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Reach out and HUG-a-SIG in April (#hugasig)
Reach out and HUG-a-SIG in April (#hugasig) It is official: spring is in the air! While Valentine’s Day is already far behind us, we here at ASIS&T are spreading the information science and technology love. To promote the value of involvement with SIGs and to support overall membership efforts across the organization, we encourage new…
Read MoreGet to Know SIG HFIS: History and Foundations of Information Science
Get to Know SIG HFIS: History and Foundations of Information Science We’re starting a new monthly series on the ASIS&T Blog this week: “Get to Know a SIG / Get to Know a Chapter.” This new series will help existing and prospective ASIS&T members learn more about the groups that are an integral and essential part of the…
Read MoreGet to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities
Get to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities Posted on March 26, 2015 by Adam Worrall SIG AH logo (courtesy SIG AH) Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series—after an unplanned delay—is with SIG AH (Arts and Humanities), which “explores the applications of information science to…
Read MoreGet to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities
Get to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series—after an unplanned delay—is with SIG AH (Arts and Humanities), which “explores the applications of information science to the full range of activities in the arts and humanities.” SIG AH is on…
Read MoreALISE 2015: Breaking down silos, pouring coffee
ALISE 2015: Breaking down silos, pouring coffee Posted on February 4, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the ALISE 2015 conference in Chicago. ALISE is the Association for Library and Information Science Education. Its members are LIS faculty members, and the research presented mostly focuses on issues related to LIS…
Read MoreOn webinars on webinars
On webinars on webinars Posted on January 26, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington How many of you know about ASIS&T’s webinar program? The association provides a wide range of webinars. Most webinars are free for ASIS&T’s members, and they are archived so you can view them at any time. With our webinars, you can learn about…
Read MoreASIS&T Web Site and Branding Project Status Update
ASIS&T Web Site and Branding Project Status Update Posted on January 20, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Please see the message below from Kevin Hoffman from Seven Heads Design about the status of our web redesign project. You can view our progress at any time by visiting https://www.asist.org. If you have any comments or questions about…
Read MoreGet to Know the Simmons Student Chapter
Get to Know the Simmons Student Chapter Posted on January 13, 2015 by Adam Worrall Our “Get to Know a SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series returns today with our first featured student chapter! We talked to the ASIS&T Student Chapter at Simmons College, which runs programs of interest to students of the Simmons School…
Read MoreGet to Know SIG DL: Digital Libraries
Get to Know SIG DL: Digital Libraries Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series is with SIG DL (Digital Libraries), which “provides a forum for discussion about research, development, and use of digital libraries in corporate, academic, and public contexts.” SIG DL is one of…
Read MoreGet to Know SIG DL: Digital Libraries
Get to Know SIG DL: Digital Libraries Posted on December 4, 2014 by Adam Worrall Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series is with SIG DL (Digital Libraries), which “provides a forum for discussion about research, development, and use of digital libraries in corporate, academic, and…
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