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SIG News, September 2023

SIG-DL (Digital Libraries)

SIG-DL is seeking self-nomination for the following positions.

  1. Chair
  2. Chair-Elect
  3. Secretary/Treasurer
  4. Webmaster/Communications Officer
  5. SIG-DL Cabinet Representative

Nomination requirements:
Name/short bio
Nomination Statement (reason and interest in running for your chosen position and your expertise):
Deadline: September 25, 2023

Please send your self-nomination to the current SIG-DL Chair Dr. Jelina Haines, email: jhaines8@gmail.com.

SIG-ED (Education for Information Science)

The ASIS&T SIG-ED (https://www.asist.org/sig/siged/) is seeking nomination of officers for the following positions: Chair-Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, Communication, Webinar.

All positions, except for Chair-Elect, are one year positions.

If you are interested, please fill the nomination form (https://forms.gle/fcAwxaoCuuHz4LNh8) by the end of September 30th, 11:59 pm EST time zone. Please do not hesitate to circulate this form to people you know.

If you have any questions or cannot access the Google form due to the country you are located in, please contact Prof Anna Maria Tammaro (annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it) and Prof. Priya Vaidya (vaidyapriya26@gmail.com).

SIG-HFIS (History and Foundations of Information Science)

SIG-HFIS (https://www.asist.org/SIG/SIGHFIS/) is seeking nomination of officers for the following positions:

Chair-Elect: Serves for a term of one year and automatically becomes Chair at the end of that term. Serves as Chair for a year. The Chair-elect works closely with the Chair in planning and executing SIG programs and shall assume the duties of the Chair in the event of the Chair's absence, resignation or removal.

Secretary: Keeps records of all meetings and correspondence to members in iConnect and a shared Drive and assists in making logistical arrangements for SIG meetings and activities.

Chapter Advisor: Works closely with the Chapter officers to provide guidance.

Communications/Webmaster: Communicates with members. This officer should regularly contact the membership to solicit information for SIG HFIS website and the ASIS&T Community Site.

Research Wing officer: Prior experience reviewing and publishing research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences is required.

Pay attention. All nominees must be ASIS&T members.

If you are interested, please send your CV and brief cover letter to Dr. Luciana Mendes (email: Lucianacortsmendes@gmail.com) by the end of September 22 in EST time zone.

SIG-InfoLearn (Information and Learning Sciences)

SIG-InfoLearn needs candidates for the following positions:

  • Chair-Elect: Serves for a term of one year and automatically becomes Chair at the end of that term. The Chair-elect works closely with the Chair in planning and executing SIG programs and shall assume the duties of the Chair in the event of the Chair's absence, resignation, or removal.
  • Secretary: Keeps records of all meetings and correspondence to members in iConnect and a shared Drive and assists in making logistical arrangements for SIG meetings and activities.
  • Communications Officer: Communicates with members using the ASIS&T Community Site and website. We will evaluate the need for social media accounts and propose a communication plan.
  • Awards Coordinator: Leads the research paper award program (with the Chair and Chair-Elect). Activities include soliciting nominations and facilitating the review and selection process. Collaborates with the Communications Officer to disseminate pertinent information.

All SIG officers will collaboratively develop a strategic plan to enhance the SIG's sustainability and purposeful engagement with the ASIS&T community.

Nominate yourself by emailing Nosheen Warraich, the Chair-Elect, at nosheen@pu.edu.pk Put "ILS SIG Nomination" in the subject line. Identify the position or positions you are interested in with a short description of a leadership vision for the position. All nominees must be ASIS&T members.

For positions with multiple nominations, an online election will be held among SIG members. For positions with just one nomination, the nominee will assume the position automatically. Nominations will be accepted until September 30, 2013. Necessary elections will be held from October 1st through October 15th.

SIG-IEP (Information Ethics and Policy)

On behalf of SIG-IEP officers and its members, we congratulate the SIG-IEP Logo Design Contest Winner: Dr. Priya Vaidya.  Dr Priya Vaidya's SIG-IEP logo design concept entry is creative, attractive and contemporary and meet SIG-IEP logo competition criteria.

Dr. Priya's statement behind the design, "A binary tree with emerging branches and stems connotes ever-growing information, producing knowledge through connecting nodes representing documents or interconnected data points. All this data, information, and knowledge originated from SIG-IEP's core objectives (shown at the bottom of the tree), with an assimilative book on one side carried up by a dynamic and versatile ASIS&T (on the other side). The light white shadow beneath the tree signifies the growth of ethical information policies (IEP) based on a strong foundation of knowledge."

SIG-IEP is seeking self-nomination for the following positions.
1. Chair-Elect
2. Secretary/Treasurer
3. Webmaster/Communications Officer
4. SIG-IEP Cabinet Representative

Nomination requirements:
Name/short bio
Nomination Statement (reason and interest in running for your chosen position and your expertise):
Deadline: September 25, 2023

Please send your self-nomination to the current Chair-Elect Dr. Jelina Haines, email: jhaines8@gmail.com.

SIG-III (International Information Issues)

Webinar
Please join us for the joint webinar by SIG-III & Middle East Chapter's webinar "Mapping Library and Information Schools: An International Approach" on October 12, 2023, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Please register here.

Call for Volunteers
SIG-III is seeking 12 volunteers from different time zones to help the organizing committee conduct winter school workshops. (If you have already responded to the first call for volunteers, you do not need to apply again)

SIG-III received special project funding to hold a Winter School for Ph.D. students, postdocs, and early career researchers from developing countries. Through this project, SIG-III will offer a series of six workshops virtually to train early-career information science professionals in developing their research skills through a range of tools and techniques for understanding social behavior, analyzing large datasets, improving the design and user experience of information systems using computational methods with ethical considerations. The workshops will take place between 15th November and 15th December 2023. 

The volunteers will help the organizing team with various tasks related to hosting the webinars such as monitoring chat in Zoom, engaging with participants on social media, assisting with technical setup and troubleshooting during webinars, conducting polls and surveys, coordinating breakout rooms, providing post-webinar summaries and analysis among others. 

The workshops will be happening on different dates and volunteers will be assigned to a particular workshop by the organizers. For the assigned workshop, the volunteer will need to be present for the entirety of both days of the workshop (in total 6 hours). By volunteering for the workshops, you will get the following benefits:

  • Certificate for volunteering

  • Skills development by attending the workshop(s)

  • Teamwork, exposure, and experience in organizing an event

  • Networking with participants

Please express interest here.  If you have any questions, please email:

Dr. Bhakti Gala (bhakti.gala@cug.ac.in)

Dr. Leili Seifi (leili.seifi@gmail.com)

SIG-SM (Social Media)

Seeking nominations for Chair-Elect, Secretary-Elect, Treasurer-Elect, Communication-Elect, and Webmaster-Elect. See the full call for nominations here. Please submit nominations by Sept. 27, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Dumas at cdumas@albany.edu.

SIG-USE (Information Needs, Seeking, and Use)

The incoming and continuing officers for 2023-2024 are:

  • Tien-I Tsai, Chair-Elect
  • Xiaojun (Jenny) Yuan, Chair
  • Annie T. Chen, Immediate Past Chair
  • Chiyoung Oh, Treasurer
  • Ana Ndumu, Secretary
  • Lo Lee, Communications Officer
  • Sharon Wong, Webmaster
  • Zoey Zhang, Recruitment/Membership Officer

2022-2023 SIG-USE Awards Committee:

  • Hengyi Fu
  • Maja Krtalić
  • Mehdi Rahmani
  • Md. Anwarul Islam

2022-2023 SIG-USE Symposium Committee:

  • Shannon Crawford Barniskis
  • Muhammad Tariq
  • Bogeum Choi

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