ASIS&T News

ASIS&T Position Statement on Events in Charlottesville Posted on September 1, 2017 by Lydia Middleton The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is committed to equity, diversity, understanding and inclusion, in the information fields as well as in society at large. ASIS&T condemns any form of discrimination. We hope the people of Charlottesville, and…

2017 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award Recipient Announced Posted on August 24, 2017 by Stephan Addo SILVER SPRING, MD –  The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) announces that Dr. Michael Twidale is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the unique teaching contribution…

2017 James M. Cretsos Leadership Award Recipient Announced Posted on August 24, 2017 by Stephan Addo SILVER SPRING, MD –  The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) announces that Jeremy McLaughlin is the recipient of the 2017 James M. Cretsos Leadership Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a new member who has…

ELECTION RESULTS Posted on August 19, 2017 by Lydia Middleton The ASIS&T Board Election closed on August 11. The following members were elected: Elaine Toms, President-Elect Emily Knox, Member-At-Large Soo Young Rieh, Member-At-Large Their terms will commence on November 1st. Congratulations!

August 2017 JASIST Now Available Online! Posted on August 1, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (August 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers. With 16 research articles ranging from The Effects of Credibility Cues on the Selection of Search Engine Results to News Stories as Evidence for Research? BBC Citations from Articles,…

ASIS&T Elections Open Until August 11 Posted on July 29, 2017 by Lydia Middleton All Regular, Retired, Student and Institutional Members are entitled to vote for At-Large Members and Officers of the ASIS&T Board. Current members of ASIS&T were emailed a ballot on July 7, 2017. If you are a current member and did not receive…

July 2017 JASIST Now Available Online! Posted on July 5, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (July 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers. With 11 research articles ranging from An Analysis of 14 Million Tweets on Hashtag-Oriented Spamming to “A Greatly Unexplored Area”: Digital Curation and Innovation in Digital Humanities, there’s something for…

ASIS&T Announces Keynote Speakers! Posted on June 16, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2017 News Washington, D.C. (Crystal City, Virginia) October 27 – November 1, 2017 Diversity of engagement: Connecting people and information in the physical and virtual worlds   ASIS&T has confirmed our keynote speakers for our 2017 Annual Meeting (AM17). Dr. Richard…

June/July Bulletin Now Available! Posted on June 15, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara The June/July issue of the Bulletin is now available for review. This issue has a special section on A New Open Humanities, with articles such as “Using Zombies to Teach Collaborative Scholarship and Born-Digital Publishing” by Jamie A. Thomas  or Four Claims on Research Assessment…

ASIS&T President’s Page Posted on June 5, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara   President’s Page This column is featured in the ASIS&T Bulletin June/July Issue by Lynn Silipigni Connaway Lynn Silipigni Connaway is the 2016-2017 ASIS&T President. She is Senior Research Scientist and Director of User Research at OCLC Research. She can be reached at connawal@oclc.org   I have…