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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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Dear Colleagues, The SIG Scientific & Technical Information (STI) is planning on doing a series of webinars for ASIS&T members. We would like to hear from you about potential webinar topics you would be interested in. By completing this survey you will be helping us prepare for potential interesting webinars for all members.Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TWBLY2S Thank you for…
Read MoreLet’s Connect Through Games: Building Your Network in the Digital Era Via Zoom Thursday, March 31, 2022 7:00 PM IST / 9:30 AM EST Zoom Meeting link available via iConnect
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2022 11:00 AM-12:00 PM EST. About the Webinar: Various tools have emerged in the past decade to facilitate the visualization of computer- and human-generated data in the Big Data environment with the help of algorithms and data architectures…. [abstract and recording]
Read MoreOverview Information Science has long worked at the intersection of technology development and the critical study of technologies in particular places, serving particular people, at particular points in time. Conceptual models-the abstract and formal representations of how systems work, and of the information objects they store, process, and transmit-are fundamental to each of these research…
Read MoreCall for Papers: 2022 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest Deadline: April 30, 2022 via email to Nosheen.im@pu.edu.pk The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research papers from the library and information science (LIS) professionals of developing countries for the 22nd International Paper Contest…
Read MoreWe are happy to announce the winners of this year’s best paper award and best student paper award: Best Student Paper Award Title: Storyteller: The papers co-citing Sleeping Beauty and Prince before awakening Author: Takahiro Miura & Ichiro Sakata Affiliation: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Best Paper Award Title: Is novel research worth doing?…
Read MoreSave the Date! What: NEASIS&T’s Annual Conference, co-hosted with Simmons ASIS&T. When: March 25, 2022 (9:30 – 4:00 EST, exact timing to be finalized closer to event) Where: virtual via Zoom Who: NEASIS&T (Northeast chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology) and Simmons ASIS&T Registration opens: mid-February Please save the date for NEASIS&T’s…
Read MoreThank you for NEASIS&T, ASIS&T, and sponsors for selecting me as an annual ASIS&T conference scholarship award winner to attend the conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a first-time attendee, I had a wonderful experience and broadened my knowledge on latest trends and research in information science and technology. I attended more than twenty-five…
Read MoreVoted CONFIRM on ISO 2709:2008, Information and documentation – Format for information exchange Question: Do you recommend ISO 2709:2008 be confirmed, revised or withdrawn? Description: This International Standard specifies the requirements for a generalized exchange format which will hold records describing all forms of material capable of bibliographic description as well as other types of…
Read MoreIn the fall of 2021, I was able to attend the ASIS&T 84th Annual Meeting thanks to the generous Conference Support Award from the Northeast Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (NEASIS&T). Throughout the week, I participated in a long list of virtual sessions on a variety of topics, from information injustice…
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