Awards

Zhe He Receives the 2022 Lois Lunin Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Zhe He of Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl. is the 2022 recipient of the Lois Lunin Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to the practice of Information Science and Technology through leadership, mentoring,…

“Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence” Receives ASIS&T 2022 Best Information Science Book of the Year Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence,” written by Kate Crawford and published by…

Jesse Ludington Receives 2022 Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Jesse Ludington has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award. The purpose of the award is to encourage student research and writing in…

Kate McDowell Receives 2022 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is very pleased to announce that Kathleen (Kate) McDowell, Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the 2022 recipient of the ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award.   The award’s purpose is to recognize the…

Heather O’Brien Receives Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Research in Information Science Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce that Heather O’Brien, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia iSchool, is the recipient of the 2022 ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award.   This award recognizes an individual or…

Jelina Haines to Receive 2022 ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Jelina Haines is the 2022 recipient of the ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation proposal titled, “Researching the knowledge journey practices of Indigenous Elders relevant to the younger generation: A…

Nilavra Bhattacharya to Receive ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Nilavra Bhattacharya is the 2022 recipient of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship Award for his dissertation proposal titled, “A Longitudinal Study to Understand University Students’ Searching as a Learning Process.”   Bhattacharya…

2022 Best JASIST Paper Award “Open is Not Forever: A Study of Vanished Open Access Journals” Selected for 2022 JASIST Best Paper Award  The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Open is Not Forever: A Study of Vanished Open Access Journals” written by Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, and Najko…

“Designing Sustainable Online Support: Examining the Effects of Design Change in Forty-Nine Online Health Support Communities” Selected for 2021 JASIST Best Paper Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Designing Sustainable Online Support: Examining the Effects of Design Change in Forty-Nine Online Health Support Communities” written by Drs.…

“Hacking Diversity” to Receive ASIS&T 2021 Best Information Science Book Award The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures, written by Christina Dunbar-Hester of the University of Southern California and published by Princeton University Press is the recipient of the ASIS&T…