIS&T Deputy Executive Director As the newest ASIS&T staff member, I have been “drinking from a fire hose” of information on the past, present, and future of ASIS&T. While I am naturally inclined to be forward thinking, looking back at the history of an organization is a critical part of starting a…
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ASIS&T Needs You! Volunteers are the life-blood of ASIS&T and there are many ways for members to become more engaged in the association through volunteering. We have volunteer openings in: ASIS&T Committees (3 year term starting in November 2023) Meeting Planning Committees (term runs from appointment through the event) Award Juries (1-year term starting in…
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