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Election Results

Election Results Posted on July 10, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Lynn Silipigni Connaway President-elect, 2016: Lynn Silipigni Connaway Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, leads the User Studies Activities at OCLC Research. Lynn has held visiting research positions and an endowed chair for research at several international universities. She has received research funding…

SIG Cabinet positions are available! Nominate yourself or a friend!

SIG Cabinet positions are available! Nominate yourself or a friend! Posted on July 6, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Calling all ASIS&T members! Are you active within our Special Interest Groups (SIGs)? Have you chaired a SIG, or have you recently been involved in the SIG Cabinet Steering Committee? If so, why not consider running for an available…

Students! Apply for the SIG ED Travel Award!

Students! Apply for the SIG ED Travel Award! Posted on July 2, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington It’s still awards nomination season here at ASIS&T! Here is an opportunity for all of you students out to win an award that will help pay for you to #meetasistinstlouis, courtesy of the Education for Information Science Special…

Cynthia G. Hurd, Librarian, Among Those Killed in Charleston Shooting

Cynthia G. Hurd, Librarian, Among Those Killed in Charleston Shooting Posted on June 23, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Cynthia Hurd On the night of Wednesday, June 17, a gunman opened fire at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, SC; officials described the shooting as racially motivated. The suspect…

Invitation to fill out our Information Professionals Survey!

Invitation to fill out our Information Professionals Survey! Posted on June 23, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington ASIS&T’s Information Professionals Task Force has been hard at work for the last several months. According to the task force’s web page, its charge is as follows: … to create a web presence that highlights the diversity and value…

Get to Know SIG USE: Information Seeking, Needs, and Use

Get to Know SIG USE: Information Seeking, Needs, and Use Posted on June 22, 2015 by Adam Worrall ASIS&T SIG USE logo (courtesy SIG USE) The next interview in our “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series is with SIG USE: Information Seeking, Needs, and Use. SIG USE’s interests are “people’s behavioral and cognitive…

Claire Kelly Schultz, 1924-2015

Claire Kelly Schultz, 1924-2015 Posted on June 16, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Claire Kelly Schultz Claire Kelly Schultz, 1924-2015: In Memoriam Claire Kelly Schultz, former president of the American Documentation Institute (ADI), predecessor of ASIST, died in her home town of Line Lexington, PA on May 28 at the age of 90. The cause of…

It’s ASIS&T Award Nomination Season! Could you be a winner?

It’s ASIS&T Award Nomination Season! Could you be a winner? Posted on June 8, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Yes, it’s that time of year again… time to start nominating you and everyone you know for ASIS&T’s awards! We outlined the New Leaders Award in a previous post that talked about how awesome the award is for new members…

Marjorie M.K. Hlava to Receive the John Cotton Dana Award from SLA

Marjorie M.K. Hlava to Receive the John Cotton Dana Award from SLA Posted on June 3, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Access Innovations, Inc. is pleased to announce that its president and founder, Marjorie M.K. Hlava, has been named the recipient of the highest honor given by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), the John Cotton…

SIG USE Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award

SIG USE Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award Posted on June 2, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff Dear Colleagues, We hope you will consider applying for the SIG USE Elfreda A. Chatman Research Award, which seeks to “recognize the best research proposal that falls within the scope of information behavior”. The award consists of a certificate and…