SIG-Infolearn Events
Registration now open for webinar, How does Information Literacy in the First Language Contribute to the Development of Information Literacy in the Second Language? When: Thursday, July 2, 2026 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Where: virtual Cost: Free for ASIS&T members; $25 for non-ASIS&T members Registration This webinar presents a study examining the mechanisms through…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that John DiGilio has been selected to receive the 2026 John Cotton Dana Award. Â This award recognizes an individual member of the Association for a lifetime achievement as well as exceptional service to the Special Libraries Association and the library and information profession.…
Read MoreThe standards committee has voted DISAPPROVE on ISO/DTR 23081-4.2, Information and documentation – Metadata for records – Part 4: Report on metadata element sets With the following comment: We have some basic comments. Are these based on some focused domains/applications? Looks like standards included/used by this Part 4 are not really ‘standards’. [See the list…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Erin Gray, Dilhani Munasinghe, Lingzi Hong are the recipients of the 2026 ASIS&T James M. Matarazzo Rising Star Award. This award recognizes individual members of the Association who show exceptional promise of leadership and contribution to the association and profession. Erin Gray…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) invites nominations for the ASIS&T Board of Directors. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of the information science community, contribute to the strategic direction of the Association, and work alongside a diverse and dedicated group of leaders committed to advancing the field. The…
Read MoreLisa M. Given, PhD (FASSA, FASIS&T), of RMIT University has been selected to be the new Editor of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). Dr. Given succeeds Dr. Steven Sawyer of Syracuse University, who has been editor since 2020. Dr. Given is Director of the Social Change Enabling Impact…
Read MoreThe standards committee voted APPROVE on ISO/FDIS 233-3 (Ed 3), Transliteration of Perso-Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 3: Persian language This document establishes a system for the transliteration of the Persian characters (often called Perso-Arabic script) into Latin characters. This modification of the stringent rules established by ISO 233 is specifically intended to facilitate…
Read MoreISO/CD 25279 International statistics for school libraries is out for committee comment. This document specifies rules for the school library community on the collection, interpretation and reporting of statistics. The aim of this document is to provide a selection of statistical data that cover the current services and activities of all types of school libraries. …
Read MoreApproval of Proposed New Work Item: Trust Markers (ITEM) The standards co. itbee has voted YES This ballot is to approve a proposed new work item to create aNISO Recommended Practice for identification of trust markers for increasing credibility and trust in research. Ethics and integrity cases in submitted manuscripts are becoming an increasingly common problem, whilst…
Read MoreCall for Participation Universitat de Barcelona, Spain and viewable on Zoom The Europe Chapter (EC) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) seeks participation in this year’s IST conference on Celebrating Theory and Practice. The conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, and presentations will also be viewable on Zoom. We invite researchers,…
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Nilavra Bhattacharya is the 2022 recipient of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award for his dissertation proposal titled, “A Longitudinal Study to Understand University Students’ Searching as a Learning Process.”  Bhattacharya is a PhD candidate at the School of Information, University…
Read More“Open is Not Forever: A Study of Vanished Open Access Journals” Selected for 2022 JASIST Best Paper Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Open is Not Forever: A Study of Vanished Open Access Journals” written by Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, and Najko Jahn published in Volume 72,…
Read MoreBREAK INTO NETWORK SCIENCE Workshop on Network Science for Beginners 09.30 – 12.30 Indian Standard Time (IST) – 3 hours on Saturday, 9th July 2022 Networks are everywhere: friends’ networks, transportation networks, and the World Wide Web for example. Neurons in our brains and proteins within our bodies also form networks that determine our intelligence…
Read MoreVirtual workshop sponsored by ASIS&T SIG/MET ASIS&T 2022 Annual Meeting Part I: Saturday, October 8, 2022, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT Part II: Sunday, October 9, 2022, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Metrics (SIG/MET) invites contributions to the METRICS 2022 workshop, which will be…
Read MoreIn accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, each Professional, Retired, Student 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 than…
Read MoreAre you a student (Bachelor, Master or Doctoral) of Information Science or a related field, based in Europe? Do you want to expand your network, and gain experience for your CV and development plans? Read on! Thanks to an anonymous donor we can give away up to 11 free annual student memberships of ASIS&T (the…
Read MoreJoin us online on Wednesday 15th – Friday 17th June 2022, at 14.00-17.00 (BST/Dublin time; see https://tinyurl.com/bdetwf8x for your time zone) for a festival of information science, organised by ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology) European Chapter! This conference is free to ASIS&T members (but registration is required – remember to login into the…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dr. Yejun Wu is an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the Louisiana state University. He received his Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before coming to the United States, he worked at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Camille Mathieu is a results-driven information professional and independent consultant with over 10 years of experience in a variety of library and information science functions. She currently works as the Knowledge Management Program Manager for the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) directorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Previously, she…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dr. Aylin Imeri is a research associate at the Department of Information Science at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany. She investigated in her dissertation different aspects such as gamification, data privacy, health information behavior regarding activity tracking technologies and users’ interaction with those devices. She has been part…
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