Posts by lydmiddleton1
Joann Cattlin to Receive the 2024 ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award
Joann Cattlin to Receive the 2024 ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Joann Cattlin is the recipient of the 2024 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award. The award’s purpose is to foster research in information science by recognizing the year’s most outstanding doctoral…
Read MoreSaira Hanif Soroya to Receive the ASIS&T 2024 James A. Cretsos Award for Leadership
Saira Hanif Soroya to Receive the ASIS&T 2024 James A. Cretsos Award for Leadership The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Saira Hanif Soroya, PhD is the recipient of the 2024 James A. Cretsos Award for Leadership. The award’s purpose is to recognize a new ASIS&T member who has…
Read MoreNaresh Agarwal to receive 2024 Watson Davis Award for Service
Naresh Agarwal to receive 2024 Watson Davis Award for Service Naresh Agarwal The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Naresh Agarwal is the recipient of the 2024 Watson Davis Award for Service. The award recognizes an individual member of the Association who has shown continuous dedicated leadership in…
Read MoreTimothy J. Dickey
Timothy J. Dickey Candidate for Director-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Timothy J. Dickey is an Adult Services Librarian with the Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library, and a library science educator with Kent State University, San José State University, and ALA’s eLearning division. His research and teaching span library reference, service to diverse communities, emerging technologies, data mining, history…
Read MoreMarlene Holmner
Marlene Holmner Candidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dr. Marlene Holmner holds a DPhil in Information Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is an Associate Professor and the current Head of the Department of the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. Her research interests lie in the field of Information Ethics,…
Read MoreLu An
Lu An Candidate for Director-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Lu An is a Professor at the School of Information Management, Wuhan University. She obtained her PhD degree in Information Science at Wuhan University and was an exchanging doctoral student at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee as well as a visiting scholar at Drexel University. She is…
Read MoreMaria Bonn
Maria Bonn Candidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Dr. Maria Bonn is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she leads the MS in Library and Information Science program. Her research focuses on scholarly communication and publishing, especially on what means and methods of scholarly communication best serve scholars…
Read More2024 Board Elections
2024 Board Elections In accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, each Professional, Retired, Student, Lifetime, and Institutional Member shall be entitled to one vote on the Board of Directors Ballot. Should you prefer to vote by mail, please send an email to lmiddleton@asist.org to request a paper ballot. Paper ballots must be returned to the ASIS&T…
Read MoreGovernance Update, May 2024
Governance Update, May 2024 The Board of Directors met on April 30, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. In attendance were; Crystal Fulton, PhD (President); Ian Ruthven, PhD (President-Elect); Abebe Rorissa, PhD (Past-President); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Joan Bartlett, PhD; Maria Bonn, PhD; Tina Du (via zoom), PhD; Bhakti Gala, PhD; Lisa Hussey, PhD; Aylen Imeri, PhD;…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Global AI Leadership Summit (GAILS24)
Announcing the Global AI Leadership Summit (GAILS24) The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce the first annual Global Artificial Intelligence Leadership Summit (GAILS). ASIS&T is partnering with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on this event. GAILS is an offshoot of the IDEA Institute, which was previously funded by IMLS,…
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