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Web Presence Update: Logos, Personas, and Pillars

Web Presence Update: Logos, Personas, and Pillars Posted on August 12, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington ASIS&T’s staff members and the Web Presence Task Force remain very busy on the Web redesign front. As chair, I wanted to share some updates and get some feedback from our members and readers. I’ll start with our two…

ASIS&T’s Web Presence: Upgrades and Redesigns

ASIS&T’s Web Presence: Upgrades and Redesigns Posted on July 25, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Today’s post updates you on ASIS&T’s recent happenings surrounding our website: a server upgrade as well as progress toward a new visual identity and virtual presence. What happened to the Web server? Good news! The asist.org web server underwent a server upgrade…

Screen Size Matters

Screen Size Matters Posted on July 17, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington I just read a really interesting new article in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology called “Eye-tracking analysis of user behavior and performance in Web search on large and small screens” that got me thinking about several things I’d like to…

Dr. Allen Kent, Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Passed Away at 92 Years

Dr. Allen Kent, Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Passed Away at 92 Years Posted on May 1, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff Age 92, on Thursday, May 1, 2014, helped change the world through his pioneering work in computer technology. Born in Harlem, New York, in 1921, Kent was the son a a…

Gretchen Whitney Passed

Gretchen Whitney Passed Posted on April 30, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff KNOXVILLE – – In Memoriam: Gretchen Whitney, UT Knoxville School of Information Sciences retired associate professor, passed away in early April. She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with both a bachelor’s and master’s degree. She completed her doctorate at the…

Hello World! Welcome to The ASIS&T Blog!

Hello World! Welcome to The ASIS&T Blog! Posted on July 8, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington This is Diane Rasmussen Pennington, ASIS&T’s Social Media Manager. I manage our Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn presences… and, now, the blog! This blog is meant to be a forum for any issues related to information science. I’d love to…

NEASIS&T Travel Awards

NEASIS&T Travel Awards Posted on February 4, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NE-ASIS&T) is pleased to announce two awards to support participation in an ASIS&T Summit or Annual Meeting. Our goals are to support scholarship and connect research and practice, bringing new voices to the chapter.…

Lois Lunin Passes

Lois Lunin Passes Posted on February 2, 2014 by ASIS&T Staff With deep regret, we received word that Lois Lunin passed away yesterday (January 28, 2014). She will be buried tomorrow (Thursday) in Baltimore (Har Sinai Cemetery, Old Mausoleum) at 2:30 pm. [There are 2 such cemeteries in Baltimore and we do not know at…

Christine L. Borgman Receives the University of Pittsburgh’s 225th Anniversary Medallion

Christine L. Borgman Receives the University of Pittsburgh’s 225th Anniversary Medallion Posted on November 7, 2013 by ASIS&T Staff The iSchool is delighted to recognize alumna Christine L. Borgman with the University of Pittsburgh’s 225th Anniversary Medallion. In a special dinner in Los Angeles, Dean Ronald Larsen presented Dr. Borgman (MLS ‘74) with the medallion,…

Congratulations to Christopher Eaker, the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award

Congratulations to Christopher Eaker, the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award Posted on August 16, 2013 by ASIS&T Staff The Digital Libraries Special Interest Group (SIGDL) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to honor Christopher Eaker as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award.…