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2014 Student Design Competition Winners Continued to Develop Their Work, by Si Sun Posted on November 10, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Si Sun, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015. Our student design competitions winners from last year continued to develop their work and presented a poster at the Annual…

Best ASIST so far… by Anmol Kalsi Posted on November 10, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington   Anmol Kalsi, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015.  Having been coming to ASIST for the six years, I have to say this is the most fantastic conference I’ve attended, so if you’re not…

What does information look like? By Si Sun Posted on November 9, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Si Sun, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015.  What does information look like – internationally? Rebecca Noone from University of Toronto spent most of the morning completing the reassembling of an artistic demonstration of…

Intro to #asist2015, by Anmol Kalsi Posted on November 9, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington   Anmol Kalsi, the author of this post, is a student volunteer at #ASIST2015.  Conference Chair Lisa Given in the program notes welcomes us to “beautiful” St. Louis. Anyone who’s had the pleasure of meeting her will know she is…

Get to Know SIG KM: Knowledge Management Posted on October 8, 2015 by Adam Worrall   ASIS&T SIG KM logo (courtesy SIG KM’s Facebook page) Today we continue the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series with an interview with SIG KM: Knowledge Management. SIG KM concerns itself “with all aspects of…

Share your feedback on the draft ASIS&T Strategic Plan! Posted on September 23, 2015 by Sandy Hirsh I am very pleased to share with you this draft ASIS&T Strategic Plan: http://bit.ly/1MprSoL. The Strategic Planning Taskforce developed this draft Strategic Plan based on extensive input collected from members and non-members, analysis of data reports, and collaboration with…

The ASIS&T Strategic Planning Report is now available! Posted on September 8, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Submitted by Sandy Hirsh, 2015 ASIS&T President The Strategic Planning Taskforce (SPTF), which I formed at the 2014 Annual Meeting, has been hard at work this year!  This taskforce was charged with: reviewing ASIS&T’s mission, vision, and goals…

Get to Know the Catholic University Student Chapter Posted on September 3, 2015 by Adam Worrall Catholic University Student Chapter (CUA-ASIS&T) logo We continue our “Get to Know a SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” post series today with an interview with the Catholic University of America ASIS&T Student Chapter (CUA-ASIS&T). Located in Washington, DC, CUA-ASIS&T…

Commemorating Dr. Robin Peek Posted on September 1, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Dr. Robin Peek passed away on August 21, 2015, in Boston, MA. Dr. Peek was an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. She worked at Simmons for over 20 years and retired in 2014. She was…

Get to Know the ASIS&T European Chapter Posted on July 24, 2015 by Adam Worrall   The next interview in our “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series is with ASIS&T’s European Chapter. The Chapter is “the leading European community of academics and practitioners in the field of information science” and looks to “facilitate networking ideas…