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ASIS&T Update from ASIS&T President Posted on March 16, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara by Lynn Silipigni Connaway Lynn Silipigni Connaway is the 2016-2017 ASIS&T President. She is Senior Research Scientist and Director of User Research at OCLC Research. She can be reached at connawal<at>oclc.org   I am happy to report that ASIS&T has been very active…

Past President Caidi’s Keynote Covered in Information Today Posted on March 15, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara Immediate Past President, Nadia Caidi was the Keynote Speaker at the RAILS conference in Wellington, New Zealand on December 7, 2016. Her presentation, “Diversity by Design: The Way Forward” was focused on diversity and librarianship was not only timely,…

April 2017 JASIST Now Available Online Posted on March 15, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara The newest edition of JASIST (April 2017) is now available online for review by members and subscribers. With 16 research articles ranging from Behavior-Based Personalization in Web Search to Metrics for Openness there’s something for everyone. Also in this issue are reviews on a Comparative Opinion Mining and A Survey…

ASIS&T Presentation @ iSchool Conference Posted on March 15, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara ASIS&T Chapters and SIGs are collaborating on an ASIS&T presentation at the iSchool conference in Wuhan, China (March 22-25th). The Asian Pacific, Euro, Euro Student and Taipei Chapters, along with SIG III will all discuss their programs and how their activities closely support the iSchool concept. In…

Bob Williams History Fund Posted on March 2, 2017 by Stephan Addo Dr. Robert V. Williams, affectionately known as Dr. Bob, passed away January 14, 2017. Bob Williams created the archival studies program, was an architect of the library school/history joint degree, and designed the undergraduate program in Information Science for the School of Library…

Eugene Garfield, PhD Memoriam (1925 – 2017) Posted on February 28, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara   Dr. Eugene Garfield The ASIS&T Board and the Information Science community mourn the passing of Dr. Eugene Garfield who passed away on February 26, 2017. Dr. Garfield was an exemplary leader of the Information Science field. He developed Current…

In Memoriam of Melvin Earl (“Bill”) Maron Posted on February 21, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara Professor Emeritus Melvin “Bill” Earl Maron joined ASIS&T in 1975. He was a noted pioneer of Information Science, especially for his early contributions to data-base design, probabilistic information retrieval, and with David Blair on retrieval performance evaluation. In 1951 Bill…

Symposium on Research Design, Paper Writing & Publishing in Information Science Posted on February 21, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara ASIS&T’s Asia Pacific Chapter and Taipei Chapter and the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong will be holding a Symposium on March 27, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  ASIS&T President, Lynn…

Short Survey Request for ARIST Posted on February 15, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara   In Spring 2016, ASIST Publications Committee surveyed ASIS&T Publications’ users concerning their needs of ASIS&T current publications. Numerous comments focused on the former Annual Review of Information Science & Technology (ARIST), which ceased to be published in 2011. Given that volume of…