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Scientivity Contest

Scientivity Contest You are a Library and/or Information Science (LIS) Student? You are working on an exciting research topic and want to share your work with others? Your thesis was not produced to gather dust on a shelf? If you can answer all these questions with YES then you should participate in our SCIENTIVITY contest for LIS Students in Europe! This is your chance to share your work with…

International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS)

International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS) 10-11 September 2018, Pisa, Italy The International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS 2018) is organized in the frame of the activities of the Erasmus+ EINFOSE٭ project. The ultimate goal of EINFOSE is to define common entry requirements and learning…

Berlin Regional Meeting

Berlin Regional Meeting Sponsored by the ASIS&T European Chapter 4 October, 2017, 10:00 – 16:00 Humboldt University Berlin, Germany PROGRAMME The History of Library and Information Science in Europe Fidelia Ibekwe SanJuan, IRSIC – Aix-Marseille University European Library & Information Science Map Christine Meschede, Universität Düsseldorf Virginia Ortiz-Repiso, Chair, ASIS&T European Chapter Digital Libraries and…

#sigdlchats

#sigdlchats Are you interested in discussing the future of the digital library? On August 14 at 5 pm CEST a conversation on Twitter will be done using hashtag #sigdlchats. All European members of ASIS&T are invited to participate. A second conversation will be held the day after involving not European members.

Chapter Service Award Winners: Announcement and Interview

Chapter Service Award Winners: Announcement and Interview Louisa Choy and Kate Nyhan have been selected as our inaugural co-recipients of the ASIST New England Chapter Service Award for 2017 and will each receive $750 as a travel award. Together, Louisa and Kate have worked tirelessly as our Programming Committee Chairs after years of active membership…

Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan to be Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information

Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan to be Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information EUChap Advisor Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan will be the new Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information. Current Editor-in-Chief Prof. Jamshid Beheshti says “I am delighted that Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan has agreed to be the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal, taking over at the beginning of 2018. Until then she and I…

ESC Newsletter Out

ESC Newsletter Out Dear folks, the Euorpean Student Chapter has published its sumer newsletter. Topics of the issue are: • Presentation of the new ESC Board Members • “I was at…“ – four students report on their conference attendance • Do you know? (new topic) • Lexicon (new topic) • News • Do not miss…

Open data workshop on global definitions and regional understanding

Open data workshop on global definitions and regional understanding Open data is growing in attention on a global scale. There exist different definitions of the term open data. According to The Open Definition (n.d.), “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose.” This definition refers to different types of…

Library Carpentry – May 15 @ MIT

Library Carpentry – May 15 @ MIT This Library Carpentry, one-day, hands-on workshop will cover jargon busting, data structures, using regular expressions for pattern matching, use of the Bash shell (aka the command line) to speed up and automate tasks, and using OpenRefine for data cleanup. We welcome groups enrolling as this helps with post-workshop…

Data. Networks. Civil Society. Open Southeast Asia. Workshop in Bonn, Germany

Data. Networks. Civil Society. Open Southeast Asia. Workshop in Bonn, Germany A great opportunity to meet people & share ideas The Open Southeast Asia workshop serves as a catalyst for students, professionals (from governmental organizations as well as from NGOs – both are welcome) and academics — empowering them with general knowledge about open data,…